Category: assessment

I've made it a habit to retweet this once a month or so from Jenn (@DataDiva) who I look up to as a leader in the field of teacher- and student-friendly assessment. . @emergentmath "Assessment is at its best when it is ongoing and most difficult to distinguish from the teaching that is occurring." — … Continue reading Equalizing practice and assessment

In my last post, I tossed out a loose taxonomy to name four different types of problems: Content Learning Problems Exploratory Problems Conceptual Understanding Problems Assessment Problems I felt it necessary for myself. Up until now, I'd been labeling all problem equally: they're problems! They're tasks that are supposed to get students to learn stuff! … Continue reading Taxonomy of Problems (Part 2): Ways and what to assess