Friday, March 28, 2014
Reading reflection 9
Discussion of a method of understanding prior-knowledge of students.
One method you can use to see if students are understanding prior knowledge is by formative assessment. This type of assessment helps the teacher be able to see if the project needs to be altered any .The end of project assessment will clearly give you insight on whether your students made any gains toward learning. The way that you asses the end project is very important. A multiple choice test might not be sufficient enough because you can assess team work, effort, or creativity that way.
Discussion on the importance of establishing anchors for a project.
Establishing anchors, to me is very important. As a teacher you must gain some insight on where your students are on the learning spectrum, then be able to determine where and what that student is capable of accomplishing. When teachers differentiate instruction it helps all learners be successful.
Discussion of several ways to assess what students learned during the project.
Ask your students many questions. Provide good feedback to the students during the creation of the project.
Allow peer editing amongst the students, this is allowing the students to teach and learn from one another. You can also have students create a additional project using what they have learned and assess them on it.
Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.
The discussion on anchors relates to our project because it is a little tricky for students to create menus, and crossword puzzle using certain software that they may have never used before. We must remember to allow enough time for everyone to complete the project using technology that they may have never seen before. This is where we as teachers will have to have some prior background knowledge of our students, and be able to determine how long they will need to successfully complete the project.
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I agree with you that the anchors are very important. Not only do we have to see if our students are learning anything and doing it right, but we as teachers need to see that we are doing things right as well!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you connected this chapter with your topic. I think allowing students to have enough time to do their work will end in a greater learning experience and gives the students more confidence without being rushed.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that differentiating your instruction helps all learners to be successful. That is super important, all students learn in different ways, and when you approach your topic form all angles your students will benefit. I agree, when your a teacher you need to first find out where your students prior knowledge ends, or begins.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point you made about establishing anchors for a project. It really does allow us to see where each of our student stands and what we can better do to help out our students that may be falling behind. I liked how you added that when teachers differentiate instruction it helps all learners be successful. This is very important because each student works at a different pace and our overall goal is for all students to learn and be successful.
ReplyDeleteWhen you differentiate your learning, it really does give every student a fair playing field when learning!
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