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Are attitudes holding your students back?
Claire Dunn, International Manager
GL Education
“Students can only achieve at the highest levels when they believe that they are in control of their success.”
OECD(2013), PISA 2012 Results: Ready to Learn: Students’ Engagement, Drive and Self-Beliefs
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Key factors affecting attainment
• Effective feedback • Meta-cognition skills • Parental involvement ….and self-efficacy
Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy
“the ability to define a goal, persevere, and see oneself as capable”
“Indeed, self-esteem and self-efficacy are not the same. Self-esteem is feeling good about yourself. Self-efficacy is the belief that you have skills that you can rely on to help you navigate life and reach your goals.”
Source: Communiqué (newspaper of the National Association of School Psychologists) - November, Volume 39, Number 3 2
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The aim….
I’ve got a strategy, based on what I know,
of how I’m going to make progress
I can work out how I’m doing. I can evaluate
how well I’ve done and what I could have done
differently
I know what to do next to get better
My family take an interest and support
me
I’ve got what it takes to improve and it doesn’t matter if a few things go wrong along the
way
I know my developed abilities and how I’m best going to learn
…and assessments should support this
“Assessment should improve learning, not just measure it” – Daisy Christodoulou
Source: Making good progress? The future of Assessment for Learning - Daisy Christodoulou
Attitudes Impact Attainment (OECD 2014)
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and….
What is the PASS survey?
• A survey that measures students' attitudes towards their school context and towards
themselves as learners
• Whole school, annual online survey
• 50 short psychometric statements (27 for 4-7 year olds)
• 4 answer choices
• Developed by Educational Psychologists, UK universities and took 6 years to develop
Why is PASS important? • Self-efficacy = foundation for success • Gives you the early warning signs • Gives you the evidence to have further conversations and take action • Holistic view of students • Pupil voice • Uncovers fragile learners • Supports raising standards of attainment and pupil wellbeing (school development plan) • Informs teaching and learning strategies and intervention programmes • Challenges your own perception of your pupils • You cannot observe every lesson but your students do
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Factor
1: Feelings about school
2: Perceived learning capability
3: Self regard
4: Preparedness for Learning
5: Attitudes to teachers
6: General work ethic
7: Confidence in learning
8: Attitudes to attendance
9: Response to curriculum demands
The 9 Attitudinal Measures
LEVEL 1 ANALYSIS
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LEVEL 2 ANALYSIS
WHAT DO THE GRAPHS TELL US? • The bars on the chart represent the Percentage Maximum Score. This is a score
relative to the maximally positive response to a question
• The figures in the table below each chart express the Percentile Rank for each factor
based on the Percentage Maximum Score. These percentiles are benchmarked against
national norms providing a standardised indication of attitudes in the school.
LEVEL 3 ANALYSIS – INDIVIDUAL PUPIL PROFILES
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Student 1: Adrian
High percentile scores. What is happening with this student to result in such excellent attitudes to all aspects of
school life? How can we learn from this? How can this information be used to support other students?
Source: Nicola Lambros, International School@Parkcity, KL
Student 2: Natasha
F3: Low Self-regard = Low self-efficacy May underachieve due to poor feelings about learning capabilities - needs intervention
to build belief in academic capability Note: fragile learner
Source: Nicola Lambros, International School@Parkcity, KL
Student 3: Sean
F2 & 3: Regards himself as a capable learner but feels he lacks learning skills F4 - therefore may misbehave in the classroom
F1: Does not feel a part of the school community - ? bullying / doesn’t feel valued in the
classroom F8: Without intervention is likely to truant or miss many days from school
Source: Nicola Lambros, International School@Parkcity, KL
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Student 4: Kunza
F2 & 3: Regards himself as a capable learner but fairly low F4 - may need some support to develop independent learning skills
F6,7,9: Is motivated to learn and enjoys the curriculum the school provides F1, 5, 8: Low attitude towards teachers and fairly low feelings about school and
attendance - needs some work to feel more socially included, valued and connected in school.
Source: Nicola Lambros, International School@Parkcity, KL
Suggestions…
• Nicola Lambros, King’s Madrid:
– The right environment (personalised, achievable goals)
– Set the right goals (SMART)
– Give the right feedback (progress made, steps to improve, what went well, even better if…)
– Encourage independence (metacognition)
– Emotional control
Source: GL Education website “Five tips to help your students to believe in themselves” blog by Nicola Lambros, King’s College Madrid
(www.gl-education.com)
School:
Survey period:
Interpretation & Analysis Workbook
Key Stage 2- 4
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Fragile Learners
• Apparent track record of success
• Self-doubt
• Vulnerability e.g. home / peers
• Need protection
“I thought they’d have done better than that”
• Motivational discrepancies (F6 & F9)
• Attitudinal change & development (F2 & F3)
• Home life inferences (e.g. F1 & F5 c.f. F2, F3 & F4)
• Anomalies, e.g. F8 c.f. rest of profile
• Surprises, e.g. F5
• Comparisons (F2, F3) with attainment (fragility)
• High/low patterns e.g. mental health or emotional literacy screening
Factor Combinations
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Online intervention system – student level
Student A (Year 9)
CAT
76 (V)
141 (Q)
129 (NV)
126 (S)
•62% Feelings about school
•10% Perceived Learning Capability
•48% Learner Self-Regard
•46% Preparedness for Learning
•42% Attitudes to Teachers
•7% General Work Ethic
•60% Confidence in Learning
•71% Attitudes to Attendance
•65% Response to Curriculum
NGRT: 89
PTSc: 100
PTM: 120
In summary….
• PASS is the key to understanding your students’ underlying attitudes
• Without a strong self-efficacy for academic achievement, students will underachieve
• Provides the flags, highlighting where you need to dig further
• Data triangulation is key to getting most from your data
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Further Support:
– PASS support videos
– PASS ‘how to’ videos
– Nicola Lambros interview video
– Pupil Attitudes to Self and School Report 2016
– Upcoming webinars from senior leaders
http://www.gl-education.com/main-navigation/events/
www.gl-education.com
+44 (0)208 996 3369
Thank you
Questions?
