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Thursday 24 of November 2011

DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING - DOL

In the late 1980’s, Dr Robert Marzano developed a practical planning framework called Dimensions of Learning, which is about linking thinking and learning, that: combines the best teaching and learning approaches, strategies...

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Tuesday 22 of November 2011

RESTORING ESTEEM AND FOCUS

Effective learning and teaching is very much reliant on getting the person right first through building trusting and respectful relationships. When students and teachers are in a good place they thrive.Therefore when students...

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Whole School Approach

The Learning Curve student diary planners provide a consistent and sequential vehicle to create a cohesive whole school approach to:

  • Student learning and reducing variation between classrooms
  • Empowering personal bests
  • Organisational skills
  • Communication between home and school

Enhanced Outcomes

Your teaching will be optimised by your students' qualities as learners being developed by having weekly strategies and techniques "dripped" into their study habits.

Reduced Workload

The multitude of resources in the diaries/planners enable you to focus more on your teaching by not having to produce as much material for your students. Resources that will benefit you include:

  • Weekly
    • Vocabulary Builder
    • Number Skills Exercises
    • Problem Solving
    • Class Discussion Topics
    • Newsletter Articles
    • Time Management Techniques
  • Student Reflection
    • Monthly Self Assessment
    • Health Stocktake
    • Habits of the Mind
    • Multiple Intelligences
    • Goal Setting
    • Setting Guidelines

Checklist

Linking: Thinking & Learning

Our student diariy planners provide a whole school approach to building meaningful relationships and partnerships to achieve high level student learning outcomes and enhance teacher effectiveness. The following are checklists for students, parents and teachers of the features and the benefits that our diaries/planners provide.

Learning Curve Planner Checklist(.pdf)