STEPS

tosuccessful projects

Why projects?

• National 4/5 Added Value Units• School development plan• Literacy across Curriculum

outcomes• Bill Boyd’s advice • Skills for work

Success criteria

• Whole school adoption• Taught • Embedded in curriculum• Transferable across subjects• Consistency across curriculum• Includes progression through

stages

Good project design

• Thinking skills• Engaging questions• Real world end products• Process assessment• Product assessment• No more cut and paste!

Why STEPS?

• Evidence base• Fits with Literacy outcomes• Provides scaffolding• Adaptable• Assessment rubrics

Requirements Ideas

Questions

Planning Keywords

Start searching

Find, select, sort, choose, organise your information

Finish your product Check for quality List your sources

What went well? Even better next time?

Adapted with permission from

http://www.in2edu.com/information_literacy

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Embedding STEPS

• Templates• Posters• Rubrics• Library wiki

Assessment of impact

Observation of behaviours Assessment of process over timeAssessment in different contextsMeasuring curricular attainmentAssessment audits

Future developments

• Team working• Learning logs• e-portfolios• Stage progression• More projects

What STEPS do we take?

WILF

• Engaging project • 3 challenging real world questions• 3 suitable evaluated resources• Project evaluation criteria