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How can we tell what students have learned?

Checklist:

• Objective: do you have a clear lesson objective?

• Measure: is there an existing task which encapsulates success in the objective succinctly?

YES - skip to 4

NO - Create an exit ticket which:

• Permits valid inferences about student learning:

  • Differentiates accurately between levels of understanding

  • Elicits misconceptions

• Provides useful data:

  • Includes everything that matters from the lesson

  • Focuses on the key point

  • Has sufficient structure to elicit a clear response

• Is focused:

  • Swift to answer

  • Swift to mark

3.  Step back: are the objectives appropriate?

Will the lesson prepare students to succeed?

4.  Assess student work:

• Divide: Yes/Almost/No

• Dig: Where have students struggled?

• Decide: How can their needs be met?

• Create the next step:

  • Utilitarian: seeking the greatest good for the greatest number

  • Master-oriented: seeking to get every student to a key level of understanding

6.  Sell the next step: Positive and mastery oriented

7.  Review your work: How can you teach this better next time?