Assessment
A fixed scale that measures performance with detailed descriptions of criteria that define each level of performance.
What is rubric? pg 132
This domain controls the emotions, values, and attitudes
What is affective domain?
Children learn by solving open-ended questions _________ (answer one)
acquiring knowledge through experiences, including hands-on learning (answer two)
What is problem-based learning and experiential learning? Pg 64 and pg 100
The order in which learning objectives are taught to maximize student success.
What is sequence? pg 52
After finishing a science project, Maya feels proud of how much she learned, while her classmate Jordan is excited to get a prize from the teacher. These two students are motivated by different types of rewards.
What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards?
Given to students before the learning experience to measure students' baseline knowledge.
What is a diagnostic assessment?
The ways students process new information, store knowledge, and retrieve it to apply to new circumstances fall within this domain.
What is cognitive domain?
The term describes the supports that allow a child to work above his or her independent level and are gradually removed as the learner gains mastery.
What are scaffolds?
Are created by a person and tell the story of a past event
What are artifacts? pg 59
Abraham is disqualified as a judge in the art contest because his sister is a contestant is an example of _________.
What is bias? pg 69
Used throughout learning experiences, low stakes, helps provide feedback to students, helps teachers make instructional decisions
What is formative assessment?
Describes how rewards and punishments condition the student's behavior and learning
An agreement that defines expectations when working independently. Usually provides a degree of creativity and focuses on mastery of learning objectives.
What are learning contracts?
Teachers consider the way students think and adopt learning experiences that help students build _________ and move information from short-term to long-term memory.
What is schema? pg 47
The type of scoring that Mr. Jarod wants to create a rubric that he can easily grade for the final examination of the year.
What is holistic scoring? pg 127
easiest to grade, but provides less feedback than other types.
Measured by progress that is supported by data to be statistically accurate
What is formal assessment?
This learning theory suggests that students build new knowledge by connecting it to their prior experiences and understanding, rather than simply absorbing facts from the teacher.
What is constructivism?
An example of this reasoning is: if all border collies are dogs, and my pet Sally is a border collie, then this reasoning says that Sally is a dog.
What is deductive reasoning? (pg. 62)
The development of _________(answer one) for information processing is encouraged using ________(answer two).
Hint- answer one is a framework of understanding.
What is schema and mapping? (pg 50)
Ms. Lopez gives her students a spelling test on Monday and again on Friday. The class earns nearly the same scores both times, showing that her test produces consistent results over time.
What is reliability?
This type of assessment is typically ungraded and spontaneous, while the other is a planned process that uses feedback during instruction to guide and improve learning. (Two terms)
What is the difference between informal and formative assessment?
In this framework, students move from simply remembering facts to using what they know to analyze, evaluate, and create — showing deeper understanding at each step.
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Both of these strategies involve giving learners time to process information — but one is controlled by the teacher after asking a question, while the other is chosen by the student as they reflect before responding. (Two terms)
What is wait time and think time?
if a state standard reads that students should be able to compose and decompose numbers to 1000, the __________ may add some important details, such as using pictorial models or using standardized notation.
What is scope (pg 52)?
Mr. Ferguson's students are taking an end-of-course examination that they must pass as a graduation requirement. Which type of assessment are they taking?
What is summative assessments? pg 108