Framework for Learning

Learning Experiences and Assessment Practices Overview ( PDF document 520 KB)

Guiding Principles for the Design of Learning Experiences and Assessment Practices

The Guiding Principles for the Design of Learning Experiences and Assessment Practices provides guidance to all Manitoba educators as they design learning experiences and classroom assessments to strengthen, extend, and expand student learning. Planning with the learner, the context, and the curricula in mind creates opportunities for the co-construction of inclusive learning experiences and assessment practices where the diverse learning needs, abilities, and interests of each learner are met.

Assessment for and as learning involve learners in the process, supporting learner reflection, while assessment of learning, commonly known as summative evaluation, measures final outcomes. Both aspects, when done well, contribute to informed teaching and reliable judgment of learner progress.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by being learner-centred.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by integrating diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and world views.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by supporting learning that is authentic, social, and purposeful.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by engaging in Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing to strengthen the process of Truth and Reconciliation.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by infusing multiliteracies and technologies through diverse pedagogical approaches within and across disciplines.

Learning experiences and assessment practices support learner growth and well-being by enhancing self-efficacy and encouraging autonomy and responsibility.