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40 Alternative Assessments of Student Learning

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 13, 2015

Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways to observe and assess students' understanding of subject matter.

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Where is the assessment? On 8/13/15, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: > > Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, > science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon > paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways to > observe and assess students' understanding of subject matter.

I looked at the math suggestions and while ...See More

Aug 14, 2015

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Just to add a bit On 8/14/15, Where is the assessment? wrote: > On 8/13/15, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: >> >> Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, >> science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon >> paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways > to >> observe and assess students' understandi...See More

Aug 14, 2015

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Kathleen On 8/14/15, Just to add a bit wrote: > On 8/14/15, Where is the assessment? wrote: >> On 8/13/15, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: >>> >>> Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, >>> science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon >>> paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ...See MoreOn 8/14/15, Just to add a bit wrote: > On 8/14/15, Where is the assessment? wrote: >> On 8/13/15, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: >>> >>> Assessing students' progress in reading, writing, math, >>> science and social studies doesn't have to depend upon >>> paper, pencil and bubble sheets! Here are 40 unique ways >> to >>> observe and assess students' understanding of subject >> matter. >> >> I looked at the math suggestions and while they might be >> fun activities and they might fill up (waste?) the day, I >> totally fail to see where they are assessing anything >> useful. These assessments look like they were jazzed >> together by someone who really does not understand what is >> important in math. >> >> A good start in evaluating (and creating) these methods is >> to ask yourself "what is being assessed?" >> >> What's next, word searches with math terms? > > This article provides a graphic demonstration of why we > should not allow generalists to teach math (and science) even > at the elementary grades. Most of these assessments for math > and science have nothing to do with math or science. They > are language arts assessments placed in a math or science > environment. > > So here we have a highly educated educator who somehow thinks > that writing an acrostic poem based on the word geometry > somehow assess something in math. Or that making up a song > about the chapter assesses anything in science. To teach > (and assess) math and science you really need to know what > they actually are. And on the evidence of this article the > author, who presumes to tell other teachers what to do, does > not have a clue as to what math or science is, because she > keeps using language arts assessments.

The items you're pointing out ARE within the domain of the language arts and can be assessed as such, ie math and science vocabulary. Note that the assessments listed do not purport to assess things like computing math problems.

Perhaps without intending to do so, you've made a case for exposing math and science teachers to more integration of the sciences and the language arts (which is actually being done in districts I'm familiar with).

Kathleen

Aug 14, 2015

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