Informal Classroom Assessment Robert Filson Green River Community College

Informal Classroom Assessment Informal = low-stakes assessment

Informal Classroom Assessment Informal = low-stakes assessment Purpose  Increase student learning

Informal Classroom Assessment Pre-instructional Assessment Instruction and Formative Classroom Assessment Examination Student perspective

Informal Classroom Assessment Pre-instructional Assessment Instruction and Formative Classroom Assessment Examination Instructor perspective

Informal Classroom Assessment Pre-instructional assessments –What is your concept of…? –Predictions –Comparisons –Conversations between students

Informal Classroom Assessment Examples of some pre-instructional ideas: –Groundwater moves in underground rivers –All igneous rocks are volcanic –Density is the same as weight or volume –Gravity and magnetism are the same

Informal Classroom Assessment Instructional Assessments: –Group discussion questions Old exam questions Questions aimed at common misconceptions

Informal Classroom Assessment Instructional Assessments: –Group discussion questions Old exam questions Questions aimed at common misconceptions T/F questions

Informal Classroom Assessment Instructional Assessments: –Group discussion questions Old exam questions Questions aimed at common misconceptions T/F questions –Minute papers at the end of class

Informal Classroom Assessment Mid-Course Correction

Informal Classroom Assessment Which aspects of the course are helping you learn? Which aspects of the course are interfering with your learning? Index Cards

Informal Classroom Assessment Visual materials-15 Study guides- 12 Groups- 10 Questions on exams are not clear-18 Too much reading- 15 Don’t like due dates on Monday-12 Next Day