Assessment Basics and Active Student Involvement Block II
Assessment Basics and Active Student Involvement Block II
Big Ideas & Key Questions
How does assessment fit into the teaching/learning process? Learning targets - why should I care? Evidence – what’s that? Assessment methods - what are my options? Scoring guides – what are those? How do I put it all together?
Which Ball is the Best Bouncer? Plan a controlled experiment, using the materials in the container, that would allow you to answer this question. Why might I do this in a 5th grade class?
Which Ball is the Best Bouncer? Washington Science Standards for Grades 4-5 EALR 2: Inquiry Big Idea: Inquiry (INQ) Core Content: Planning Investigation 4-5 INQB Investigate Content Standard: Scientists plan and conduct different kinds of investigations, depending on the questions they are trying to answer. Types of investigations include systematic observations and descriptions, field studies, models, and open-ended explorations as well as controlled experiments. Performance expectation: Work collaboratively with other students to carry out a controlled experiment, selecting appropriate tools and demonstrating safe and careful use of equipment. http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/pubdocs/WAScienceStandards.pdf
Learning Target: Student will be able to control variables in an experiment or “fair test.” (Skill/Process) Evidence: Student devises an experiment in which one variable is manipulated while all others are held constant. Assessment: Performance assessment Scoring Guide - Rubric Which Ball is the Best Bouncer?
What have been your experiences with assessment?
What have been the purposes of assessment in your school career?
Assessment
Marv Teach, test, and hope for the best…. “It’s not teaching that causes results, it’s adjustments by the learner.” - G. Wiggins Learners need feedback => Assessment
My Learning Targets 1. Students will develop their understanding of the role of assessment in the larger processes of curriculum planning and active learning (ala *UbD). (concept) 2. Students will develop their understanding of the learning target categories: fact, concept, skill and disposition (adopted from *Stiggins). (concept) 3. Students will develop their understanding of basic assessment methods (M.C./short answer, essay, performance assessment, personal communication) and scoring guides (e.g. rubrics) (concept). 4. Students will develop their ability to make reasonable associations between types of learning targets and the four basic assessment methods (skill).
Backward Design: Assessment in the curriculum planning process Know your content! Develop your learning targets; fact, concept/generalization, skill/process, disposition Develop your assessments; LT => Evidence => Assessment M.C./Short Answer, Essay, Performance Assessment, Personal Communication Develop your instructional activities; Evaluate the quality and equity of the process.
Planning with Assessment in Mind
Fact that which we know Concept that which we understand Skill that which we can do Disposition that which we value, enjoy, appreciate, etc.
Target => Evidence => Assessment
Learning Targets: Fact Students will know…. that the capital of Australia is Canberra; twelve important dates for WWI: June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand, is assassinated in Sarajevo, . . . , June 28, 1919 - Peace Treaty signed in Versailles. an isosceles triangle has 2 sides of equal length; the definition of a pun: [ the humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest different meanings or applications.] evidence: state the definition of a pun. assessment: selected response - matching test
Learning Targets: Concept/Generalization Concept: an abstract idea generalized from particular instances Generalization: statements about relationships between or among concepts Students will understand…. • that confronting prejudices and stereotypes is part of building meaningful relationships across differences; that it takes perseverance to work for justice; a pun as the humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest different meanings or applications. evidence: identify examples of puns in Shakespeare’s writing. assessment: essay or personal communication
Learning Targets: Skill/Process Students will be able to…. make inferences about character traits that support characters’ abilities to build relationships across differences; glean information from primary sources; use the strategy of “reading-on” to comprehend words and ideas in complex text; use the text animation feature of Power Point, including “effects,” and “order and timing.” evidence: student produces slides using these features assessment: performance assessment
Learning Targets: Dispositions Students will value, enjoy, appreciate, etc…. value divergent scientific thinking; enjoy speaking Spanish; appreciate the use of history as a tool to understand the present; value perseverance in mathematical problem solving. evidence: students persist with their own problem solving efforts before consulting the teacher or their peers. assessment: personal communication
Target => Evidence => Assessment
Facts • ”Students will know that …” Concepts/Generalizations • “Students will understand that …” Skills/Processes • “Students will be able to …” Dispositions “Students will enjoy / appreciate / value, etc. …” What does it look like when students are achieving the following kinds of targets? Write a learning target of your own and then write a statement of evidence for that target.
M.C. / Selected Response / Short Answer Essay Performance Assessment Personal Communication How do we give students a chance to give us the evidence we require of them? Target => Evidence => Assessment
A Quiz….
Please select one of the following descriptors to characterize the quality of the match between each target type and assessment method. Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor Selected Response/ MC/ Short Answer Essay Performance Assessment Personal Communication Fact Concept/Generalization Skill / Process Disposition
We need a way to keep track of all the evidence we get from these assessment and to provide consistent and directed feedback to learners. Target => Evidence => Assessment Now what?
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