# @edutopia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CJzCtLXFsX1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20303996-edutopia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-01-08T20:32:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Edutopia (@edutopia) — https://gondola.cc/edutopia

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When students clearly understand learning expectations, they do a better job applying feedback and assessing their own performance, writes Michael McDowell, superintendent of the Ross School District in California.⁣
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But achieving clarity around expectations doesn’t often happen quickly or easily. McDowell identifies three ways to make learning targets clearer to students: ⁣
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1. Clarity is interactive: “Telling people the expectations clearly doesn’t mean the expectations are clear to them,” says McDowell, who recommends regular check-ins with students to make sure they’re on track. Additionally, when students are actively involved in “co-constructing” success criteria, it helps clarify expectations for them, he writes. ⁣
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2. Rubrics require modeling: While teachers may like rubrics, students can get hung up on distracting details or instructions and lose sight of overall learning objectives. To get students to use rubrics more effectively, McDowell suggests starting a unit or lesson with examples of “great work that meets the expectations of the teacher.” This will help students better “evaluate their own work as well as to give, receive, and use feedback.”⁣
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3. Mastery needs clarification: Much of what happens in the classroom, like interactions between students, is hidden from the teacher. “Kids typically give and receive most of the feedback to and from their peers, and most of that feedback is incorrect,” McDowell says. To counteract the potential for misinformation, begin a unit with a discussion about what mastery looks like at various levels. Ask students to share their feedback in a fishbowl discussion to ensure it lines up with the learning expectations of the lesson or unit. ⁣
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