Embedding Formative Assessment: Practical Techniques for K-12 Classrooms (Practical Formative Assessment Techniques for K-12 Classrooms) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781960574428)

Effective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centers on five key instructional strategies, along with an overview of each strategy and practical formative assessment techniques for implementation in K-12 classrooms. The authors provide guidance on when and how to use the techniques, tips, cautions, and enhancements to sustain formative assessment.

Educators will learn how to:

• Clarify, share, and understand learning intentions and success criteria
• Engineer productive discussions and activities that elicit evidence of learning
• Provide feedback that moves learners forward
• Activate students as learning resources for each other
• Activate students as agents of their own learning

Contents:
Techniques: Tips, Cautions, and Enhancements
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Formative Assessment Should Be a Priority for Every Teacher
Chapter 2: Your Professional Learning
Chapter 3: Strategy 1--Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
Chapter 4: Strategy 2--Engineering Effective Discussion, Tasks, and Activities That Elicit Evidence of Learning
Chapter 5: Strategy 3--Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward
Chapter 6: Strategy 4--Activating Students as Learning Resources for One Another
Chapter 7: Strategy 5--Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning
Conclusion
Resources
Appendix
References
Index

Author: Dylan Wiliam, Siobh?n Leahy
ISBN-10: 1960574426
ISBN-13: 9781960574428
Publisher: Solution Tree
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2024
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.07w x 0.64d