Marzano's Teachings

I think that it is important for all physical and health education teachers to understand that they must take a lot of time to work to develop their curriculum and corresponding assessment plan. The education department must allow the teachers the opportunity to do this so that they have the ability to effectively assess their student’s learning and performance in the classroom.
Learning that feedback is critical to showing students that you care about them and want them to succeed if it is used correctly. Feedback must reinforce positive actions and encourage students to perform better in the classroom. With the use of positive feedback students will develop a sense of empowerment and understand that they are in control of how they perform. Using the fear of failure and the thrill of working towards success I believe that students will perform well in schools. Formative and Summative assessment are forms of assessment that should be combined and used in every subject that a student is a part of.
I think the most interesting point that I learned from Marzano’s teachings was the fact that the standards are crippling educators freedom in the classroom. Yes I think that standards are great and provide guidance for instruction I also feel that they are at times very over bearing on both students and teachers.