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Assessment

Assessment. What are the main purposes of assessment?. Assessment in an Inquiry-based Classroom. Determine what students know to inform teaching Ongoing/Recursive Should include peer and self-assessment as forms of l earner feedback

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Assessment

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  1. Assessment What are the main purposes of assessment?

  2. Assessment in an Inquiry-based Classroom • Determine what students know to inform teaching • Ongoing/Recursive • Should include peer and self-assessment as forms of learner feedback • Types of assessment appropriate in an inquiry-based classroom?

  3. Assessment Forms • Student kept-records • Portfolios • Journals • Rubrics • Anecdotal Records • Conferences • What are the main problems with these forms of assessment? • Time consuming, slow feedback loop

  4. Assessments that More Quickly Capture Student Thinking • Predict Observe Explain • Think Pair Share • Model-based Inquiry

  5. Task • Create a model/diagram that describes what you believe is happening to the ping pong ball when you try to blow it out of the funnel • Share your model with a peer • Get feedback • Revise model if necessary

  6. Paper tent • Predict – What will happen to the tent when air is blown through its opening? • Observe- Try it out and make observations • Explain – Can we explain the tent’s behavior • Use this information to revise your funnel models/diagrams

  7. Paper Strip • Think • Pair • Share • Use this information to revise your funnel models/diagrams

  8. Blow Dryer • Think • Pair • Share • Use this information to revise your funnel models/diagrams

  9. Peer Feedback • Share funnel models/diagrams • Provide feedback • What’s right about the model? • What’s wrong with the model?

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