Evidence

Learning More about the Use of Evidence
How do we gather evidence of learning? Generally we need to ask students to say, make, write to do something that enables them to make their new learning visible - whether this be new knowledge, deeper understanding and conceptual or values development, higher levels of skill proficiency or general capabilities; or stronger learning dispositions / more positive attitudes and motivations towards learning.

A simple way to monitor new knowledge is a KWHL chart maintained and dated through a Unit - What I already Know; Want to know; How I'll find out and what I Learned.

If you are wanting to gather evidence of deepening understanding, the Wiggins and McTighe Rubric for the 6 facets of Understanding might be of assistance.



We have created a Linking Chart as a simpler way to gather evidence of shifts in understandings, beliefs, feelings about the main ideas a class has been investigating in a Unit - this also asks learners to identify the contributing factors that caused them to shift in their thinking, values and beliefs. Asking for the Questions on their mind also gives you an indication of the depth of thinking - whether it is literal or more analytical - change the prompts at the top to suit what you want to find out:



Concept Maps - added to in different colours over time - also help students to track evidence of new understandings and connections they make in relation to the big ideas of a Unit.

The following article was developed by DEECD to support the capture of images as evidence: