Learner Powers

What are Learner Powers about? They are about:

  • Helping young students to help themselves become better learners
  • Developing students' learning habits
  • Preparing young students for a lifetime of learning

When students are given a challenge they feel stuck.  Using the learner powers helps students feel courageous when they get stuck.  Once students can identify which learning phase they are in, they can more easily select a learner power which will help them pass to the next phase in learning and begin their learning journey out of the pit and finally reach the point of break through to "Hooray, I get this now!"

The learner powers help students think about the planning, monitoring and evaluation of their thinking.  The following stems make their learning process visible:

  • I know I am aware of my learning when...
  • I'm thinking...
  • I'm wondering...
  • I have a question about...
  • I can look back at...
  • I'm connecting this to...
  • I'm determined to...