Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007 - Education - 158 pages
If you ever have students who are reluctant to tell you when they don't understand something'or worse, tell you they understand when they really don't'then here's a book that gives you lots of better ways to check for understanding. Learn why typical ways to check for understanding are usually ineffective. And explore formative assessment techniques that work in any subject area and grade level: * Seven types of oral language (speaking and listening) strategies that close the gap between what students need to know and what they already know * Best ways to develop effective and authentic questions * Student response techniques that increase participation and engagement * Four ways to use writing to check for understanding in any subject * Projects and performances that are easily integrated into daily classroom practice * Test items that help plan further instruction Extensive classroom examples ensure you use these formative assessments to correct misconceptions, improve learning, and model good study skills for individual students or across multiple classrooms.

About the author (2007)

Nancy Frey, Ph.D., a Professor at San Diego State University received the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Dr. Frey has published in The Reading Teacher, English Journal, Remedial and Special Education, and Educational Leadership. She has co-authored more than fifty books on English Learners (Language Learners in the English Classroom), assessment (Checking for Understanding), writing (Scaffolded Writing Instruction), literacy (Reading for Information in Elementary School) and vocabulary (Learning Words Inside and Out). Dr. Frey teaches a variety of courses on reading instruction and literacy in content areas, classroom management, and supporting students with diverse learning needs. She also was a third grade classroom teacher.

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