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Informal Classroom Assessment

Informal Classroom Assessment. Robert Filson Green River Community College. Informal Classroom Assessment. Informal = low-stakes assessment. Informal Classroom Assessment. Informal = low-stakes assessment Purpose  Increase student learning. Instruction and Formative Classroom Assessment.

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Informal Classroom Assessment

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  1. Informal Classroom Assessment Robert Filson Green River Community College

  2. Informal Classroom Assessment Informal = low-stakes assessment

  3. Informal Classroom Assessment Informal = low-stakes assessment Purpose  Increase student learning

  4. Instruction and Formative Classroom Assessment Pre-instructional Assessment Examination Informal Classroom Assessment Student perspective

  5. Informal Classroom Assessment Instructor perspective Instruction and Formative Classroom Assessment Pre-instructional Assessment Examination

  6. Informal Classroom Assessment • Pre-instructional assessments • What is your concept of…? • Predictions • Comparisons • Conversations between students

  7. Informal Classroom Assessment Examples of some pre-instructional ideas: • Groundwater moves in underground rivers • All igneous rocks are volcanic • Density is the same as weight or volume • Gravity and magnetism are the same

  8. Informal Classroom Assessment • Instructional Assessments: • Group discussion questions • Old exam questions • Questions aimed at common misconceptions

  9. Informal Classroom Assessment • Instructional Assessments: • Group discussion questions • Old exam questions • Questions aimed at common misconceptions • T/F questions

  10. Informal Classroom Assessment • Instructional Assessments: • Group discussion questions • Old exam questions • Questions aimed at common misconceptions • T/F questions • Minute papers at the end of class

  11. Informal Classroom Assessment Mid-Course Correction

  12. Informal Classroom Assessment Which aspects of the course are helping you learn? Index Cards Which aspects of the course are interfering with your learning?

  13. Informal Classroom Assessment • Visual materials-15 • Study guides- 12 • Groups- 10 Next Day • Questions on exams are not clear-18 • Too much reading-15 • Don’t like due dates on Monday-12

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