Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Self-Regulation
There is no doubt in my mind that self-regulation is difficult. As a continual student I know that I still struggle with completing assignments on a schedule when I have a long-term window to complete them in. As an employee, this never seems to be a problem which I haven't quite figured out about myself. With all of this personal experience I fully understand the necessity of this skill. With this competency the elevator starts off with having long term activities. The most important detail at this level is that students are provided learning goals and grading criteria at the beginning of activity. Long term activities seem to always end up either super beneficial or a horrible waste of time. I think I tend to avoid them because I am always afraid that they will end up the latter. I see the benefit in spending the time coaching students through the process of self regulating because it is a very crucial skill that they will use more and more as they get older. I would like to begin adding more opportunities for self regulation into my learning activities. I think I will start by working with students on how to plan out of allotted time in order to get work completed in shorter time frames. Then I think I will work on lengthening at least one activity per quarter and working in opportunities that allow for feedback and correction within the activity time frame. I look forward to facing one of my fears in teaching and conquering it!
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Sara,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that self-regulation is very difficult especially when you are dealing with primary grades but is a necessary skill to learn. It is very important to provide students with the learning goals and grading criteria. I feel that this is one of the most important aspects in that it gives the students the information as to what they are doing and why as well as the expectations that should be written in kid friendly writing and consistently reviewed.
We have a teacher at our school that is awesome with this competency. She gives students the option to choose what they want to learn about and work in groups to complete a project within a few months. Many students have created plays, flip books or essays. The reason why I think it is so successful in this 5th grade classroom is that first of all, it is 5th where students are a bit more mature, they are allowed to pick their group members, and their content is student choice. Students seem to be so motivated and the final projects prove that there is learning.
Laura Santiago
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you Sara, self-regulation is difficult to incorporate into class instruction. It has to be incorporated into the class culture. Particularly with long-term ELL students, by the time they reach middle school, they're used to not self-regulating. They're constantly checking to make sure if what they're doing is "right" or they need to be retold the directions as each step of a task. Like you state, I think giving the kids choice creates more buy-in and engagement, so they're more willing to invest that time and to self-regulate their growth.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Sara and many of the other comments made. This has been a skill that I have personally tried to figure out how to implement into my classroom, especially for the fact that I teach both 7th and 8th grade and when they move into high school the teachers will expect them to plan and complete tasks that are more longer termed on their own. Also like you mentioned with your self, there are times when you have long term things that you are working on outside of school. I think that it is important for students to learn this skill, because regardless of the path our students make they are going to need to learn how to manage their time when completing things as an adult in the real world.
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