Backward Design
Assessment in Ontario
Planning & Assessment
Instructional Strategies
Pot Pourri
100

The number of parts in a Backward design question

three

100

What type of assessment is done at the beginning of a unit?

diagnostic

(Assessment For Learning is fine, too)

100

What should learning intentions align with on your C&A plan?

specific expectations

100

This instructional practice, designed to build community, originated in Indigenous culture

a Circle, or Circling

100

What does DI stand for?

Differentiated Instruction

200

What does EBI stand for?

Even Better If

200

What type of Assessment is typically done at the end of a unit?

Assessment of Learning

200

What are the four performance standards in the Achievement Chart?

knowledge and understanding, thinking, communication and application

200

What is this an example of?

Choice Board or Tic Tac Toe Board
200

The summative task in a unit
should assess what? 

Overall Expectation
(or Expectations)

300

What part of the lesson
“focuses attention on the
learning intention to come”?

the hook

300

What type of Assessment is done throughout a unit and provides feedback for the teacher and students?

Assessment for Learning

300

How are qualifiers used on the achievement chart?

Describe each of the four levels of the performance

300

What instructional strategy involves expert and home groups?

Jigsaw

300

This person evaluates your practicum placement

 Associate Teacher

400

These describe in specific terms what successful attainment of the learning goals looks like

Success Criteria

400

Released by the Ministry of Education in 2010,  what document outlines Ontario’s assessment framework?

Growing Success

400

What is Criterion-referenced Assessment and Evaluation?

teachers assess and evaluate student work with reference to established criteria for four levels of achievement that are standard across the province

400

What collaborative learning strategy is this? 

Think, Pair, Share

400

Who should you call if you find yourself struggling during practicum?

Faculty Supervisor

500

There are three kinds of this:  
Review, Transfer, and Serendipity. What is it?

Closure

500

Responsibility, self-regulation, organization, and collaboration are examples of what?

Learning Skills and Work Habits

500

What is the term Damian Cooper writes about in Redefining Fair that he prefers over the term Differentiated Instruction?

Responsive teaching

500

With this strategy, students
move to a statement
or image hung in the classroom
that resonates with them

Four Corners

500

Who should be informed if you are unable to attend practicum due to illness (3 answers)

AT, Faculty Supervisor, and the Practicum Office

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