Definition and Things I Didn't Know Before
Multiple & Multi-modal Assmnts
CRP & Misassessment
Changes Past & Present
Changes for the Future
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At the beginning of the semester, I thought assessments were basically academic tests for studnets, but know I know they can you can assess many different _________________ including student behavior, classroom climate, tone of voice, body language etc.
What are components?
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To best understand students' reading strengths and weaknesses in miscue, try using the Wilde miscue analysis or this, more standardized miscue analysis.
What is QRI miscue analysis?
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CRP - All ________________ can and must learn.
What are students?
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These are mini conversations that happen through the course of a lesson between a teacher and a student, making sure that the student has understood the information presented. They are also something I have been trying to incorporate more into my teaching.
What are feedback loops?
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I vow to create a _________ that will effectively align with my intentions to have students make.... a collage. Haven't worked out the details yet, but 2014 is bringing some big changes guys.. big changes.
What is a rubric?
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This describes how you should have in mind ahead of time how many students should "pass" your assessment before you should move forward.
What are assessment criteria?
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Instead of assessing reading strengths and weaknesses solely on miscues, try pairing a miscue analysis with this form of reading analysis where students pause while reading and share thoughts.This can help identify more specific issues in reading comprehension.
What is think aloud?
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CRP - Teachers must accept that they will clash with ________________ educational policies and practices. To hell with them. Negotiate that curriculum.
What is traditional?
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This describes a type of assessment that allows students to present their learning in a variety of ways. They can be given a choice of projects, or they could be given one project that gives them opportunities to use a few different modalities. This is something I have tried in my science classroom, having students review for our midterms by creating and playing one of these games along with using flashcards and a written study guide.
What are multi-modal assessments?
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Though we have begun to introduce invitation research work in science, I haven't let go enough to have students choose their own ___________. The other science teacher and I are still guiding students through the process of choosing credible articles and videos.
What are resources or sources?
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In order to be sure the assessment you choose is most beneficial for you AND your students, be sure to align the assessment tool with your ___________________.
What are intentions?
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Rubrics can work for writing, but for a more in-depth analysis of print writing try viewing through the lens of the Generous Writing Analysis or this, which can help explore strengths and weaknesses in grammar and mechanics.
What is the functional language analysis?
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CRP - Teachers must reflect both individually and ____________________.
What is collectively or collaboratively?
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In the past, we have just used the AR reading quizzes to test student _______________ of books, however, now reading teachers (including me) have begun also using a variety of reading responses as we go through a story.
What is comprehension or understanding?
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In the future I look forward to pairing traditional rubric assessment with this analysis to better see the student holistically. This assessment will allow me to look for voices heard, and who the student is as a writer.
What is the generous reading analysis?
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This is an example of an exit slip assessment you can use to inform your next steps of instruction, by asking students to identify the part of the lesson that is most confusing to them.
What is identifying the muddiest point?
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Using ______-__________ assessments can showcase different strengths and weaknesses and even hook more reluctant readers and writers because they may be more likely to find something of interest. (Think the tv research class Morris, 1998).
What are multi-modal assessments?
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Making assumptions about students' needs, strengths, weaknesses, likes or dislikes is one way teachers can __________________ students.
What is misassess?
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In science this year, we began using the invitation assessment from this book, which gives students the opportunity to choose their research topics and puts them in charge of finding their own materials.(still working on it!)
What is What If and Why? (Van Sluys 2005).
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For the future, I will continue to work on multiple and multimodal assessments for my own teaching, like the misassessment reflection and the __________________ assessment which we did on ourselves and our peers.
What is the CLASS assessment?
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This is a process that deepens understanding through systematic collection and review of natures, knowledges, abilities, qualities, data, and information. That understanding is then used to improve teaching and learning.
What is assessment?
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A way to gather information about a student's family is to invite them to create a ___________________ which could include a variety of pieces of information about them (Gregg, Rugg & Suoto Manning 2011).
What is a portfolio?
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By using multiple assessments and triangulating data, teachers can limit the number of times they __________________ students.
What is misassess?
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY - ONE MINUTE... GO! What is one change you have made in your own classroom in order to have a pedagogy that more effectively uses multiple and multi-modal assessments?
Win or lose double points!
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DOUBLE DOUBLE JEOPARDY: ONE MINUTE.... GO! What is one future change you are planning in order to have a pedagogy that more effectively uses multiple and multi-modal assessments?
Win or lose TRIPLE THE POINTS!
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