1. How Am I Doing?
Formative Assessment in a
Mobile Learning Environment
Peggy Grant
Instructional Designer
Clarity Innovations
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2. What is formative assessment?
Formative assessment
takes place during the
learning cycle, rather
than at the end so that
teachers and students
can make adjustments
that improve learning.
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3. Does formative assessment
work?
Yes, definitely! In their 1998 study,
Black and Wiliam found that
“innovations that include
strengthening the practice of
formative assessment produce
significant and often substantial
learning gains” (Black and Wiliam
(1998).
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4. What are some examples of
formative assessment?
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5. We live in a technologically
mobile world.
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6. Expectations of personalized
learning
It’s all about
It’s all about
me!!
me!!
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7. Tools to assess student
understanding
Socrative.com
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8. Tools to assess student
understanding
Polleverywhere.com
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9. Tools to assess student
understanding
Evernote.com
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10. Tools to assess student
understanding
Wallwisher.com
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11. Why should students assess
each other?
• Providing feedback is a critical 21st
century workplace skill.
• Assessing peers’ work helps
students understand the criteria for
a task.
• Peer assessment is a necessary
step toward self-assessment.
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12. Tools for peer assessment
Google Drive
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13. Why should students assess
themselves?
• Self-assessment gives learners
control over their own learning.
• It helps students develop self-
direction and self-management.
• It develops metacognitive skills
which are essential for learning.
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14. Tools for self-assessment
Student-Led Conferences
http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/19claark/
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15. Tools for self-assessment
Reflective Blogs
http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/19claark/
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16. Tools for self-assessment
Online Quizzes
Softschool.com
www.softschools.com/quizzes
Math Games and Online Practice
www.softschools.com/math/games
QuizMoz
www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Science-
Quizzes.asp
World Quizzes
www.triviaplaza.com/geography-world-
quizzes
Classic Literature Quizzes
www.online-literature.com/quizzes.php
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17. To get where you want to go, you
have to know where you are.
Thank you
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