Assessment for Learning Week 4 Discussion Brett Crouse
Key Strategy #1 Clarifying Removing ambiguity or confusion on a subject Understanding Allowing students to relate the knowledge to personal experience Sharing Sharing points of view
Key Strategy #2 Lessons Should Elicit Evidence of Learning Activites, discussions, tasks in classroom should: Encourage involvement of the student in the learning process Promote interaction and communication about the subject between students and between student and teacher Allow students to connect lessons to real-world situations, apply learning to a new situation (Newman, 2013)
Key Strategy #3 Provide Feedback for Student Important for growth Important to use specific examples Include both two positives and an area of opportunity Feedback for Teacher Self-review of effectivity of the assignments
Key Strategy #4 Student to student Tutoring Green/Yellow/Red Strategy Green students understand the subject and are comfortable using their viewpoint to tutor the red students Yellow students need extra assistance from the teacher Important for teacher to also provide feedback for student tutors (Green students) on how they extended their knowledge to the red students
Key Strategy #5 Activate students to own their learning C3B4ME This goes along with other previous key strategies "See Three Before Me" Encourages students to reach out to their peers, and take responsibility for their efforts before using the teacher as a resource. Important for teacher to be time-effective
Personal Ideas Formative Assessments Often described as low-stakes Smaller checkpoints for student understanding. How will it be effective? End of day review of learning Gauge of student understanding Positive for student individually Positive for teacher
Formative Example I enjoyed the idea of using individual mini whiteboards to answer open-ended questions to review the subject at the end of a unit of study. This can also be done mid-way between the subject to check on progression status for each student. Another example would be submitting short answers to open-ended questions about the subject submitted individually allow assessment of individual. shows teacher where they need to focus extra attention
Personal Ideas Summative Assessments At the completion of a unit or a class Regarded as high-stakes to students How will it be effective? For teachers to check students learning in relation to standards Evaluation of teaching from beginning to end of unit/course Allows for a view of total progress made within that timeframe Evaluation for both teacher and student
Summative Example Students can fill out teacher evaluations Gain an upward perspective about the quality of lessons, activities, etc. Final exam Use open-ended questions instead of multiple choice Essay about coursework as a whole Critique of real-world example
Summary Assessment has many forms in modern education Assessment is important as both check points and at the completion of units/classes Assessment can be for both teachers and students Classroom environments allow for various options for utilizing peer tutoring Creativity is key!
References Rystad, M. (2013, April 7). Assessment for learning [Video file]. Retrieved from for learninghttp:// Newman, R. (2013). Teaching and learning in the 21st century: Connecting the dots. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.Teaching and learning in the 21st century: Connecting the dots