Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Assessing student learning
Checklists are a great tool for middle schoolers. They can work as a group to divide the many tasks associated with a project, and make sure everyone stays busy doing something all the time. Checkslists are also a good tool for communicating to the students exactly what is expected of their group, and what I will be looking for when I grade them. I like to have students initial the checklist to show what task they have worked on or done independently for their group. This is a form of check and balances for group members to see their own contributions as well as ensuring that each member has made some contribution toward the completion and success of the project.
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Checklists can add structure to parts of the unit that do not have any. They are a key to any student centered class environment.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you will get the chance to go back and address the questions from the modules that you have missed.