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How Do You Know What They Know?Formative Assessment Strategies

Cindy Gay Steamboat Springs HSAcacia McCombs NM School for the ArtsTamara Pennington Windsor HSRobin Walters Sand Creek HS

Workshop GoalsConsider how to purposefully incorporate formative assessment strategies

I2-WIS/WIMCCCR

to assess science understanding

Discuss implications for teaching

Scientific Thinking

• Ask reasonable questions• Generate testable explanations• Collect, represent and analyze

data• Interpret results• Use evidence to construct and

evaluate explanations• Communicate findings

So…How do you know if they can do all this?

Formative Assessment!

But…What, exactly, is

formative assessment?

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Snowball Fight

http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html

Put On Your Student Hat

How Can You Measure

Photosynthesis?

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Measuring Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Lab

apcentral.collegeboard.com

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/bio-manual/Bio_Lab5-Photosynthesis.pdf

Identify and

Interpret (I2) Strategy

Identify and Interpret

3 steps:

Identify

Interpret

Caption

Step 1: IdentifyWhat I See

• Identify any changes, trends, or differences

• Draw arrows, write a WIS comment for each arrow• Be concise• Just what can be observed• Do not explain meaning

Step 1: IdentifyWhat I See

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.0

Average Monthly Temperatures in One U.S. City

What I see:an upward slopebetween Feb.and July

What I see:a peak in July

What I see:a downward slopeBetween July and Dec.

Step 2: InterpretWhat It Means

• Interpret the meaning of each WIS statement with a WIM comment

• Do not try to interpret the whole graph

Step 2: InterpretWhat It Means

What it means:The average temperature in the city increasesbetween Feb. and July.

What it means: The hottest average temperatures in the city happen in July. The city must be in the northern hemisphere.

What it means;The average temperaturein the city decreases between July and Dec.

Step 3: Caption• Write a caption for the graph.• Start with a topic sentence

that describes what the graph shows.

• Join each WIS with its WIM to make a sentence.

• Build a coherent paragraph from the sentences.

Step 3: Caption

This graph shows the average temperature in a city over a year. There is an upward slope from Feb. to July, showing that there is an increase in the average temperature during these months.There is a downward slope from July to Dec., which means the average temperature decreases during this time. There is a peak in July, which shows the hottest average temperature in thecity happens in July. This peak also means that the city must be in the Northern Hemisphere.

Step 3: Caption

This graph shows the average temperature in a city over a year. There is an upward slope from Feb. to July, showing that there is an increase in the average temperature during these months.There is a downward slope from July to Dec., which means the average temperature decreases during this time. There is a peak in July, which shows the hottest average temperature in thecity happens in July. This peak also means that the city must be in the Northern Hemisphere.

What Factors Affect

the Rate ofPhotosynthesis?

Consider-Contribute-

Consult-Revise(CCCR) Strategy

Step 1: ConsiderCompleted individually

• Select a variable that might affect rate of PSN

• Design an experiment to test your variable• Write in complete sentences• Sketches are clear with

labels

Step 2: ContributeCompleted in pairs – choose someone from another group

Student A• Contribute your ideas

• Read your sentences aloud, word for word – don’t add any additional explanation

• Explain your sketches carefully, including labels

• Answer any questions• Watch partner for

signs of confusionPartners switch

Student B• Listen quietly• Ask questions to

understand your partner’s work

• Take notes about feedback to give your partner• Was everything

correct?• Was everything

clear?• Would an example

Step 3: ConsultCompleted in pairs

Student A

• Consult your partner to get feedback

• Listen to feedback• Ask questions about

the feedback• Carefully consider the

feedback

Partners switch

Student B

• Offer advice to improve your partner’s work

• Answer any questions your partner has

Step 4: ReviseCompleted individually

• Revise your work based on problems you discovered on your own

• Decide which partner advice was useful; include these ideas• use a different colored pen for

revisions• For feedback not leading to revision,

describe why you chose not to use it

Revise Your Experimental

Design

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Formative Assessment

In Your Practice

Resources!

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Strategies Entrance Survey (Dots at the Door)

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Probes/Snowballs

Eavesdropping/Interviews

Gallery Walk

Reflection• How do these strategies fit

your definition of formative assessment?

• How can they help determine student understanding?

• What are the implications for your teaching practice?

Thank You!!!Cindy Gay cindyjgay@gmail.com

Acacia McCombs amccombs@nmschoolforthearts.org

Tamara Pennington tamara.pennington@weldre4.k12.co.us

Robin Walters robinwalters63@gmail.com

http://cgay.pbworks.com

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