One view of formative assessment integration from a posting to youtube. First I would like to say thank-you to all who attended and contributed to the discussion about formative assessment. I have presented a summary of the discussion below. There were three points on the agenda: an example of clickers in the classroom, case study learning and a discussion of how Formative Assessment worked or did not work for each teacher. Summary of the discussion points
The activity was primarily assigned to help them to prepare for their tests later this week – understanding the names of the phases, and the basics of what is going on in each. And, to present them in a creative way to also help others understand mitosis from a different perspective. It’s probably the best formative outcome that I’ve had since trying these new ideas out. I had students making videos of basketballs moving across the gym floor, iced cookies, iced cupcakes, a full-colour flyer (from a boy who rarely participates but LOVES to draw), “paint” animations on the computer, etc. I’ll definitely do it again. MB A small group of teachers met before the February Break to discuss assessment, reporting, and professional development at the school. From that meeting came the decision to create a pilot programme for PD and professional reflection regarding formative and summative assessment.
There was a one hour meeting where all the teachers in the science and math departments were formally introduced to formative assessment and as well as reviewing methods that they were using and looking at new strategies. Each teacher is sending a list of two new strategies and three current strategies of formative assessment to be posted on this website. While the final meeting is the afternoon before the May Break, there will be an interim meeting the afternoon before the Easter Break to review progress and to look at the process at its midpoint for those teachers that are interested. AD This is a nice text from the NSTA and it includes a variety of activities for all subjects, not just science classes. Each entry includes instructions, samples of student work, and ideas for the teacher in addition to a clear summary of the run time and preparation required for each activity. There are three copies in the staff room that you may borrow to research new strategies. AD |
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