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Dr.

Anne Davies states in her article Access to Success Using Exemplars that there are five reasons why exemplars are helpful, particularly for students who struggle in classrooms. She states that they: 1.Help communicate the meaning of criteria for success visually. This can be so helpful for students who just can't see what the projects expectations are. I find that sometimes it is helpful to have different levels of achievement on display so students can start to really understand visually what is a level 4 and what is not. If the teacher goes through these exemplars and points out why each one received the level it did in conjunction with the rubric, I think it would really model for students how to achieve a high level. Idea: Collect different levels of work so students can compare levels. 2.Support students ongoing learning by capturing the characteristics of the work as it develops over time on the journey of success, a kind of visual rubric. As previously mentioned, an exemplar demonstration presented by the teacher along with a rubric acts as a benchmark for high achievement because in essence, the exemplar is a visual rubric. Some rubrics are so general and the levels are only separated by one word differentiation; whereas, a teacher demonstration of an exemplar provides a much more accurate vision of the expectation for the Junior learner. Idea: Have the assignment rubric in front of the students for them to guess what level the exemplar is based on the rubric's criteria. 3.Help students develop a common language to use for communicating about assessment and learning. Rubrics can be very useless to students unless they are specific and understandable for the students. If a teacher uses an exemplar in tandem with a rubric, it teaches students the jargon, models, and purpose of rubrics. Teachers can model in a read-aloud what is written on the rubric, and then provide a visual example still using the same wording. This is so helpful for the Junior learner as it develops their assessment vocabulary, and consequently, their learning. Idea: When presenting the exemplar, use the same vocabulary used in the rubric and write the wording on a word wall. Teaching students about assessment is part of their learning journey. 4.Provides a way for teachers to challenge all students to do their best no matter what their level of work. Exemplars provide a tangible, hands-on way for students to model their own work from. It is so beneficial for the students who would not normally approach an assignment by the same means of a high level exemplar, sometimes due to the fact that they have never been taught effective ways to organize and present their work. Idea: Have students reflect on what new strategies they learned in organizing and presenting their work. Have all the students write the different ideas down on a graphic organizer that they can refer to for the next assignment. 5.Encourage students to discover, as Denny Palmer-Wolfe says, many different faces of excellence. Lastly, providing exemplars roots ideas and starting points for students and allows them to incorporate their own learning style and creativity with some of the examples they have seen in exemplars.

Idea: Teach student about learning styles and have them reflect on their own preferences they saw in the exemplars and how it relates to their learning style. Davies, Dr. Anne. Access to Success Using Exemplars. ASCD Manitoba Journal: New Zealand, Fall 2005 and in 2006.

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