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Stage 2  – Determine Acceptable Evidence
'What evidence will determine understanding?'
 
 
 
Assessment Tasks – To Assess for Deep Understanding

 

  

Assessment for learning (ways you will gather students' prior knowledge)

 

 

  • Brainstorm - class discussion after viewing 'You Tube' clip (Size of the Universe) and record on IWB.
  • Hands-on activity- Using manipulatives/different size balls representing planets, Earth, moon, sun and orbits/movements.

 

 

Assessment as learning (throughout the study checking for misconceptions)
 
 
  • Role Play - Teacher to observe small groups and make anecdotal notes of small groups acting out aspects related to the solar system.
  • Quizzes - Students to answer questions using SMART Response clickers.
     

 

 

Assessment of learning (at conclusion of inquiry). Attach a separate culminating written assessment task and rubric based on the Quality Teaching Framework).

 
  • Demonstrate the solar system.
  • Interpret observations and data recorded of night sky, times of sunset and sunrise, the lunar cycle.
  • Blog entries.
  • Wiki pages.
  • Presentation to class of wiki and why they chose their question to investigate - what it means to them (their interpretation).
  • Answer question: What would your next step of investigation/exploration have been?
     
 
  • Final assessment task & rubric:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgc2qwv7_6dz4mgpgh
  •  Final Assessment Self Rating: (in accordance with the Quality Teaching Framework)  
 

             http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgc2qwv7_1ftwbm2g5 

 

 
 

 

Other Evidence – To Assess Knowledge and Skills

☑ tests / quizzes

☑ observations

☑ work samples

☑ oral presentation

o essay / report

o poster

☑ conferences / discussions

o peer assessment / feedback

o display

 

☑ practical demonstration

☑ anecdotal comments

o checklists

o portfolios

o prompts

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Student Self Assessment and Reflection

 

Assessment as learning:
 
 
Reflection: