The opening sentence in our new book, Visible Learning for Literacy, says “Every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design.” There is so much behind this deceptively simple statement. For example, the opening phrase every student conveys one of our core
Helping Students Develop the Traits of an Effective Learner Professor John Hattie notes in Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning (Routledge, 2012) the importance of going beyond the parking lot and confines of a school to make sure parents are invited into understanding the
Developing Effective & Assessment Capable Learners The Visible Learning research from Professor John Hattie has opened our eyes to the importance of two critical actions all educators must take: Always viewing learning through the eyes of our students Consistently monitoring the impact of our actions on
This post was originally published on Finding Common Ground. We all teach, lead, and learn under different Mindframes. They envelope our personal lives as well as into our professional conversations. John Hattie, someone I have worked with for the last year and a half as a
Last spring, we gave you the opportunity to submit your burning questions about the Visible Learning research or student achievement to Professor John Hattie, the researcher behind the largest evidence base on K-12 student achievement in the world. I was able to track him down to ask
When I was a new teacher in New York State, the State Education Department (NYSED) required all provisionally certified teachers to film themselves teaching. Without the videotape, teachers could not become permanently certified. With 6 months left on my provisional certification, I borrowed a video
Hattie’s Visible Learning research, despite years in the making, is still young in terms of implementation in schools here in North America. So, the question it leads me to consider is whether or not Visible Learning will fall prey to the “silver bullet” paradigm that
Are the grading actions you are currently implementing leading to greater levels of student learning and desired behaviors? Professor John Hattie notes clearly that building students’ assessment capability has the potential to best impact their learning. But just what does assessment capability mean? Assessment capable students: Become
Without question, Professor John Hattie’s Visible Learning research has made a significant contribution to the quality of instructional decision-making. Knowing the effect sizes of a variety of instructional practices can help us to focus decisions and strategies in the direction most likely to build academic
Visible Learning Educators all over the world are buzzing about John Hattie's research on visible learning. In his research, Hattie asserts that "almost everything works" to some extent. In other words, every intervention will impact students in some way. However, only certain interventions have a significant