ASSESSMENT
Do you use a list when trying to accomplish a task? Grocery shop, etc? A list is used to make sure all necessary components of a task are not overlooked. This artifact is a checklist I made to help build effective formative assessments. While this is not an all encompassing list, it shows my ability to synthesize formative assessment research and create a tool to ensure that the formative assessments I build for my students are effective.
Are you skeptical that games can be used for meaningful and rich assessment in education? I was too at first! This blog post shows my growth in understanding the jargon and pedagogy behind using games to assess student learning and growth. I also created my own game based assessment using Twine software to test my students' understanding of how to use a dichotomous key. Effectively leveraging technology in our classrooms is an overarching skill that I have learned during this program. This is an example of how to incorporate games and technology meaningfully into my classroom.
In a Chemistry course I teach, there is a unit that my students historically struggle with. After reflection, I realized that this is the perfect place to utilize a formative assessment. This artifact is the start of a formative assessment that I plan on building to give my students more support with this topic. This demonstrates my ability to pinpoint where I can effectively use a formative assessment to positively impact my student’s learning, not just using formative assessment because it is a buzzword in education. This formative assessment is also an example of the Assessment Design Checklist in action. I have learned how to appropriately decide when to use formative assessment as well as how to build effective formative assessments.