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Assessment for Engagement: Extensive Reading and Canvas Quizzes

Assessment for Engagement: Extensive Reading and Canvas Quizzes. I-TESOL 2014 Orem Utah Ben McMurry & Jim Pettersson. Reading, Assessment, engagement. Extensive Reading. Assessment. Engagement. Extensive Reading. Reading a large number of texts Reading a variety of text types

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Assessment for Engagement: Extensive Reading and Canvas Quizzes

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  1. Assessment for Engagement: Extensive Reading and Canvas Quizzes I-TESOL 2014 Orem Utah Ben McMurry & Jim Pettersson

  2. Reading, Assessment, engagement Extensive Reading Assessment Engagement

  3. Extensive Reading • Reading a large number of texts • Reading a variety of text types • Student selected books vs. class books • This presentation focuses on reading the same book as a class.

  4. Assessment • Formative Assessment • Summative Assessment • No Assessment What do you want to assess and why do you want to assess it? This presentation will focus on using formative assessment.

  5. Engagement • Engage originally meant to pledge to do something • Attract • Involve • Participate • Establish a meaningful contact or connection with someone or something.

  6. Workflow model What is a “quiz?” It looks like a quiz and feels like a quiz, but is a low stakes homework assignment that may be open book or taken in a group. It is formative in nature. Students Complete Assigned Reading Student take “Quiz” at home Students take “Group Quiz” in class

  7. Canvas (or any LMS)

  8. Canvas (or any LMS) • Time • Low anxiety • Interacting with the text • Feedback for the teacher • Multiple choice, True/False, Fill in the blank, essay, media recording, etc.

  9. Writing questions • Consider Bloom’s taxonomy Critical Thinking Reading Skills Typical Reading questions

  10. Writing Questions Analyze • create, categorize, design, collect, hypothesize, combine, invent, comply, develop, compose, arrange, construct, assemble, create, design, develop, devise, explain, formulate, generate, plan, prepare, rewrite, rearrange, set, up, reconstruct, summarize, relate, synthesize Evaluate • judge, assess, recommend, attach, critique, choose, justify, compare, appraise, conclude, argue, contrast, defend, judge, rate, describe, justify, select, discriminate, interpret, summarize, estimate, relate, support

  11. Examples (Lower Level) Marvin Redpost: Class President • Describe Marvin’s relationship with Casey? • Why is Martin nervous about the President’s visit to his class? • Which students did Mrs. North scowl at? (Check all that apply)Casey, Nick, Stuart, Marvin, Judy, Clarence Travis

  12. Example (Upper Level) The Westing Game • Who had a motive (reason) for wanting Sam Westing dead, and what was the motive (reason) for each person? • How are the following characters related to Sam Westing?Bertha Erica Crow, Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers, Julian Eastman, Windy Windkloppel, James Hoo, George Theodorakis, Violet Westing, Dr. SidenySikes

  13. Guidelines for Engaging Assessments • Formative • Low stakes • Higher level thinking • Reading skills (scanning, skimming, inference, etc.) • Open book • Group Discussion Component

  14. Thank You Ben McMurry – ben.mcmurry@byu.edu Jim Pettersson– petterji@uvu.edu

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