With practical, informed assessment techniques, you can increase your instructional effectiveness and demonstrate improvements in student learning. This research-based book, part of the In A Nutshell series, provides a succinct yet substantive discussion about formative assessments and how they impact the teaching//learning cycle. The authors present results-oriented methods, offer invaluable tips, and examine three types of inFormative assessments: Routine inFormative Assessments to weave into everyday instruction Reflective inFormative Assessments to foster self-assessment for students and teachers Rigorous inFormative Assessments to provide continuous tools that inform teaching practices and student learning INDICE: Preface / Acknowledgments / About the Authors / Opening Quote / Introduction / PART ONE: PURPOSE//GOALS / PART TWO: 'A SUITE OF ASSESSMENTS' / PART THREE: BACKGROUND//RESEARCH / PART FOUR: OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK AND CHAPTER FORMAT / Routine Formative Assessments: All Day, Everyday-Flow: Teachings Scene of Scenario (for Reader's Theater Activity) Define, Describe, and Give Real-World Examples Tools Responders//'2Know!' Lap Boards Traffic Light Cards Color-Coded Multiple Choice Cards Tongue Depressors Name Cards Mr. Parnes' Questions Mr. Pete's Questions Techniques Questioning Procedures Pose Question Allow Wait Time Choose a Respondent Using a Random Method Provide Some 'Save Face' Option HOT Questions Delving Woven Questions Rhetorical Questions Hands Up Only to Ask a Question Policy Cooperative Learning (Informal) TTYPA Shoulder Elbow TESA Wait Time Equal Opportunity to Respond Unpacking the Language of Standards//Tests//Instructions Tasks Tips / Reflective Informative Assessments: Many Days-Conversations: Teachings Scene or Scenario (for Reader's Theater) Define, Describe, and Give Real-World Examples Tools Agree//Disagree People Search Human Graph Rubrics//Checklists (Criteria in Kid-Friendly Terms) Journals Little Book of Reflective Tools Step Book Cooperative Learning Roles and Responsibilities Peer Tutors PMI Traffic Light Indicators Student Portfolios Blogs Tear Share Magic Book Mrs. Potters' Questions Ms. Poindexter's Questions Techniques Range Finding Questions (Prior Knowledge) Hinge Point Questions (During Instruction) Rubric Development With the Class Use of Benchmark Papers Descriptive Feedback Reflective Questions (Metacognition) Peer Assessment (Peer Editing) Cooperative Learning Interactive Conversations Teacher - Student//Student - Teacher Student - Student Student - Self Email Buddies Comments That Reference Criteria, Instead of Grades 'There Are _ Wrong. Find Which Ones.' Focused Marking (One Aspect of Element) Grading: Omit Zeros, Omit Averages, Require Students to Do Missing Assignments Tasks Tips
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-7542-1
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 136
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés