Learning Progressions

Today, the Social Studies research and design team met after school. After a 10 minute introduction and demo slam (check out Google Earth for geography, history, current events exploration), we split up into our respective divisions and choose our own adventures.

The middle school team collaborated on writing a learning progression for 5th Graders using primary sources. It was a fun activity for me. I felt stretched, creative, frustrated, and accomplished at different points throughout the process. My colleagues felt the same, but we all stuck with it and the result is a very solid, first attempt at a learning progress.

Resources: 
Developing and Using Learning Progressions as a Schema for Measuring Progress by Karen Hess

Learning Progression Ninja Jill Gough gave us some encouragement and feedback…

What feedback would you give our team on this learning progression?