o verview of formative assessment techniques

+overview of formative assessment techniquescarol hurney

+formative adjective

of and relating to a person’s development

synonymsdevelopmentalgrowingmalleableImpressionabledetermininginfluentialshaping

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gbio103 – contemporary biology • non-science majors

• 35 different majors• freshman, sophomores,

juniors, seniors• general education• 60-75 students per section

formative assessment – my journey

+ before – during – after

in-classactivities

lectures

small groupactivities

case studies

individual activities

+ before – during – after

in-classactivities

out-of-class activities readings

projects

+i graded everythingi expected them to read

+ beforeduringafter

in-classactivities

out-of-class activities

+a balanced approach

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review warm-upscustomize classopening activityclicker questions

readingswarm – ups

tutorials

class activitiesinteractive lectures

clicker questions

closing activitycustomize warm-up

readingswarm – ups

projects

+ the possibilities are endless…

peer instruction

reflection journal

blogs

wiki

peer critique

homework sets

online quizzes

out-of-class observations

read

reading journals

tutorials

reflection tasks

discussionquestions

classdiscussions

interactivelectures

small groupactivities

in-class writing

case studies

catsdemos

individual activities

+designing formative assessments there are no rules

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what do you want to know about your students’ learning?what do your students want to know about their learning?

before the exambefore the paper

+types of formative assessmentssurveys – christinehigh-tech – jennyLow-tech – carolpeer assessment techniques – alixcooperative learning – janet