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Formative Assessment: Technology-Enhanced Approaches

Vivian Johnson

Trish Harvey

Hamline University, School of Education

Lilly Conference

January 5, 2015

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Presentation:

goo.gl/51vGiC

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Goals for the session

  • Importance of Formative Assessment
    • Definitions

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  • Digital Tools for Formative Assessment
    • Backchannels
    • Student Response Tools
    • Concept Maps/Infographics

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  • Explore . . . least four different technologies to support . . use of formative assessment . . . teachers and learners
  • Engage in a pre- and post- assessment of their awareness of technology enhanced formative assessment

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Today’s Meet

todaysmeet.com/LillyFormativeAssessment

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  • Questions?
  • Comments
  • Additions!

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Pre-assessment

goo.gl/tbmeHp

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Google forms (video tutorial)

Flubaroo add-on (video tutorial)

  • Autocrat add-on

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Uses of data...

  1. Inform instruction
  2. Collect data:
    • Wheeldecide
    • Word clouds
      • Tagxedo
      • Wordle
  3. Provide feedback to student to guide their own learning

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Why formative assessment?

Empirical evidence (1980’s forward)

    • Informs instruction
    • Improves learner achievement
    • Supports metacognition

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The Key Differences between Formative and Summative Assessment

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Black and Wiliam

“The research reported here shows conclusively that formative assessment does improve student learning. The gains in achievement appear to be quite considerable … among the largest ever reported for educational interventions.”

(Black & Wiliam, 1998, p. 61)

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Marzano, DuFours, Hattie

“The simplest prescription for improving education must be ‘dollops of feedback’ – providing information how and why the child understands and misunderstands, and what directions the student must take to improve.”

-Hattie, 1999

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Benefits of formative assessment

  • Use as a diagnostic tool
  • Plan instruction
  • Provide feedback to students and teachers
  • Involve students in their own learning
  • Motivate students

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(DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many, 2010)

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Formative Assessment -

Before Digital Tools

Writing Task

  • Worksheets
  • Paper/pencil & pop quizzes
  • Exit tickets (cards)
  • Student journals
  • Homework

Orally

  • Classroom discussion
  • Four corners
  • Think-pair-share

Observation

  • Teacher observation
  • Fist to five
  • Four corners

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Formative Assessment with Digital Tools

  • Technology-enhanced
    • TIMELY data on learning (for both students and teachers)
    • Permanent record
    • Engaging
    • Efficiency in data collection
    • Access to devices has increased

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Backchannels

What they are:

  • Real-time online conversation taking place alongside the primary activity

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How they provide formative assessment:

  • Questions/comments reveal interpretation of content

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Backchannels

Example digital tools:

  • Today’s meet
  • Padlet
  • Twitter
  • Your institution’s Learning Management System (LMS)

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Today’s Meet

todaysmeet.com/LillyFormativeAssessment

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  • Our conversation

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Backchannels

How could you incorporate backchannels into your teaching?

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Share with a partner.

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www.timer-tab.com

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Student Response Tools

What they are:

  • Engaging tools to collect polling and student feedback (i.e. quizzes)

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How they provide formative assessment:

  • Provide student feedback to adjust teaching

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Student Response Tools

Examples of digital tools:

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Kahoot

Gamified formative assessment

kahoot.it

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If you want to make a Kahoot - getkahoot.com

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Student Response Tools

How could you incorporate student response tools into your teaching?

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Share with a partner.

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Concept map tools & Infographics

What they are:

  • Visual representation of learning

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How they provide formative assessment:

  • Visual connection of vocabulary, concepts, etc

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Resource: Infographics

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http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/formative-assessment-technology.png

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Concept map tools & Infographics

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Padlet Post-Assessment

goo.gl/NgDheh

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Concept map tools and Infographics

How could you incorporate concept maps or infographics into your teaching?

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Share with a partner.

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Questions?