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Formative Assessment: The New Apple A Day

Presenter: Holly Chesser

hollychesser@gmail.comtwitter: @hollychesser

blog: shedsomelightonthis.wordpress.com

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AssessmentsOne of the most important yet under-appreciated

foundations of effective teaching.

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What is the purpose of assessment

from the student’s perspective?

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What is the purpose of assessment

from the teacher’s perspective?

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If we want to change kids’ minds about assessment, we need to consider how, why, and what we’re assessing.

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Successby Carol Dweck

“mindset” (noun)

a set of beliefs or a wayof thinking that determines

one’s behavior, outlook, and mental attitude.

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Fixed Mind-set views an

individual’s potential as

circumscribed by nature.

Growth Mind-set views talent as unlimited and

capable of development

through practice, effort, and instruction.

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Summative and Formative Assessments

Assessment of Learning Summative Learning How much have students learned as of a particular point in

time?

Assessment for Learning Formative Learning

How can we use assessments to help students learn more?

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Increase student motivation. Encourage students’ self-monitoring and meta-cognition. Promote student learning if students engage with feedback

information intentionally.

Research has shown that the single most effective way for teachers to increase student motivation is to use formative assessments.

The Value of Formative Assessments

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Technology Tools

1. Jing

2. Google Forms

3. Padlet

4. Socrative

5. Poll Anywhere

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Jing

Snap a picture of your screen.

Record video of onscreen action.

Share instantly via web or email.

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Jing Examples

Essay Writing

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Google Forms

Spreadsheet data collection.

Easily embeds in blogs or websites.

Flipping the classroom tool.

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Google Form Examples

Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking Scene

What’s Your Bias?

To Kill a Mockingbird’s “Strange Fruit”

How to Embed a Google Form

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Padlet

Online blank slate.

Collaborative tool.

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Padlet Examples

180 Days of Inquiry

Vocabulary in Brave New World

Who is Scout?

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Socrative

Created by teachers.

Student response system.

Immediate feedback.

Collect data via smartphones, laptops, iPod Touch, tablets.

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Socrative Examples

T/F Questions Multiple Choice Questions Short Response Exit Ticket Pre-Assessment Quick Check for Understanding Voting on Best Response Reflection

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Socrative in Action

Take out a smartphone, tablet, or laptop.

Go to m.socrative.com

Enter room number 447619 and join room.

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Multiple Choice

Rate today’s lunch from a score of A (unappetizing) to E (gourmet).

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Short Answer

What is the most abundant element in the universe?

Type your answer and hit submit.

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True/False

There are 26 amendments tothe Constitution.

Choose true or false.

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Exit Ticket

Is this an isosceles or a scalene triangle? Explain.

45°

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Poll Everywhere

Student Survey System

Uses text messaging.

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Poll Everywhere

Phone: text code #37607

Laptop/tablet: submit response to www.PollEv.com

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