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title: "Releasing Responsibility with Accountability: Formative Learning Goals"
description: Learn how to use student Checkpoints as a formative assessment tool to uncover and improve their understanding of their plans and thinking behind them.
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 30-MINUTE INTERACTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION

# Releasing Responsibility with Accountability: Formative Learning Goals

Discover how to use the excitement of planning a science investigation or engineering a prototype solution to drive your students’ engagement in thinking.

In this 30-minute professional development workshop recording, we will discuss how to use student Checkpoints as a formative assessment tool to uncover and improve students' understanding of their own plans and their thinking behind them.

*In this interactive session recording, we’ll learn:*

- how to give immediate feedback and clarify student expectations
- how to set the appropriate level of challenge and rigor
- how to give students ownership over their own learning

Learn how to use student planning checkpoints as formative assessment tools

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| ![icon-1](https://www.knowatom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/landing-page/icon-1.png?width=104&height=103&name=icon-1.png) | Teachers, Principals & Curriculum Advisors, Parents |
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### Presenter(s):

| ![person-img](https://www.knowatom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/LP_Graphics/judy-higgins-1.jpg?width=110&height=110&name=judy-higgins-1.jpg) | **JUDY HIGGINS** 5th Grade Teacher and KnowAtom Educator Preparation Specialist Judy Higgins has 19 years of teaching experience. She spent the past five years teaching fifth-grade science at a large urban school district in Lawrence, MA. During this time, Judy taught science with KnowAtom curriculum and materials and experienced exceptional results in student scores and engagement. |
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