In Wisconsin schools a strategy that has been successful in the classroom seems to be student journaling. This best practice is an easy way for teachers to monitor student growth and encourages student accountability...so I know that all you teachers out there will love this idea!
A middle school math coach uses math journals with her students on a regular basis. She is including this practice when her students are using Study Island as well. Students keep a journal of each topic that they are working on, and they are responsible for journaling the question that they got incorrect, summarizing the explanation for the correct answer in their own words, and then working out the problem in a constructed response format.
Voila!
Your students are still engaged with the topic at hand, but they are taking time to reflect on their missed answers.
One easy benefit for teachers is that students know that you can run a missed question report for them, so it does not behoove them to skip over any missed answers. Much to their chagrin, Study Island really does provide teachers with in depth data about every question that they answer.
This journaling idea can transfer over to any subject area, so I hope that you try this out and feel free to leave a comment or pass along your best practice!
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