Reading Reflection #9
1.
Describe a method of understanding
prior-knowledge of students.
Where did a student begin their learning journey? Not all
students were starting at the same place at the start of the project. You can
gain an understanding of prior-knowledge of a student just by talking to them and
asking what they possible know about the topic. The distance they will travel
during a project will not be the same for each student.
2.
Discuss the importance of establishing anchors
for a project.
Establishing “anchors”, you gain a sense of where students
are starting and how far they are going as they work to meet learning goals. In
a project-based classroom, you expand the opportunities to differentiate
instruction and help all learners be successful.
3.
Describe several ways to assess what students
learned during the project.
When designing the project, develop a rubric to assess
progress toward the key learning goals. Listening carefully to student’s conversations,
see if they got the essentials.
4.
Discussion on how concepts in this chapter
relate to your topic/project.
The concepts in this chapter relate to my project because it
shows that there are different ways to assess the students on what they
learned, instead of using traditional ways.
I really like how you incorporated discussion as a way for educators to find out prior knowledge of their students. The more we talk to them, the more we know about them, the more they feel comfortable in our classroom. Different assessments for different projects are essential to use; especially if the traditional ways are not appropriate and do not assess the learning goals and objectives. Great reflection!
ReplyDeleteI liked the fact that you pointed out not only are students starting from many different spots in terms of familiarity to the topic, as well as not every student will travel the same distance during a project. Also it is nice to not only listen to student's conversations, but also ask them questions to assess their progress.
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