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Oral defense - Nan, can you elaborate?

by hst

Jun 11, 2013

I appreciated your comment in the Flipped Classroom thread. I will be teaching higher level students next year and am looking to alternatives to written assignments as part of my assessments.

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Nan I'm not an expert or anything, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. I tried a unit using layered curriculum before school got out. Oral defense was probably the best part of the whole deal.

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Jun 12, 2013

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hst Thanks, Nan! I will be looking into this. On 6/12/13, Nan wrote: > I'm not an expert or anything, so take everything I say with a > grain of salt. I tried a unit using layered curriculum before > school got out. Oral defense was probably the best part of the > whole deal. > > Basically when a student is done with an assignment you...See More

Jun 13, 2013

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Debbie G On 6/12/13, Nan wrote: > I'm not an expert or anything, so take everything I say with a > grain of salt. I tried a unit using layered curriculum before > school got out. Oral defense was probably the best part of the > whole deal. > > Basically when a student is done with an assignment you ask > them a few questions about the ...See MoreOn 6/12/13, Nan wrote: > I'm not an expert or anything, so take everything I say with a > grain of salt. I tried a unit using layered curriculum before > school got out. Oral defense was probably the best part of the > whole deal. > > Basically when a student is done with an assignment you ask > them a few questions about the assignment. If they can answer > all the questions they get full credit. If they can't answer > some simple questions, then they really didn't learn what they > needed to learn. (say they just copied the answers or found > the answers in the book but didn't really think about the > assignment) > > I literally sat down with each student in the class at least > once a week and talked with them individually. I asked > questions like "what are the primary colors of light" or "How > do you make yellow light from the primary colors." > > Even more fun, students who chose to do some research on how a > microwave oven worked. I'd ask them where do the microwaves > come from? Or, if there are more cell phone towers in an area, > do the microwave ovens work better? If they didn't look at me > strange and talk about the magnetron inside the microwave as > the source of radiation, I knew they hadn't done their research. > > Next year I am going to incorporate more of this type of > assignment. > > Nanette > > PS if you Google "layered curriculum oral defense" you will > find a lot of information > I have used "Layered Curriculum" for years. You have to teach the procedures and have rubrics for your expectations, but once the students work with it they build a love/hate relationship with it. There really is very little room to cheat/leach off others. The oral assessments are individual. I maintain a notebook for each lesson with questions and prompts, these start out simple and spiral up. Frequently others listen to the responses but only one is officially being tested. I don't ask same questions in same period to avoid cheating. I have more time individually and in small groups and they learn. I set up different centers for different activities, they chose how they want to learn. There is always a written and verbal presentation to earn the A. The "A" has the highest level of blooms involved. This works great at higher grades to meet all students needs. Absents are not a problem, they have the requirements from day one. Students "test" on a first come basis. They run to get to my room and sign up. I am able to test them wherever we run across one another: during duty, lunch, after school, extracurricular activities. > > On 6/11/13, hst wrote: >> I appreciated your comment in the Flipped Classroom thread. >> I will be teaching higher level students next year and am >> looking to alternatives to written assignments as part of >> my assessments.

Jun 27, 2013

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