Hi Susan, Thanks for your post to the forum. Students certainly do enjoy some friendly competition! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
I like use a combination of formative and summative feedback when evaluating dental hygiene students. One half the mouth is each type. I begin with the formative feedback.
Just today in a Medical Terminology class, I divided the class into small groups and gave them 25 questions to answer on material that has been covered to this point in the class. They were competing for extra credit points, and had fun putting their heads together to come up with the correct answers. We then reviewed the answers together, providing feedback if a group had gotten the wrong answer.
As an online instructor, I like to use papers as a method to assess student progress. Papers have objectives are subject areas students must address.
Assigning papers both increase the student's written communication skills and prevents students from trying to guess multiple choice answers or worse yet, cheat by getting the answers from a past student.
I teach students skills necessary to attain their commercial driver's license. Formative evaluation for my classes are a mix of quizzes and demonstration. Quizzes are best for assessing student knowledge of transportation regulations. Demonstrations are for actual behind-the-wheel assessments. Either way, the formative evaluations should be timely to when the instruction was given. To delay and move on to additional material puts the students in a more difficult to position. Each bit of knowledge taught is a stepping stone.
In my class we have a final project due at the end of the term. During the term, I ask students to turn in parts of the project for weekly reviews. This allows me to assess the student progress throughout the course and helps the student complete the final project on time. It also helps me grade at the end of the term.
We have daily labs/clinic where students performs a task and are evaluated on their comprehension and progression.
Students participate in class discussions and work together to apply theory in expected, then creative ways. Work in groups is shared with the class. I also offer quizzes and written assignments designed to check in on progress and build toward fulfillment of learning objectives.
I do exactly the same thing!
Conchi
Hi James, Thanks for your post to the forum. Application assessment is ideal when it fits the discipline.
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
I think the labs that we do are a good indication of how a student is doing, you can tell the comprehension level of the student by the way they work and do written labs.
I like to test the students with multiple choice exams. every student will get a different exam.
Susan et al. – Hope all is well. Formative Assessment is part of the instructional process. It provides the information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening. Formative assessment informs both teachers and students about student understanding at a point when timely adjustments can be made. Here are some of the most popular formative assessments:
1. Do’s and Don’ts
2. Three Most Common Misunderstandings
3. Three Questions
4. Explain What Matters
5. Big Picture
6. Venn Diagram
7. Draw It
8. Self-Directed Response.
Regards
Hi Aldorey, That before and after feedback is important! Thanks for sharing.
Susan Polick
Hi Ebonie, s for sharing an example of multiple delivery options!
Susan Polick
I first introduce the students to new information with a youtube video of the actual procedure they will be actually doing, then I lecture the information using powerpoint, and I then demonstrate the information. After that I allow the students to apply what they have learned by allowing them to do the procedure as well.
Before starting a new topic, students are given with a pretest (like a diagnostic assessment regarding the content if they read their textbook) and then discussing the answers of the pretest after the lecture. And then post-test is given probably the next meeting.
Hi Melissa, Thanks for your post to the forum. Group work is an excellent choice and I especially like your idea of having a more quiet student lead each group. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
I am a lover of short quizzes at the end of each class or lab because it gives both the student and myself insight about how much learning has taken place during the session. Most of these are graded because some students would not take the class or the quiz seriously if no grade is assigned. Of course I do not share that information with them until after the quiz done.
I love having quiz games, especially to get the students ready for an exam. I have found that splitting them into groups, with one spokesperson per group (I usually choose a quieter person, to motivate their participation), creates excitement and engagement, especially if there are prizes involved (food is a fantastic motivator for college students!).
