Kathleen Blough's Digital Portfolio

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  • Action Research
    • A Brief Overview of My Action Research
    • Introduction
    • School Setting
    • Understandings
    • Methods
    • Findings>
      • Part 1: A Bumpy Beginning
      • Part 2: Defining Self-Directed Learners
      • Part 3: Critical Friendships
      • Part 4: Dialogue Journals
      • Part 5: Self-Reflection and Scholarly Pathway Check-Ins as Student-Led Assessment
      • Part 6: Final Thought Survey
    • Conclusions and Implications
    • Reflection
    • References
    • Appendices
  • Fun Projects
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  • Dream School
  • Read, Reflect, Review
  • Living Resources
  • QQC's and other reflections
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Abstract

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This action research project focused on the question, “How can I incorporate student-led assessment to develop self-directed learners?” Using a variety of approaches, including dialogue journals, critical friend relationships, and scholarly pathway check-ins, I worked with sixth and eighth graders to develop a community of trust where students could give and receive feedback that would help them take control of their learning. In particular, and of potential interest to educators, I found that the combination of cross-age critical friends and dialogue journals, whereby my students wrote to each other regularly about their work, helped students acquire skills of reflection and self-management essential to their own development as learners.

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