MTDS Glossary
Documentation Structures
Documenting student learning involves both teacher and students. Some documentation is gathered by the teacher and may or may not be shared with students. Teachers may keep journals, lists, observation logs, and/or anecdotal records of student learning as well as formal structures for tracking and recording student grades, such as a grade book. Documentation structures, such as charts, graphs, and other data displays can be used by both teachers and students to track progress over time.
Documentation structures can also be thought of as strategies and/or resources for student learning. Engaging students in collecting, sharing, and reflecting on evidence of their own learning allows students to take responsibility for and direction of their own learning facilitated by structures of documentation for- and as- learning. Student-centered documentation structures include protocols for students to record, track, reflect, and share their learning through the use of images, videos, portfolios, tracking tools, samples of work, and other artifacts of learning.
Documentation structures can also be thought of as strategies and/or resources for student learning. Engaging students in collecting, sharing, and reflecting on evidence of their own learning allows students to take responsibility for and direction of their own learning facilitated by structures of documentation for- and as- learning. Student-centered documentation structures include protocols for students to record, track, reflect, and share their learning through the use of images, videos, portfolios, tracking tools, samples of work, and other artifacts of learning.
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