PEDAGOGICAL
FRAMEWORK STRATEGY: Data Notebooks
At
Musgrave Hill State School we believe that self-monitoring and self-reflection
is the most powerful tool to enhance students learning outcomes.
The
Data Notebook was developed especially for students at our school. It is a book
that stays at school with students all year and is used every day.
Data
Notebooks were developed as a result of research which found that Self-
evaluation is more powerful than teacher feedback. This means that students are
the most powerful contributor to improving their learning results.
Students
at Musgrave Hill need to be involved in managing their learning, monitoring
their learning & reflecting upon their learning. They also need to be KEY
DECISION makers in setting goals to improve their own learning.
The
Data Notebook is the tool that Musgrave Hill students use to self-evaluate.
This encourages them to become
motivated and to produce work that is of a high standard. Using the Data Notebook allows students to
become actively involved in setting goals & targets around their own
learning which empowers them to understand and talk about:
• Where they are going
• How they are going and
• Where they need to go next
There
are three different types of data:
1. Academic Data
2. Learning Behaviour Data
3. Personal Development Data
In
Term 1, all year levels complete a Technology unit planned around the data
notebook.
In
Term 2, all students host an ‘On Track Chat’ with their classroom teacher and
their parent/s or guardian/s. The Data
Notebook is the key resource to support this 3 way discussion about the
student’s learning.