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Effective Grading Practices and Strategies. Lynn Kelting-Gibson Ed.D . l ynn.keltinggibson@ montana.edu Department of Education. Preassessment (cards). Why do we grade our students? How do we grade our students?
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Effective Grading Practices and Strategies Lynn Kelting-Gibson Ed.D. lynn.keltinggibson@montana.edu Department of Education
Preassessment(cards) • Why do we grade our students? • How do we grade our students? • What are different types of assessments that can be used when grading (categories or examples)?
Why do we grade our students? • Think/Pair/Share
How do we grade our students? • Numeric • Anecdotal • Proficiency Levels • Assessments • Pre • Formative • Summative
Preassessments(not graded) • Finding out what the students know about the topic at this point in time. • Examples (Group of 4 or 5, pass around paper)
Formative Assessments(typically not graded if just learning) • An assessment practice employed by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment. • CATS (Angelo & Cross, handout) • Think about what you will be teaching. How could you use one of the items listed to find out if students are understanding the content? • Think/Pair/Share
Summative Assessment(graded) • An assessment used to document students’ achievement at the end of a unit or course or an evaluation of the end product of a student’s learning activity. • Examples (handout)
Rubric • Example (handout)
Formative/Summative Assessment(cards) • Why do we grade our students? • How do we grade our students? • What are different types of assessments that can be used when grading (categories or examples)?