Each chemistry unit has been divided into specific learning goals. You can see all of the learning goals for our current unit by clicking on the "Learning Goals" link above. When you click on each individual goal, you will also be able to see 3-4 criteria and examples that show you and your student what success for each learning goal looks like. You can also find all of the learning goals and criteria at the beginning of your student's chemistry booklet.
Each question in a daily assignment, quiz, lab, or exam has been tagged with the learning goal that it relates to. The assignments that you see in the gradebook have also been tagged with a specific learning goal. This enables us to "zero in" on exactly where a student is struggling. Let's look at an example to see how this works and how you can use this information to help your student improve his or her weak areas.
First, let's pretend that the students have been given a daily assignment that has a total of 18 questions (6 questions related to Learning Goal 1, 6 questions related to Learning Goal 2, and 6 question related to Learning Goal 3). Let's say that our student answered 13 out of the 18 questions correct. This would give the student an overall grade of 72 on the assignment. Unfortunately, this grade doesn't tell us anything about which learning goals the student has mastered and which ones he or she still needs to work on. As a parent, this can be frustrating because it leaves you without specific steps that you can take to help your child succeed.
Let's look at the same assignment with grades entered by learning goal. Since there were three learning goals involved in this assignment, we will assign three separate grades: one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 1, one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 2, and one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 3.
Learning Goal 1 (first 6 questions): 100
Learning Goal 2 (second 6 questions): 83
Learning Goal 3 (third 6 questions): 33
(Notice that the average of these three grades is still a 72.)
Now we can clearly see that the student has mastered the concepts related to Learning Goal 1, is doing well with the concepts related to Learning Goal 2, and is really struggling with the concepts related to Learning Goal 3.
Now that Learning Goal 3 has been identified as a weak area, parents and students can go to the Learning Goals page, click on the Learning Goal 3 link, and find resources that will help the student master the concepts related to Learning Goal 3. These include:
1. Criteria for Learning Goal 3 and specific examples of what success for each criteria looks like.
2. Which pages in the student's chemistry booklet cover the Learning Goal 3 concepts.
3. Which pages in the student's online textbook cover the Learning Goal 3 concepts.
4. Links to video tutorials explaining the Learning Goal 3 concepts.
Each question in a daily assignment, quiz, lab, or exam has been tagged with the learning goal that it relates to. The assignments that you see in the gradebook have also been tagged with a specific learning goal. This enables us to "zero in" on exactly where a student is struggling. Let's look at an example to see how this works and how you can use this information to help your student improve his or her weak areas.
First, let's pretend that the students have been given a daily assignment that has a total of 18 questions (6 questions related to Learning Goal 1, 6 questions related to Learning Goal 2, and 6 question related to Learning Goal 3). Let's say that our student answered 13 out of the 18 questions correct. This would give the student an overall grade of 72 on the assignment. Unfortunately, this grade doesn't tell us anything about which learning goals the student has mastered and which ones he or she still needs to work on. As a parent, this can be frustrating because it leaves you without specific steps that you can take to help your child succeed.
Let's look at the same assignment with grades entered by learning goal. Since there were three learning goals involved in this assignment, we will assign three separate grades: one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 1, one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 2, and one grade for the six questions related to Learning Goal 3.
Learning Goal 1 (first 6 questions): 100
Learning Goal 2 (second 6 questions): 83
Learning Goal 3 (third 6 questions): 33
(Notice that the average of these three grades is still a 72.)
Now we can clearly see that the student has mastered the concepts related to Learning Goal 1, is doing well with the concepts related to Learning Goal 2, and is really struggling with the concepts related to Learning Goal 3.
Now that Learning Goal 3 has been identified as a weak area, parents and students can go to the Learning Goals page, click on the Learning Goal 3 link, and find resources that will help the student master the concepts related to Learning Goal 3. These include:
1. Criteria for Learning Goal 3 and specific examples of what success for each criteria looks like.
2. Which pages in the student's chemistry booklet cover the Learning Goal 3 concepts.
3. Which pages in the student's online textbook cover the Learning Goal 3 concepts.
4. Links to video tutorials explaining the Learning Goal 3 concepts.