OER Chapter 9 Formative Assessment

What is a series of interconnected lesson plans designed to cover a major topic of instruction?

• A Summative Assessment

• A Formative Assessment

• A content area's instructional topic

• A unit

What is the first step to creating a unit using the backwards design model?

• The Standards

• The Assessments

• The Objectives

• The Resources

True or False: In Virginia, units must be guided by each SOLs organization. (Ex: Math 4.8 with subheadings a,b,c, and d)

• True

• False

What is the correct order of steps in the Backwards Design Model of Unit Planning?

• Pick Standards

• Write Objectives

• Develop Assessments

• Find Instructional Activities and Resources

• Write Lesson Plans

Which of the options below correctly conveys the traditional model of unit planning?

• What topics do I need to teach? > How will I know my students met these goals? > How will I assess learning?

• What topics do I need to teach? > How will I get this content across? > How will I assess learning?

• What are the learning goals for this unit? > How will I know my students met these goals? > What activities will prepare students for these assessments?

• What are the learning goals for this unit? > How will I get this content across? > How will I assess learning?

True or False: Lecturing on the different persuasive techniques with examples and then asking students to define each technique is a suitable form of instruction.

• True

• False

What is the main difference between planning a unit using the traditional approach and planning a unit using backwards design?

• The assessment is after the lesson plans in the backwards design approach.

• The traditional approach only focuses on the lesson planning, and not the assessments.

• The backwards design model has the assessments first.

• The assessments are after the lesson plans in the traditional method.

True or False: The backwards design approach has you make an assessment before you identify instructional activities.

• False

• True

How many steps are involved in the creation of a unit using backwards design?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 7

Which of the following is true?

• The “Know” objectives are the big ideas that students should understand.

• The “Understand” objectives are about the content knowledge students must know.

• The “Do” objectives are the easiest place to start when writing objectives.

• The “Know” objectives are easiest when you use the word “that”.