Formative Assessment & Giving Effective Feedback

Learning Objectives

• Compare and contrast formative and summative assessment

• Describe aspects of descriptive feedback

• Differentiate between formal and informal formative assessments

Readings

• The Lay of the Land reading Moss Brookhart

  • Formative assessment is to improve learning, not merely to grade or audit it. It is assessment for learning rather than assessment of learning.

Activities

• Ranking Classroom Feedback Practices - Student Work Samples (in Canvas)

• Samples - Teacher Feedback TO Students (in Canvas)

Video

• Formative and Summative Assessment TED-Ed

Plan to use a CAT

• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) (about class material or yourself as an LA)

Plan to make a Kahoot or Blooket (about class material)

• Key features for review and assessment (Kahoot)

• Any examples from returning LAs?

Discussion Questions

• How do you feel about formative assessment as a student?

• How is formative assessment used in your classes (as a student and LA)?

• How do you get assessment feedback as a student?

  • What do you appreciate the most and what do you find the most effective?

• How do you provide assessment feedback as an LA?

• How can you get feedback about your performance as an LA?

Action Steps

• Plan to use a CAT

• Make a Kahoot

• Make a poll for a live lesson

  • Teams

  • Zoom

  • BigBlueButton

  • Poll Everywhere

  • Strawpoll

  • OnlineQuestions.org