The Wrong Way to Assess
A colleague in TPRS advocates this kind of assessment work in Spanish 1: Translate into English the following words: 1. le gustaba jugar golf 2. jugar 3. necesitaba dinero 4. se llamaban 5. andaba en la calle 6. había 7. tampoco 8.
The Dunning–Kruger Effect
Bryce wrote this as a comment a while back but it should be a formal blog post so that we can categorize it and find it if we need to: Teaching with CI is a skill and one that takes time to be
An Idea
I may have at least a basic plan for bringing Robert's assessment ideas into my classroom in the fall. It might do to start some discussion: Twice each grading period - once in the middle and once at the end, I
Inside the Black Box
Kate's post talks about the key role of formative assessment. Here is something from Michele to back that up: Ben, Kristy Placido posted an article on her page under the "Assessment" heading. Its writers demonstrate a real understanding of teachers, students and schools.
Kate Taluga on Assessment
I got a couple of emails this morning, one from Kate and one from Michele. I think both are very important in our ongoing discussion about assessment. I had said about three weeks ago that I no longer use the
Quick Quizzes
I have received requests for the specific format that I personally use to test at the end of class. This is in response to the recent thread started here by Andrew Graff. Originally the idea of Susan Gross, this quiz plan works for
Andrew Graff
Andrew sent this: Hi Ben, I am enjoying the blog immensely and reaping tons of benefit from engaging with it. Before I commented more re: the assessment piece, I wanted to do some research [read: googling] about terminology, to make sure that I
Jen
I got this from Jen, who started doing CI only just this past March: On the heart-warming side, I got great honest and insightful feedback from my kids after our 8-week dip into the waters of TPRS/CI. Mostly I see that
Nathan Black/End of Year Project
Michele sent me this a few weeks ago and I should have gotten it up here sooner but better late than never: Ben, Nathan has been blogging on our shared space about a great end-of-year project that others might want to see.
The AAA Game
The work-in-progress of the Chevalier de L'Ouest (Robert) addresses formative assessment. He wants to be able to bring into the daily grading process the critical yet ignored element of how students interact in a reciprocal way (or not) with the teacher.