Typically used to find out
What is ... what do children understand about concepts and their interest in a topic?
Provide a plan for
what is ... student and teacher to record progress?
Involved in acquiring the child's understanding
what are... specific tasks?
Can be used when
what is ... students play together through observation?
Alternative to
what are ... worksheets, standardized tests and other rote measures?
Psychologist's techniques used to understand thinking
Who is Piaget?
Can capture
what is ... one or several days of work?
For solving a problem or discussing what they learned from a task
what is ... using objects?
Includes
what is ... small groups or the entire class?
Best used to show
what is ... developmental progress?
Allows you to observe 2 things
What is ... what they know AND the process they use to organize their response?
Can be documented with
what is ... visual representations or written instructions?
For the purpose of the assessment
what is ... the teacher makes the task?
Can be applied to
what is ... a variety of domains for the whole child?
Used to report to
what is ... families, administrators and students?
These can include
what is ... notes, digital recordings or capture responses in any form & use of open-ended questions?
Can include
what is ... a check-off system?
Can include
what is ... questioning and discussion?
Endless
what is ... teacher adaptations?
what is ... can also have results included?
Three types
what are ... unstructured, structured, and diagnostic?
Used for
what is ... conferences and interviews to show progress?
Focus of DA's
what is ... carrying out the authentic experience?
what is ... teacher made or published / produced?
May include
what are ... checklists, anecdotal records, summary reports, interviews, directed assignments, and rubrics?