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Focus
Area :
Building Background Knowledge
Assessment for of and as
learning
1.
Assessment For, Of and As
Learning - this activity
is meant to provide the
background information for
which future areas of focus
will be anchored in. The
activity was provided to
grade group meetings on
April 17th and is also
available for school use.
2. MECY has
summarized key points and
excerpts from the document
Assessment - For, Of and As
Learning - includes
descriptors
and group
activity to be done in
trios. This is a good
activity for acquiring
background knowledge on the
topic.
Focus
Area :
Strategies - Assessment for Learning
Provide a Clear
and Understandable Learning
Target
1. A
PowerPoint presentation with
group work activities and embedded video clips focus the session. The
presentation highlights the
7 strategies of assessment
for learning and focuses on
the first of the seven
strategies - Clear Targets.
The information in this
segment is the cornerstone
to beginning assessment for
learning practices. It
covers the types of learning
targets and the research
behind the effectiveness of
communicating and connecting
daily classroom activities
with the intended learning
outcomes.
The assessment committee
member for each of the
Portage la Prairie Schools
has a copy of this
presentation.
For a condensed version without the videos click here.
Provide Samples
of Strong and Weak Work
and Set Criteria
with Students
1.Setting
Criteria - two
practical activities
designed to take
teachers through the
process of setting
criteria with students
and the pedagogy behind
the strategy.
Giving
Effective Descriptive Feedback
1. This is a
PowerPoint
presentation meant
for Middle Years and
High School
audiences -
with embedded video
and small group
activities. It
takes a look at the
research on giving
quality feedback,
compares different
types of
feedback and
includes some
practical tasks and
suggestions for
further learning.
handouts
1,
2,
3
2. This is the Early Years PowerPoint presentation - the first half focuses on the "what" and "why" of effective descriptive feedback and include video clips from the experts and school related research. The second half focuses on the "how" of descriptive feedback. Several practical classroom applications are explored. |
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