Below is a rubric to assess students' ability to plan, estimate and measure, across the four mathematical curricular competencies. Please feel free to edit this rubric to suit your students' needs. It can be adapted to be become a a peer assessment, or a self-assessment.
Below is a self-assessment reflection activity for your students. After you have went over the above rubric with the student, they can take this opportunity to reflect on and extend their learning.
How has what you know changed since the onset of our inquiry?
Have you discovered any misconceptions you may have had before our inquiry? How did you discover these misconceptions? What changed your thinking?
Describe a time that you solved a problem. What strategies did you use to help you overcome this challenge?
How do you value the past? How can we use the past to shape our future?
How do your actions impact others, either positively or negatively?
Describe a time you overcame a challenge. What did you learn from this situation?
How do you demonstrate empathy, compassion, and kindness? Describe a time where you helped someone else. What did you learn from this experience?
What does creativity mean to you? Describe a time when you demonstrated creativity.
How is it possible to solve a problem in different ways? Have you ever demonstrated this?
How have you demonstrated responsibility?
Describe a time that you solved a problem. What strategies did you use to help you overcome this challenge?
Describe a time when you felt you were a part of something larger than yourself.
All assessment resources were created by Driscoll (2023) using Canva and Google Docs.
Key questions to support student-teacher conferencing are retrieved from Trevor MacKenzie's Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition, Guiding Questions Resource.
MacKenzie, T. (2021). Inquiry Mindset Assessment Edition: Scaffolding a Partnership for Equity and Agency in Learning. Elevate Books EDU.