M7A1 Effective Assessment Practices Pre/Post Test

An assessment is a tool used to guide improvements to curricula and teacher pedagogy, inform and support student growth, and bridge teaching and learning.

• True

• False

Explain what a Formative Assessment is.

A Summative Assessment ______________________.

• is an assessment that mirrors tasks carried out in actual, naturally occurring settings

• is a pre-assessment to ascertain student knowledge so that the teacher may remediate students and adjust curriculum

• occurs during teaching, a way of assessing students’ progress, providing feedback, and making decisions about further instructional activities
• is given after instruction primarily as way to document what students know, understand, and can do

This tool helps you to be more objective when deriving a final, summative grade by following the same criteria students used to complete the project.

• Check List

• Formative Assessment

• Grading Rubric

• Portfolio

Why should a teacher use a performance assessment?

• Students feel more connected to the real world

• Performance assessments are student driven

• Students often work as a team to complete a task

• All of the above

What type of objective is focused on the development of attitudes and values?

What is Bloom's Taxonomy?

• An animal classification system within the Animal Kingdom.

• A Model for Educational Learning Objectives

• A Lesson in Self Awareness and Potential

• An Emotional Intelligence Framework

Which of the following is focused on what a learner should be able to do or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience?

• Instructional or Behavioral objectives

• Cognitive objectives

• Non-behavioral objectives

• Affective objectives

Rebecca has already presented two excellent reports. The report she has just presented was not as well organized as the first two reports, yet she was given the same high grade as before. What shortcut has the teacher used in this case?

• Contrast effect

• Halo effect

• Stereotyping

• Projection

• Assertion

What are the goal(s) of Bloom's Taxonomy

• To create a taxonomy to improve critical thinking skills in schools.

• To create a taxonomy to improve teaching skills among teachers.

• To improve the way we tolerate ignorance

• To create lesson plans for all of academia.