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Curriculum and Assessment. Monica Natzke & Zach Yindra. Ponder. Brainstorm about Curriculum What are different types of curriculum? What type of curriculum did your middle school follow? What is Common Core Curriculum? What some teaching styles that you’ve seen in schools?.
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Curriculum and Assessment Monica Natzke & Zach Yindra
Ponder • Brainstorm about Curriculum • What are different types of curriculum? • What type of curriculum did your middle school follow? • What is Common Core Curriculum? • What some teaching styles that you’ve seen in schools?
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What is Curriculum? • Definition • “..The planned subject-matter content and skills to be presented to students.” • “All experiences student encounter, whether planned or unplanned, learned or unlearned.”
Common Core Curriculum • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography • Goal • The standards must be essential, rigorous, clear, specific, coherent, and internationally benchmarked
Common Core Continued… • Adopted by Wisconsin in 2010. • Standards in Math and Language Arts • Literacy in all other subjects • DPI includes other standards for remaining subjects http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/
Subject Curriculum vs. Integrated Curriculum Subject centered Curriculum • Disciplines are taught separately from each other. • Subject based • Traditional • Integrated Curriculum • Disciplines are combined to educate about a common topic or theme. • Student based • Constructivist • Developed in 60’s
Integrated Curriculum • “Taking standard subject areas and combining them.” (Dennis Littky) 3 types: • Multidisciplinary • Transdisciplinary • Interdisciplinary • Combines subject matter that is traditionally taught separately • Focus is on students • Connects learning to past, present experiences and establishes bridges between school and life
Multidisciplinary Curriculum • Focus on separate discipline with same theme • Some team planning • Individual teachers with separate classrooms • No overlap on subject areas
Transdisciplinary Curriculum • Literally means…”Meaning beyond all the disciplines but connected to all the disciplines by a unifying issue or topic” • Teachers choose a theme that is important or relevant to students • Framing topic/big idea = overarching theme • Project-based learning
Interdisciplary Curriculum • An interdisciplinary curriculum combines several school subjects into one active project • It focuses on broad areas of study
What’s Your Style? • Curriculum Theory and Practice that’s Your Style? By Donna L. Miller • Four Curriculum Styles • Linear Thinkers • Holists • Laissez-Faire Advocates • Critical Theorists
Linear Thinkers • Want education to be as efficient as possible, both fiscally and empirically
Holists • A person who believes that as long as an object of study captures students’ interest, moving on to another subject makes no sense • Interest drives the learning experience
Laissez-Faire Advocates • Freedom • “All people possess natural traits, like curiosity, that predispose learning; the most enduring and profound learning occurs when initiated and pursued by the learners; all people are creative if allowed to develop unique talents; and freedom is essential to developing personal responsibility.”
Critical Theorists • The teacher’s job is to guide students to see social injustices, to make the chains visible, and to uncover subliminal messages
Now it’s your turn! • What is your teaching style?
Assessment: what is it? • “the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something” –Merriam-Webster What comes to mind when hearing the word “assessment”?
Summative Assessment • Goal is to evaluate student learning • Measure growth after instruction • Determine if long-term goals are met • Examples: • Unit/Chapter Tests • State Testing • ACT/SAT
Formative Assessment • Goal is to monitor student learning during the learning process • Includes Formal and Informal assessment • Formal- Data driven • Informal- Content and performance driven • Provides instant feedback • Allows you to modify content as needed
Examples of Formative Assessment • Observations • Questioning • Discussions • Graphic Organizers • Learning Response Logs • Think Pair Share • Practice Presentations • Peer/Self Assessments • Individual Whiteboards • Exit/Admission Slips
Discussion • Think Pair Share What types of formative assessments do you remember from middle school? Looking back, do you think your teachers used formative assessments correctly? Why/Why not?
Geography Activity • Each group is a family moving out west • Each family is looking for a place for the community to settle • Pick a place to form a settlement based on the land shown on the following slide • Each family needs one spokesperson to defend the settlement placement • List your reasons for settling there • Ex. Water, Lumber, Protection • We will then vote on where to start the settlement
Standard Assessment • True/False Statements • Multiple Choice Questions • Fill in the Blank Questions • Short Answer • Essay Questions
Alternative Assessments • Journals • Plays • Presentations • Posters • Discussions/Debates • Projects
Bloom’s Taxonomy Changes • Student of Bloom, Lorin Anderson, revised the domain in the mid 90’s
Effective Teaching • The Danielson Group • Promotes teacher effectiveness and professional learning • Framework is research-based set of components of instruction • Aligned to INTASC standards • Teaching is divided into 22 components built into four domains of responsibility
Domain 1: Planning and Preparation • Demonstrating knowledge of content • Demonstrating knowledge of students • Setting instructional outcomes • Demonstrating knowledge of resources • Designing coherent instruction • Designing student assessments
Domain 2: Classroom Environment • Creating an environment of respect • Establishing a culture for learning • Managing classroom procedures • Managing student behavior • Organizing physical space
Domain 3: Instruction • Communicating with students • Using questioning and discussion techniques • Engaging students in learning • Using assessment in instruction • Demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness
Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities • Reflecting on teaching • Maintaining accurate records • Communicating with families • Participating in a professional community • Growing and developing professionally • Showing professionalism
Works Cited • "Curriculum and Assessment at the Middle Level." UWSPEDUC385-585. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 June 2014. <http://uwspeduc385-585.wikispaces.com/Curriculum+and+Assessment+at+the+Middle+Level#Curriculum%20and%20Assessment%20at%20the%20Middle%20Level>. • "Geometric People - an Art Lesson Integrating Art and Geometry." Teachers Pay Teachers. N.p., 2 June 2014. Web. 3 June 2014. <http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Geometric-People-an-Art-Lesson-Integrating-Art-and-Geometry-245397>. • Kellough, Richard D., and Noreen G. Kellough. Teaching young adolescents: methods and resources for middle grades teaching. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2008. Print. • Winter 2014, Section 4 • http://tpep-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/assessingeffectiveteacherpractices1.pdf • http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/oea_faqsbac • http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ • http://www.thecenter4learning.com/html/resources/5curriculum.htm • http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/ExamplesofFormativeAssessment.html