Objectives:
After this PD, teachers will be able to:
1. apply previous PD skills to plan for future lessons.
2. demonstrate how foldables and graphic organizers can be used in summative (final) assessment.
3. explain how student data can be collected from alternative assessments.
Introduction & Assignment:
We have previously focused on how foldables and graphic organizers can be used across the content areas to assess student learning through alternative methods.
Today's PD will focus on the application of those strategies. Please review the upcoming week in your PST. If you did not bring your PST to this PD, click here to reach it at the School District's main site. You will need to scroll past the K-8 to reach the high school PSTs.
Brainstorm how you will use either a foldable or a graphic organizer (or both if you want to give your students options through choice). Review the videos of Ms. Agnew and Ms. Carlis in previous weeks' PDs for a refresher on how OHS teachers are already using these strategies.
Paper is available for you to create and experiment during this PD session. Converse with colleagues about what they are planning to do in the upcoming weeks.
Once you have created a plan for using a foldable/graphic organizer in your class over the next week, discuss with a colleague how you might use these strategies in summative assessment, i.e., as a part of your final exams.
Finally, discuss with your colleagues what types of data teachers can collect from foldables and graphic organizers. How can these strategies be used to inform and improve your instruction?
Sources to support your learning for this PD include:
1. Effectivesness of Foldables Versus Lecture/Worksheet
2. Tackling Math Vocabulary & Study Skills
3. Sources of Data in Alternative Assessment (From ERIC)
Post comments, questions, and concerns in the COMMENTS section below.
The graphic organizers are great to post around the classroom and will work well for memory recall. The student can also create their own graphic organizer for an alternative assessment. The foldables are also excellent alternative to lectures and work well as study aids.
ReplyDeleteThe section on math vocabulary and study skills is something that could be done next week
ReplyDeletei like the section on math about reviewing the vocabulary and i can try it next week.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see that the foldables led to no discernible differences in comprehension than the lecture worksheet. The big difference in this study came with student's sense of involvement in the lesson. Still like using them
ReplyDeleteI have already made one foldable this year, using famous artists from the Harlem Renaissance. Students liked it, however they thought it was elementary... but it helped them with the test. I will be making a foldable this week into next that reviews all geometric formulas.
ReplyDeleteI created a venn diagram foldable for use in English3 classes this week with comparing and contrasting two writers' opinions and attitudes on their use of images and themes.
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