Evaluate: Formative Assessment 1.1.1

Evaluate:  Formative Assessment 1.1.1

Formative Assessment 1 and 2:  

When the scope of what I want to learn about them is large, I sometimes use a pre-test.  Below are 2 pretests that I have developed. These are formative assessmenst that I use to see what my students already do know.  Since we have 4 feeder schools to our middle school, students can have a wide range of former science experiences. I receive disaggregated data from quia.com.  Use any name to access the preassessment.


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Earth Science: Ch 10-11-12 PREASSESSMENT Erosion, Deposition and Hydrology http://www.quia.com/quiz/1162131.html

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What do you already know about weathering, erosion, and deposition?

 

My favorite formative assessments, however, are the ones in which students explore with hands-on materials. One example is when I challenge the students to keep an ice cube from melting.  They all get a plastic bag with an ice cube, aluminum foil, 2 paper towel squares,  a sandwich bag, and tape.  I watch and take notes as they try various configurations to see if their ice cube could survive until the end of the class.

At the end of the week, students have the opportunity to try the challenge again.  This time, after learning about insulators and conductors, most students were able to "Save" their ice cubes until the end of the class.