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Technology Articles

Technology Articles. Julie A. DeSorbo. Assessing Student Understanding with Technology. By Charles T. Cox Jr., Joni Jordan, Melanie Cooper and Ron Stevens. The Science Teacher April/May 2006.

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Technology Articles

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  1. Technology Articles Julie A. DeSorbo

  2. Assessing Student Understanding with Technology

  3. By Charles T. Cox Jr., Joni Jordan, Melanie Cooper and Ron Stevens The Science Teacher April/May 2006

  4. You’re a Teacher. Wonder how to know how and why students reached conclusions? Wonder especially when they do not provide details to their logic? Ever attempt to understand students’ thought processes – a real challenge and time consuming.

  5. Ideally - a variety of assessments. Especially when preparing for state-mandated exams.

  6. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) IMMEX www.immex.ucla.edu Interactive Multimedia Exercises Originally for Medical School Students – expanded to K-12

  7. IMMEX - a tool • Assesses problem solving skills • Answers the questions “How did the student arrive at a particular result”? • Teachers can pinpoint where students are “developing misconceptions”. • Prevents students from just memorizing content subject matter. • Students and teachers are given instant feedback. • Students able to rethink the problems and re-approach differently. • Teacher can choose the level of difficulty.

  8. Each problem begins with a “prolog statement”. Grabs students attention and introduces the scenario. After the prolog - students are free within the site to use the tools they need to solve the problem – tests, prolog, library. Students needs to decide what is relevant to solve the problem.

  9. Teachers : Software enables the teacher to track: 1. What students viewed 2. What order in which information was viewed Amount of time each bit of information was viewed Whether they viewed the information more than once. Costs associated with choices – points or time

  10. Students can : • Answer questions concerning why a strategy was used. They can also explain how they could improve the strategy. • Can answer questions regarding why a particular strategy was successful or unsuccessful. • Develop a new strategy for implementation in a new “case”. (problem)

  11. Evaluating Students • Research shows students begin by viewing all items in a problem space. • They stabilize on the 3rd or 4th question. • 80% of students continue to use the same strategy whether they are successful or not! • Teachers can thus tailor interventions to a students problem solving strategy.

  12. Teachers can use this problem solving strategies in place of homework or other assessments to access understanding.

  13. www.immex.ucla.edu Good Stuff!

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