How To Better Understand Our Classrooms

 In the "The Skillful Teacher," chapter 3 talks about various ways to "understand our classrooms" and more specifically it talks about "The Muddiest Point" (Brookfield, 2015). Wow, what a great evaluation strategy that I am excited to introduce into my next class. 

This idea of asking students each day to summarize something that happened in class that they found was unclear or something they thought was poorly explained or covered in todays lesson strikes me as such a fantastic way to try and identify, address and fill and gaps in their knowledge. 

I think that if I introduce the muddiest point strategy as a daily feedback tool to better assess students' understanding on daily basis., while also introducing my weekly feedback tool that I created during PIDP 3260. It is my hope that these strategies will help to crate a learning environment that students feel comfortable, safe and willing to step outside their comfort zone to widen their understanding of various topics. 

Brookfield, S, D. (2015). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass.