Reflection 9, Chapter 9

1.One method to understanding a students prior knowledge is to use a KWL chart. This chart tells us what the students already knows (K) what the student wants to know from the project or assignment (W) and what the student has learned after the project or assignment is finished (L). 2. By using these anchors you get a sense of where your students are at when starting a project or assignment and how far they have come during and at the end of a project or assingment. Teachers need to know if the project is too hard, too easy or just right for the students to understand and move forward. 3. Create a rubric with the students to see if they meet all the criteria of the rubric and understand the material. The book talks about how a teahcer had the students create a classics illustrated style comic book. I love this idea. You can use it to assess anything. Showing the students a film or clip of the information you are working on can get them questioning more or help them understand something better when they see it. Sometimes things are hard to grasp by just reading it, seeing it in a movie or clip might be the extra boost they need to really understand it. These are all ways to assess what your students learn during a project. 4. I think the concept we will use in our project is the assessment of what students learn during the project. We have said in our podcast that we will have an on-line assessment to see what the students know at the beginning and I think we will have an assessment at the end to see what they have learned during the project.