Assessment in Direct Instruction

Assessment is embedded in the learning process through curriculum and instruction.

• True

• False

With direct instruction, the focus is on the students using their materials to teach each other.

• True

• False

Knowledge about each student's current level of achievement is essential for planning learning activities to meet the student's learning needs.

• True

• False

An example of Direct Instruction is...

• When students work in groups.

• The teacher explicitly teaches the lesson to students in front of the classroom.

• Students read a passage and work independently.

• The teacher sits at their desk and has students read from a book.

Assessment guides the teacher to know what the students are understanding in the lesson.

• True

• False

Direct Instruction is student-directed.

• True

• False

All of the following are examples of a summative assessment EXCEPT:

• Final Project

• Mid-term exam

• Weekly Journal Entry

• End of unit Test

If formative assessment measures how a student is learning daily in a class, summative assessment is designed to measure “how much” a student has learned after a unit or class has reached its completion.

• True

• False

All of the following are types of formative assessments EXCEPT:

• Quiz with immediate feedback

• Class discussions

• Mid-term exam

• Writing a summary

Direct Instruction allows for student-teacher interactions that enable the teacher to evaluate student progress during the lesson.

• True

• False