Comments on: [One-Minute Makeover] Algebra 1 • Topic 2 Assessment (One More Time!)

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:25:10 +0000

@phil Thanks for the kind words! It turns out these quick blog posts are quite fun to write as well, and they’re helping me think of additional ways to strengthen these assessments (as well as future ones I haven’t written yet).

By: Phil Aldridge @liketeaching

Phil Aldridge @liketeaching — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:26:24 +0000

Just thought I’d comment to say that I’m really enjoying this series of posts! As someone who’s often struggled to write ‘fit to purpose’ assessments whilst keeping them short, its amazing to see someone working through those same problems.

I really like the ‘spot and explain the mistake’ section in this one.

By: [One-Minute Makeover] Algebra 1 • Topic 3 Assessment | Reason and Wonder

[One-Minute Makeover] Algebra 1 • Topic 3 Assessment | Reason and Wonder — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:13:10 +0000

[…] The first post in the series is here. The previous post (Topic 2, Part 2) is here. […]

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:10:26 +0000

@jane That’s definitely a work in progress for me (as I shared on Twitter a few nights ago). My first thought to “leaving things out” is that I’d rather give students the time and space to learn things at greater depth than move at a pace that I can handle but they cannot. On the other hand, I expect there are ways to gain depth of understanding without leaving things out. Let me know if you find anything (large or small) that proves helpful in that regard.

By: Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:46:42 +0000

I feel like I have done a fairly good job breaking my assessments into separate skills, synthesis, and explaining concepts. The downside is that I spent so much class time assessing that I got about 2 weeks behind first semester and may end up leaving out a unit (none of which I want to leave out). Still trying to work out the kinks of SBG.