Mindful Assessment Named a 2017 REVERE Awards Finalist

April 12, 2017 07:53 ET

Bloomington, IN—Solution Tree, a premier educational publisher and professional development provider, announced that Mindful Assessment: The 6 Essential Fluencies of Innovative Learning by Lee Watanabe Crockett and Andrew Churches was named a 2017 REVERE Awards finalist in the Professional Resources: Instruction and Classroom Practice category.

For more than 50 years, the REVERE Awards have identified the best content for educating learners on any platform—print, digital or blended. The evaluation process is rigorous, with both educators and industry-professional judges evaluating each entry.

In Mindful Assessment, Crockett and Churches urge educators to rethink the relationship between teaching and learning, to effectively support modern learners. The authors outline how to frame assessment around six critical fluencies students need to cultivate:

1. Solution Fluency
2. Information Fluency
3. Creativity Fluency
4. Media Fluency
5. Collaboration Fluency
6. Global Digital Citizenship

"Teachers do not create learning; only learners create learning," explained Crockett and Churches. "Teachers should respond to student performance to guide the learning process. This happens through mindful assessment, being conscious and in the moment, seeing the situation clearly and using assessment to confirm or create this clarity."

The book provides sample lessons and scenarios throughout to help readers begin applying the fluencies in K–12 classrooms. Readers also have access to full lessons, activities, assessments and resources for planning teaching through the authors' Solution Fluency Activity Planner website.

"The crucial new skills and mindsets that learners need to flourish in 21st-century life are clearly explained in this book," said Dr. Therese Keane, a senior lecturer in education at Swinburne University in Melbourne. "Crockett and Churches not only describe fluencies and explain their importance but also provide examples of assessment rubrics which will enable teachers to implement these fluencies in the classroom. This book will inspire and challenge teachers."

REVERE Award winners will be honored on May 25 at a special awards dinner held at the annual Content in Context conference in Philadelphia.

Mindful Assessment is available to order at SolutionTree.com.

Learn more about the REVERE Awards and Solution Tree.