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Formative Assessment: Using Technology for Immediate

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Special Education and Mathematics Preparing for Common Core Standards and Assessments

Jennifer R. Larson jlarson@fhcds.org

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NCTM Position

“Through formative assessment, students develop a clear understanding of learning targets and receive feedback that helps them to improve. In addition, by applying formative strategies such as asking strategic questions, providing students with immediate feedback, and engaging students in self-reflection, teachers receive evidence of students’ reasoning and misconceptions to use in adjusting instruction. By receiving formative feedback, students learn how to assess themselves and how to improve their own learning. At the core of formative assessment is an understanding of the influence that assessment has on student motivation and the need for students to actively monitor and engage in their learning. The use of formative assessment has been shown to result in higher achievement. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics strongly endorses the integration of formative assessment strategies into daily instruction.”

Question What is the role of formative assessment in mathematics education?

Multiple Means of Feedback!

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Asking Strategic Questions

●  Where am I going?

●  Where am I now?

●  How can I close the gap?

Providing Immediate Feedback

Student Motivation

●  “What’s in it for me?” ●  Let them have a say. ●  Let them learn from failure. ●  Help them to remember. ●  Make it achievable. ●  Provide incentives. ●  Make it FUN.

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Tools: Socrative http://youtu.be/gzNrXd5Xpu4

Room #: 16387

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http://goo.gl/G2PEir

Tools: Google Forms

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Tools: Edmodo Snapshot

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Tools: Infuse Learning http://youtu.be/-skvqjepU1Q

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Tools: BlendSpace https://www.blendspace.com/

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Tools:

CK12.org http://youtu.be/jbN-fPQnBeQ

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Tools:

Khan Academy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-I9m3RR2Cg

Engaging Students in Self-Reflection

Resources Student Motivation: http://understandingteenagers.com.au/blog/2012/09/the-7-secrets-of-motivating-teenagers/ The Art of Questioning in Math Class: http://www.fcps.org/cms/lib02/MD01000577/Centricity/Domain/97/The%20art%20of%20questioning%20in%20math%20class.pdf Formative Assessment (ASCD) : http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec07/vol65/num04/The-Best-Value-in-Formative-Assessment.aspx Dweck, Carol S. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House, 2006. Print.

Thank you Jennifer R. Larson

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