Assessments for Learning
Implementing New Strategies
Five Key Strategies
2. Engineering effective classroom discussion, tests, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
3. Providing feedback that moves learners forward
4. Activating students as learning resources for one another
5. Activating students as owners of their own learning
Formative and Summative Assessment Plans
- Peer and Self Evaluation
- Open Discussions
- Enter/Exit Slips
- Appointment Meetings with peers
Summative:
- Anonymous practice quizzes graded by peers
- creative illustration photos of material
- writting letters pretending to be someone in the material describing the material
Implementing Both Strategies
Evidence of Learning
Enter/Exit Slips
Immediate feedback on students understanding of material upon exiting the classroom or entering the following day. Give the two positive remarks on their work and one remark on where they could use some improvement.
Students are Owners of Their Own Learning
Appointment Meetings
Having students set up multiple peer meetings throughout the day to discuss material being covered. Combine the strategy of C3B4Me. See three different peers about the material being covered before coming to the instructor.
Students are Learning Resources
Peer Evalulation
Peer made worksheets will show the instructor which students are in Green, Yellow or Red. Upon passing approval from the instructor, the Green worksheets can be distributed while Green students work with red, and yellow students will work with the instructor.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Building critical thinking skills
- Building social communication skills
- Building creative thinking skills
Combining these strategies will incorporate all 21st Century Learning desired skills and create an effective classroom environment for success.