Formative Assessment

The following blog post is laid out in chronological order for you. In other words links shared and information presented at the beginning of our Tech Wednesday will be first and stuff shared at the end will be last.


1. Click on this link and say what you hope to get out of our time with each other today about formative assessment.


2.Today's short workshop will be organized around the Big6, a model of learning and information-problem-solving.

3. Dan's Big6 Ribs Presentation

4. Please take this questionnaire on the Ribs presentation.



Some of Dan's Favorite Formative Assessments

Task Definition:
A. Paraphrase the Assignment (Takes away the helpless hand-raisers)
-Have students interview You
-Grade based on how completely they describe the project back to you
B.Essential Questions
C. Process Assessment
-What has been your best source of information and why?
-What have you done since we started our research?
-What will be your next steps?
-Moving forward, what will your biggest challenge be and what will you do to handle this challenge?
-Grade is based on their Meta-cognition and their willingness to write it out

Information Seeking Strategies
A. Brainstorm
 
B. Justify sources
    Choose 4 sources and rank them according to what you anticipate being the most helpful to the      least helpful


Location and Access
A.3 Minute Pause
B. Compare Notes

Use of Information

A.Graphic Organizer(elmo time)
B. 3-2-1 end of the class See my example below
Name three things you learned today?
What two things do you want to try in regards to formative assessment in your instruction?
Describe one conclusion you want to make about formative assessment and your instruction?


Nice explanation of formative assessment and some well explained examples too

Below is another form of an electronic formative assessment made with SurveyMonkey, another free site.
Click here to take survey