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Assessment & Inquiry

Assessment & Inquiry. Talking  Teaching Any more than Listening  Learning. Testing ≠ Assessment. Testing ≠ Assessment. What are the goals? What are the differences? Testing of vocabulary is easy Assessing conceptual understanding is more difficult.

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Assessment & Inquiry

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  1. Assessment & Inquiry

  2. Talking  Teaching Any more than Listening  Learning

  3. Testing ≠ Assessment

  4. Testing ≠ Assessment • What are the goals? • What are the differences? • Testing of vocabulary is easy • Assessing conceptual understanding is more difficult.

  5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT?

  6. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT? The student needs to be able to:· State it· Explain it explicitly· Apply it appropriately· Reason with it · Generalize with it· Integrate it with related concepts

  7. What would you want your students to know or be able to do as a result of completing the Galilean Moons Activity?

  8. What would you want your students to know or be able to do as a result of completing the Galilean Moons Activity? Talk with a partner to identify goals for the GM activity.

  9. Share your goals for the GM activity

  10. Traditional Testing • True/False • Multiple Choice • Fill in the blank/short answer • Matching • Essay

  11. Authentic Assessment • Demonstration of understanding • Presentation of findings • Questions for further study • Methods and interpretation of analysis • Common authentic assessments • Poems, posters or drawings, etc. • Are there others?

  12. How do you reliably assess these assessments • Establish assessment criteria • Determine expert explanations • Compare to student work • Authentic assessment tools • Rubistar • http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php • Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide • http://www.flaguide/org • Flaguide summary slide

  13. Assessment Practice • Develop an authentic assessment that you could use for student teachers’ Galileo Moons Activity • Share your ideas

  14. Sharing of ideas

  15. Sharing student teachers’ samples • Hard copies from Debra Stork

  16. www.flaguide.org • Multiple-Choice Tests · Mathematical Thinking · TPS ConcepTests · Attitude Survey · Concept Mapping · Portfolios · Conceptual Diagnostic Tests · Interviews · Student Assessment of · Scoring Rubrics Learning Gains (SALG) An Assessment Primer for Introductory Astronomy. Astronomy Education Review, 1(1), 1-24, 2002. G. Brissenden, T.F. Slater, and R. Matheiu. Back

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