When students use a hands-on approach to track their own progress, goals, and test scores, they begin to take responsibility for their learning.
At Barbara Morgan STEM Academy, a K-5 school in Meridian, Idaho, one of their hallmark approaches to developing independent learners is to ask students to track their progress and monitor their academic growth from a very young age. In Kim Miller’s second-grade class, students spend time on a weekly basis adding data to their learning binders—simple three-ring folios organized into sections. In it, students use colored pencils to record test scores, graph their progress, set goals, and revisit those goals regularly.
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