Sentences with phrase «inquiry classroom assessment»

I think in an inquiry classroom assessment and instruction are kind of two sides of the same coin, really.

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Jennifer is a passionate advocate of self - directed learning, inquiry, and authentic assessments, and she believes the key to transforming education is to sharpen the focus on student voice and choice in the classroom.

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.

Her classroom inquiry centres on the puzzle: How can assessment be a meaningful and shared experience?

The paper, by researchers Christopher Dede, Tina Grotzer, Amy Kamarainen, and Shari Metcalf, describes the ways in which EcoXPT can support classroom practices that the NRC connects with deeper learning: case - based approaches; self - directed, open - ended, and collaborative inquiry; apprenticed learning; interdisciplinary learning; and learning that's embedded with diagnostic assessments based on many sources.

With the rise of the C3 Framework and ongoing standards revisions that advocate the move to more student inquiry in the classroom, the concept of teacher as instructional designer is key, and teachers educators need to prepare beginning teachers to facilitate student inquiry and analysis as they learn to develop and implement disciplinary specific models of inquiry and assessment in the classroom.

Our work of creating common performance assessments and rubrics and scoring them across classrooms has created a culture of inquiry and a collaborative atmosphere... This is a result of our process of learning about the Common Core, unpacking standards, writing lesson plans and tasks, sharing those plans, giving each other feedback, creating common rubrics, and collectively examining student work.

For summative assessment, classroom observations are used to gain insight into changes in teaching strategies, types of innovative technology used in classrooms, and overall effectiveness of lessons for engaging students during science inquiry.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

At the participating schools, lessons will not be limited to the confines of classrooms, teaching will be done through an inquiry - based format, and tests will be performance assessments that are more complex and rigorous than multiple - choice exams.