tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032341689484327727.post4000540652735367681..comments2023-05-19T04:34:18.316-07:00Comments on c o n c u r r e n c i e s: Formative Assessing to the ExtremeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032341689484327727.post-20520247893022145982010-01-25T04:25:29.572-08:002010-01-25T04:25:29.572-08:00Matt,
Ok...let me see if I can answer everthing.....Matt,<br /><br />Ok...let me see if I can answer everthing...<br /><br />(1) Good question. I have just hung up the answers, but I was not able to see who is doing what. I found that a few of my students might just copy down may answers and not give a hoot. The way I am doing it right now (and it could change in a week), I feel I can see exactly what my students can and can't do with respect to the current content. I am ok with a group of kids around me. It is typically no more than four or five, and as long as they are all paying attention to any feedback I am giving, I am ok with it. I do not give daily homework, so this is their chance to practice. If there is something they do not complete in class, then they need to complete it and show me the next day.<br /><br />(2) For the most part, this is a daily thing. I usually give a formal quiz every Friday. Last Friday's quiz was two right triangles - one with two sides, one with a side and an acute angle - that they had to solve. I essentially looked to see if they could find angles when needed or find sides when needed (my learning targets). <br /><br />We do have a text book (Discovering Geometry) that we follow (sort of). I try to get as much of the geometry done by March so my students are ready for the state graduation tests given to 10th graders in March.<br /><br />I report the scores as a raw scores, but I try to fudge them to reflect their understanding of the content. So if a student could not find the sides of the triangle, but could find the angles, I considered that to be average or a 70%. Of course, they can come in and retake the quiz any time.Steve Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833691672340191397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032341689484327727.post-59381048688411200212010-01-24T19:27:48.009-08:002010-01-24T19:27:48.009-08:00I'm admittedly jumping in a bit late to know y...I'm admittedly jumping in a bit late to know your system, but a few questions come to mind:<br />1) Why not just post your answers and have students check their own? From my experience, a good chunk of the students can figure out what they did wrong after they see the correct answer and are given some time to re-work the problem. It may shorten you line for questions a bit at the very least. Maybe you have an alternate rationale for making yourself the answer provider, again, I'm jumping in here without having read any of your other posts.<br />2) This post describes what your classroom looks like on a daily basis, I'm assuming. What do your more formal (tests, quizzes, etc.) look like? Are you doing assessments weekly? by chapter? How are you reporting these scores? Using a 100 point scale? 4 point lykert scale by learning target?<br /><br />Looking forward to learning along with you. I'm working on tweaking my system this semester a bit. It looks like you've been keeping up over at meta musings. Keep up the good work yourself!Matt Townsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247211425347677596noreply@blogger.com