Sentences with phrase «increased use of formative assessments»

In an era of Big Data, we can learn much more by quantifying the learning process through increased use of formative assessments: Are students learning — and if so, how?

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Barron and Darling - Hammond describe evidence - based approaches to support inquiry - based teaching in the classroom: (1) clear goals and guiding activities; (2) a variety of resources (e.g., museums, libraries, Internet, videos, lectures) and time for students to share, reflect, and apply resources, while debating over information discrepancies; (3) participation structures and classroom norms that increase the use of evidence and a culture of collaboration (i.e., framing debates as productive conflicts, using public performances); (4) formative assessments that provide opportunities for revision; and (5) summative assessments that are multidimensional and representative of professional practice.

Research on the effects of using rubrics instructionally in the classroom has led to increased emphasis on a variety of formative assessment practices.

Even when we employ a range of formative assessments and use the assessment results to guide our instructional decisions, we haven't necessarily answered the question of whether our teaching increased students» learning, and by how much.