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- 1. Using Multimedia and Online Collaboration in Your Formative Assessment Robert Miller Volusia County Schools Port Orange, Florida
- 6. “Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works. If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and information that are taught, or they may learn them for purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions outside the classroom.” -How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice (1999)
- 9. A picture is worth (at least) one formative assessment.
- 11. What is the reason for the visible rocks in the concrete?
- 12. Why does the end stairwell have these markings?
- 13. Why does the Media Center’s door button appear this way?
- 14. What caused this water to form on my cup?
- 18. What caused this water to form on my cup?
- 19. Mabel washed her favorite apron. She hung the apron on a clothesline outside. An hour later the apron was dry. Choose the answer that best describes what happened to the water that was in the wet apron. A. It soaked into the ground. B. It disappeared and no longer exists. C. It is in the air in an invisible form. D. It moved upward and formed clouds. E. It chemically changed into a new substance. F. It went up to the Sun. Describe your thinking...
- 22. “[Teachers may] come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works. If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the ... concepts and information that [they are teaching].”
Editor's Notes
- Too often assessment is thought of at the end of learning… end products like quizzes, performances, tests, or end of course exams.
- We all know it, but let’s give it names... Teach your students the difference.
- Formative: Find out students’ existing ideas Monitor learning, give feedback on learning Used before/during instruction for direction when new ideas are encountered Check and Go to monitor focus Summative: Measures the extent that students have mastered a learning goal at the end of instructional sequence.
- Weighted shift toward summative assessment and standardized testing... .. but showing shows marginal gains in achievement. When students’ scores fail to rise significantly, leads to more testing and test prep... ...reduces time teachers spend on problem areas of student learning at the beginnng of instruction... and no monitoring for conceptual change in the first place.... ....A Vicious Cycle
- Preaching to the choir. Let’s get started on how to incorporate....
- Easy. Go around your campus and gather familiar images. Pose a question that forces them to explain why.
- SHOW GOOGLE FORM RESULTS!!!!
- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <poll url="http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/cfikambSIot8oWT"> <!-- This snippet was inserted via the Poll Everywhere Mac Presenter --> <!-- The presence of this snippet is used to indicate that a poll will be shown during the slideshow --> <!-- TIP: You can draw a solid, filled rectangle on your slide and the Mac Presenter will automatically display your poll in that area. --> <!-- The Mac Presenter application must also be running and logged in for this to work. --> <!-- To remove this, simply delete it from the notes yourself or use the Mac Presenter to remove it for you. --> <title>Where did most of the matter that makes up the wood and leaves of this huge tree originally come from?</title> </poll>
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