This chapter was about effective authentic assessments. Assessments should be used regularly throughout the unit and in different formats, such as quick weekly puzzles, to keep the students' brains engaged in the learning process. Authentic assessments should have clear goals, is motivating for the students, must focus on essential knoweldge, uses integration between classes, and clearly and effectively indicates the students' knowledge level. By giving assessments throughout the unit, rather than just at the end, students can stay focused on their learning and students with learning disabilities will be able to do better because they will have an idea of how the final assessment will be.
The important thing to remember about authentic assessments is that the students should learn from doing the assessment, rather than just learning in order to do the assessment. Like the lessons in the unit, the assessments should build on the students' knowledge so that they can be fully prepared for the final assessment. Also, in order for it to truly be considered effective authentic assessment, it should be modified so that the teacher is confident that the student is fully capable of doing well on that particular assessment.
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I really enjoyed the link with the brain boosters. I was always excited with puzzles and things like this when I was a student (I still am!) It it a real tricky way to get students both have fun and use their brains at the same time. I enjoyed your other links as well. Nice job.
The last link has a lot of good information about assessment, instruction, and curriculum. I didn't get a chance to read it all but I definitely want to go back and look at everything. Good job!
Wow. What a database of authentic assessments! The toolbox had so many resources; I particularly enjoyed the rubrics and rationale behind implementing authentic assessment into your classroom. The glossary is also helpful because of the content specific (in this case, pedagogical) words and phrases that we need to know by being both students and professionals in the education field.
I think that the toolbox could be really helpful to any teacher. I think it could be especially helpful to a new teacher. I think that the brain boosters page could be really helpful to mix things up in the classroom. The brain puzzles seem really cool. These kind of remind me of problem of the week stuff that i did in math in high school. These are also fun so the students might not realize that they are working. Students being able to self-asses themselves is a good skill to have so that link is very helpful. I think that the last link is good because it helps give an outline of what an assessment is supposed to be.
I really enjoyed the third link. Although some of the links didn't work, there were still a few really good resources. I like how the rubrics page had several links to support our learning in this class. The mathematics links were really neat as well. Great job!
I liked the blog a lot. I felt that it was short but concise. By far, my favorite link was the one on brain puzzles. I think that they are a good way to sharpen student's critical thinking skills in a way that is fun and engaging. By having the different types of puzzles categorized, it would be really easy to incorporate them into your content area.
it was interesting to hear that the class all agreed on assessment. I think it is key and it needs to be done in effective ways the help students to learn. Your links where awesome, very powerful. the second link is very interesting, i dove deeply into the materials and really enjoyed some of the activities. good work.
I LOVE YOUR PUZZLES LINK! They are awesome. Such a good way to tease your brain and think outside of the box. Nice job! So, the authentic assessment link, the first one, is also excellent. I clicked on the link about rubrics. I think rubrics are a great way to assess students on their performance on a variety of things. I personally feel that rubrics should be fun and personalized to different classes with not just 1-2-3-4 descriptors but fun comments to get students involved. I think the portfolio section is also a great idea. I mean, we constantly talk about how tests are only a snapshot that does not demonstrate all of the learning we have accomplished over time. Portfolios are an excellent way to see the progress of student work in a way that lets you follow their learning and understand where they've been and where they are now. It is like the entire photo album put together.
Your first link with Authentic Assessment Toolbox is a great resource for teachers, especially new teachers or student teachers learning the process. The part I liked the most was a comparison between Traditional and Authentic assessment. This comparisons were:
selecting a Response vs. Performing a Task, Contrived vs. Real-life, Recall/Recognition vs. Construction/Application, Teacher-structured vs. Student-structured, Indirect Evidence vs. Direct Evidence. Great link! And even though I wasn't supposed to write about it I really liked the brain booster link as well.
I looked at the first site and focused on rubrics. I like how the site detailed the different components of assessment. I appreciate a good/useful rubric and believe in the power it has to inform instruction.
I looked over the "assessments" link. Unfortunately only one of the links worked. It was authentic assessment in mathematics. Though it was just for math, I really believe that any kind of authentic assessment is the best way to go. Its so much easier to be motivated when your being assessed on real world applications and situations that apply to you. The math assessment gave some good examples that could be used for other subjects as well.
I loved the toolbox link it was very helpful. The portfolio link is awesome. The games (brain boosters) is cool,This link will be very useful in special education. The next links on assessment are useful as any description or example of different assessment is helpful to me. The second link with the Brain booster puzzles and activities has a link to math which I will be tagging for future use.I also liked the examples of linking words to numbers.
The "build" authentic assessment link seems broad and shallow in comparison to your first authentic assessment link, but it is a good resource nonetheless. Good job.
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