Hattie research:
My initial read-through of these results was stressful. I noticed that feedback was number one and thought about feedback as teacher's promptly grading papers. Once I read the information underneath, and realized the feedback is much deeper than that, it made sense. I was similarly struck at the bottom of the list by individualization. Again, reading the comments clarified things. I think this study could be dangerous in the wrong hands. If someone just had the labels without the extra information, it could be interpreted quite differently. I felt that if individualizing things is ineffective, I've been steering things the wrong way. However, I believe I just have a different meaning for the word individualize than the author does. To me, it meant allowing differences (e.g. multiple means of …) if it is instead interpreted as a completely individualized course of study more like the old SRA, that is non-interactive, I can see why it is in the red zone. Direct instruction doesn't necessarily sound like old, traditional teaching to me. It sounds like Lucy Calkins. Say what you want students to learn, model, allow for guided practice, allow for individual practice.
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