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August 1 - November 6, 2019
Power Up
When it comes to your teaching, ask yourself: Are you supporting short-term learning or long-term learning?
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encoding, storage, and retrieval.
Formative assessment is when we check on and monitor students' progress. Kind of like inserting a toothpick into a cake to see how it's doing while baking, formative assessment is a strategy to see if things are on track.
Summative assessment is when we discover what students have learned through various forms of measurement. This is when we get to celebrate accomplishments, perhaps like enjoying a cake after baking, while also noticing what could be done differently next time.
In keeping with our cake analogy, retrieval practice is the process of learning how to crack an egg, measure ingredients, and mix it all together (perhaps using a Power Blender!). This is when we embrace mistakes rather than emphasize perfection because challenges are a good thing for learning.
Consider an additional comparison to a file drawer: Retrieval practice: Organize the files so it's easier to access next time. Formative assessment: Peek into a file drawer and see what's inside. Summative assessment: Inventory all the files before moving to the next cabinet.
What are Two Things you learned so far today? What are Two Things you learned yesterday (or last week)? What are your two takeaways from this unit? What are Two Things you'd like to learn more about? What are two examples from your own life that relate to today's lesson?
Cramming works, but only in the short term.
Instead of asking, “What did you learn today?” ask students, “What did you learn yesterday?”
When students are aware of what they know and don't know, learning is more successful in the classroom and studying is more successful outside the classroom.
Do your students already reflect on their own learning? How can you provide just a few more opportunities for students to examine their metacognition?
When students take notes on a computer, they transcribe more, so they have more material to re-study, which may increase future learning compared to written notes.
