Using Assessment to Motivate Learning

Motivation affects the ________ and ________ a student is willing to devote to a task.

• time and money

• space and books

• energy and time

• tears and bribe money

Motivation is essential for the __________ __________ of learning.

• hard work

• stock options

• useless job

• pacing guide

According to Earl (2013), "People are motivated to learn by __________ and __________" (p. 78).

• grit and will-power

• success and competence

• perseverance and calm

• threats and deadlines

Assessment that motivates should...

• ...be relevant, appealing to the imagination, and scaffolded for true success.

• ...ignore bias and insist on instant changes.

• ...be easily assigned a numeric grade

• ...be understood as a dream, rather than a truly attainable goal.

Relevant assessment capitalizes on...

• teachers' expertise.

• teachers' curriculum pacing guides.

• students' interests, enthusiasm, and talents.

• student's desires for good grades.

Relevant assessment connects instruction and __________.

• students' daily lives.

• parents' concerns.

• standardized testing.

• at least one other content area.

“__________ may well be a critical faculty for students as they confront the world as it really is - a whole series of messy, seemingly insoluble problems to unravel, explore, and try to solve” (Earl, 2013, p. 79).

• Motivation

• Fear

• Grit

• Imagination

Assessment during learning provides teachers and students insights into...

• ...future successes.

• ...who is truly taking the learning seriously.

• ...independent abilities and abilities with guidance.

• ...if and when American sporting events will resume.

Assessment during learning empowers students to...

• ...seek help.

• ...take more restroom breaks.

• ...teach younger family members.

• ...resist all standardized testing.

“But breaking __________ will not be easy. Instead, it will be a long process of little steps, with setbacks and failures along the way” (Earl, 2013, p. 86).

• out of brick and mortar schools

• fixed mindsets

• through biased thinking patterns

• old habits