Saturday, June 9, 2012

An Example of Formative Assessment



Formative Assessment
Math 2 Win
2 + 6(9-3) + 27 ÷ 3 =
A.  7.22222....
B.  51
C.  41
D.  75

I love my Smartboard!  The students do as well.  I thing I do with my smartboard is a formative assessment using something I call Math 2 Win (M2W).  M2W is a way I have my students practice prerequisite skills as well as current skills we are working on.   I put one multiple choice question on a notebook screen.  The students write the question, any graphics associated with the question, and the correct answer in their M2W journal.  After selecting the correct answer, the students use the Senteo Response System to record their answer choice.  After all students are through making a selection, I stop the session and we discuss the student answer choices and a circle graph that displays their choice (a little data analysis going on).  This helps me decide whether the all of the students are understanding what we are talking about.  I do this at the beginning of class since it also helps the students settle down quickly after changing classes. 

2 comments:

  1. My kiddos love our smartboard too! Sometimes I have them use index cards when the technology isn't being friendly :)

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  2. Hi Laurie! I have added a 7th Grade spot for your blog. Please come on by and link up. :)

    Amanda
    The Teaching Thief

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