Monday, February 13, 2017

Week 3 Assignment 2

Formative and summative assessments are needed to measure students learning outcomes. Formative assessment is a constantly occurring process that is not a single tool but a series of events in action. Formative assessment requires students to take responsibility for their own learning and helps communicate clear, specific learning goals. It focusses on goals that represent valuable educational outcomes that identify students’ current knowledge and skills necessary foe reaching desired goals. Students are encouraged to self-monitor progress including peer assessment and feedback. Summative assessment will be given at the end of the unit whether it be a midterm exam, final project, final group project, or final paper.

The CCSS encourage teachers to engage students in reading at least some texts that they are likely to struggle with in terms of fluency and reading comprehension. It is important that the interactions with these difficult texts lead to maximum student learning, and as teachers, it is up to us to provide significantly greater and more skillful instruction and support. This support can be applied through rereading, explanation, and encouragement.

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