An assessment that summarizes what students have learned at the conclusion of an instructional segment.
What is a 'Summative' Assessment OR Assessment 'OF' Learning?
100
A scan to identify patterns across the disciplines at the same grade level.
What is a horizontal scan?
100
This term is used to describe concepts at both levels - disciplinary and interdisciplinary. It is used to denote the universal concepts across the curriculum.
What is a Big Idea?
100
These questions align the KDB and the Big Assessment Task, they also act as a focus for planning the unit.
What is a Big Question?
100
The University of Toronto
Where did Susan earn a PhD in curriculum?
200
Teachers use them to check students' prior knowledge and skill levels, identify student misconceptions, profile learners' interests, and reveal learning-style preferences.
What is 'Diagnostic' Assessments or Assessment 'of' learning?
200
A scan to identify what the students have learned in the grades before and what is expected in the next grade.
What is a vertical scan?
200
Balance, Systems, Communications, Interactions, Continuity, Change and Diversity are all examples
What is an example of a Big Idea.
200
Subject specific questions, that are written in "kid speak," pose a problem or reveal a controversy, or ask students to prove a point.
What is a unit question?
200
Physical education / health and english at the high school level, school improvement teams at the elementary level, one year as an elementary teacher as well as being a partner in a private adult education company.
What is Susan's teaching background?
300
These ongoing assessments provide specific feedback to teachers and students for the purpose of guiding teaching to improve learning.
What is 'Formative' Assessment or Assessment 'as' learning?
300
A popular strategy used by schools and districts to align the curriculum. Essentially, it is a process for recording the content, skills and assessment actually taught over a distinct learning period or the course of a year.
What is curriculum mapping?
300
Knowledge that will endure long past the lesson, for years to come. Also known as essential learnings or generalizations.
What is a Big Understanding?
300
"How do you solve a system of linear equations with two variables?" is an example of this type of question.
What is an example of a unit question.
300
North America, Europe, Asia and Africa
Where has Susan done workshops and presentations?
400
The most effective learners regularly use this type of assessment.
What is self assessment and goal setting?
400
An umbrella term that generally refers to educators acting in accordance with how the public has determined they are to act and to achieve what they are expected to achieve.
What is accountability?
400
Rarely is this identified in the curriculum, although it is usually implicit in the standards. It is admittedly problematic because it falls into the territory of values.
What is the 'Be'?
400
"How do values influence decision making?" is an example of this type of question.
What is an example of a Big Question?
400
Three- Japenese, Korean and Chinese
How many of Susan's books have been translated into a foreign language?
500
When students think the learning goals and assessments are meaningful and worth learning.
What is relevance?
500
A popular and sound process to align disciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum.
What is "designing down" or "mapping backward"
500
Complex performance skills that reappear year after year and across subject areas (e.g., literacy, problem solving, and technological skills)
What is "Big Skills"?
500
Concept+Verb+Concept
What is the formula for creating Big Questions?
500
Her right shoe!
What did Susan mistankenly take from the landlady, the last time she stayed at the Scone View Bed and Breakfast.