Assessment chapter 7

Which of the diagnostic approaches is implied when a teacher says, "I'm interested in finding out why my students continue to say that wrapping a cold bottle of soft drink in a woolen sweater will warm the soft drink?"

Analysis of knowledge structure

Ms. Bastien wanted to help her fourth-grade students understand what good reports should look like, for her unit on United States geography. Which of the following is the most effective strategy for her to do that?

Ask students to deduce criteria from good examples from the previous year

Which of the following is a learning target for one lesson?

I can set up a long division problem so it is easy to do

Which of the following is likely to be an appropriate student goal?

I want to be able to graph linear equations

What is a serious weakness of the prerequisite knowledge and skills approach to diagnosis?

It does not provide information as to why students err

Why is understanding typical learning progressions in a certain content area important for formative assessment?

They help teachers interpret students' work in relation to the intended learning goal

What is the main purpose for keeping records of the important results of your formative assessment?

To make sure your approach is systematic

Which of the following questions is open-ended?

What are some ways we can clean up our atmosphere?

Which of the following frameworks is inappropriate for prerequisite knowledge and skills assessment?

norm-referencing

Class discussions can yield formative assessment information if they

show what the students are thinking