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Watch this short video to get an understanding of the resources below:
How will we / they know whether / to the degree they have learned?
"What strategy can double student learning gains? According to 250 empirical studies, the answer is formative assessment, defined by Bill Younglove as "the frequent, interactive checking of student progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately.""
(Todd Finley Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding)
Bill Rich: PKL Resources
Formative assessments measure learning progress during the instructional process, and formative-assessment results are used to inform instructional adjustments, teaching practices, and academic support. (definition from the Great Schools Partnership Proficiency-Based Learning Simplified)
John Hattie Visible Learning
How Do We Make John Hattie’s Visible Learning Work in Maths? An example of a math teacher using formative assessment to change his practice. Click on the links to both of his posts below.
What does it look like in the classroom?
Digital Resources & Formative Assessment Practices
3-Tips for Great Formative Assessment - from Common Sense Media
Check out the companion pdf: Make Formative Assessments More Student Centered with links to digital tools
Getting to Know You & Accessing Prior Knowledge: data gathering & feedback tools
Embed formative assessment in instruction - shoot your presentations (powerpoint, google slides, etc.) to student devices, but rather than static viewing, students interact dynamically with polls, surveys, drawing activities, etc. to share what they currently know to help shape further instruction!
Intro Video
Tutorial:
Create a group chat room; open up the conversation to the group - encourage informal text exchanges to hear the voices of all the experts in the room. Uncover what resonates for students, what questions they have, what they can contribute to the conversation.
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Quickly poll students to check for understanding and share the results live. Invite students to work with you to make meaning of the results. m.socrative.com
Tutorial:
Want more? Watch this Video Tutorial from EdShelf – https://edshelf.com/tool/socrative-student
Turn video watching into a participatory experience - Embed questions, comments, prompts, links, etc. in a video and track student responses.
image from LMS & Personalized Learning presentation
Tutorial
Insert your own questions, comments, and discussion prompts in TED ED videos and track student responses.
Whiteboard Apps
Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you and your students explain any concept
Chromebooks:
Tablets: Use Explain Everything (or other screencasting apps like Educreations) to provide feedback
Read Sam Gliksman’s blog post: Using iPad Screencasting for Feedback and Assessment
Explain Everything Tutorial: Basics Tools and Navigation
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