Perpetual Proximity

Published on November 4, 2014

Last updated on November 1, 2024

David Ginsburg:

Yet proximity is more than an essential behavior management practice. It’s an essential assessment practice. Proximity in this context involves circulating among students throughout class, whether they’re working on a five-minute Do Now or a week-long project. Such perpetual proximity allows you to assess and address each student’s ongoing needs–academic and behavioral. It also lets you collect data about the class’s needs as a whole, and make timely, informed decisions about how to proceed.

Proximity as an assessment practice? Yes, please!

(Via @damonhargraves)