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Formative Assessment: The New Apple A Day
Presenter: Holly Chesser
[email protected]: @hollychesser
blog: shedsomelightonthis.wordpress.com
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AssessmentsOne of the most important yet under-appreciated
foundations of effective teaching.
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What is the purpose of assessment
from the student’s perspective?
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What is the purpose of assessment
from the teacher’s perspective?
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If we want to change kids’ minds about assessment, we need to consider how, why, and what we’re assessing.
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Successby Carol Dweck
“mindset” (noun)
a set of beliefs or a wayof thinking that determines
one’s behavior, outlook, and mental attitude.
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Fixed Mind-set views an
individual’s potential as
circumscribed by nature.
Growth Mind-set views talent as unlimited and
capable of development
through practice, effort, and instruction.
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Summative and Formative Assessments
Assessment of Learning Summative Learning How much have students learned as of a particular point in
time?
Assessment for Learning Formative Learning
How can we use assessments to help students learn more?
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Increase student motivation. Encourage students’ self-monitoring and meta-cognition. Promote student learning if students engage with feedback
information intentionally.
Research has shown that the single most effective way for teachers to increase student motivation is to use formative assessments.
The Value of Formative Assessments
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Technology Tools
1. Jing
2. Google Forms
3. Padlet
4. Socrative
5. Poll Anywhere
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Jing
Snap a picture of your screen.
Record video of onscreen action.
Share instantly via web or email.
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Jing Examples
Essay Writing
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Google Forms
Spreadsheet data collection.
Easily embeds in blogs or websites.
Flipping the classroom tool.
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Google Form Examples
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking Scene
What’s Your Bias?
To Kill a Mockingbird’s “Strange Fruit”
How to Embed a Google Form
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Padlet
Online blank slate.
Collaborative tool.
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Padlet Examples
180 Days of Inquiry
Vocabulary in Brave New World
Who is Scout?
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Socrative
Created by teachers.
Student response system.
Immediate feedback.
Collect data via smartphones, laptops, iPod Touch, tablets.
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Socrative Examples
T/F Questions Multiple Choice Questions Short Response Exit Ticket Pre-Assessment Quick Check for Understanding Voting on Best Response Reflection
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Socrative in Action
Take out a smartphone, tablet, or laptop.
Go to m.socrative.com
Enter room number 447619 and join room.
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Multiple Choice
Rate today’s lunch from a score of A (unappetizing) to E (gourmet).
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Short Answer
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Type your answer and hit submit.
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True/False
There are 26 amendments tothe Constitution.
Choose true or false.
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Exit Ticket
Is this an isosceles or a scalene triangle? Explain.
45°
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Poll Everywhere
Student Survey System
Uses text messaging.
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Poll Everywhere
Phone: text code #37607
Laptop/tablet: submit response to www.PollEv.com
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