It Takes a Community: Developing Self-Directed Learners

By Kathleen Blough

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490328041
• ISBN13: 9781490328041
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"