Activities

Chapter 1 ( pages 1-14) Key Ideas Chapter 2 (pages 15 – 51 ) Key Ideas Chapter 3 ( pages 53-92) Key Ideas Chapter 4 (pages 93 – 127) Chapter 5 (pages 129-148) Chapter 6 (pages 140-174)
 * Defining formative assessment
 * Understanding Key research on formative assessment’s power
 * Understanding what the seven strategies are and how they connect to research findings.
 * Developing learning goals in students
 * Clarifying learning targets.
 * Communicating Targets to students.
 * Understanding the characteristic of effective feedback
 * Selecting feedback options suited to students’ grade level and kind of learning to be addressed
 * Prepare students to give each other feedback
 * Understanding the impact of self-assessment on student achievement
 * Teaching students to self-assess with a focus on learning.
 * Teaching students to create specific and challenging goals.
 * Identifying typical misconceptions, reasoning errors, and gaps for focused instruction
 * Creating short practice assignments to scaffold the learning and make it more manageable.
 * Giving students opportunities to practice and act on feedback before the summative event
 * Keeping students in touch with their growth
 * Providing the time and structure for students to reflect on their learning.
 * Offering opportunities for students to share their progress









2012 -2013