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A Closer Look at Action Research and Authentic Assessment

A Closer Look at Action Research and Authentic Assessment. Dr. Cher Gauweiler College of Education Critical Thinking Retreat February 17, 2010. Then…. …and now!. Defining the terms….

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A Closer Look at Action Research and Authentic Assessment

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  1. A Closer Look at Action Research and Authentic Assessment Dr. Cher Gauweiler College of Education Critical Thinking Retreat February 17, 2010

  2. Then…

  3. …and now!

  4. Defining the terms… • Simply put, action research is the process of systematically testing new ideas in the classroom or school, analyzing the results, and deciding to implement the new idea or begin the process again with another idea. (Johnson, 1993)

  5. Another way of looking at it…

  6. What do these all have in common?

  7. Teachers as Researchers… • Start with a question… • What do you wonder about within your discipline?

  8. Who can you do it with?

  9. How do you know they have learned? • An assessment by any other name…. authentic assessment OR performance assessment OR alternative assessment

  10. Think about it… • What would be an appropriate performance assessment for… • a math class? • a music class? • a speech class? • a chemistry class? • or…your subject area?

  11. Keep in mind… • Is it really a genuine performance assessment? If so… • It has multiple evaluative criteria • It has prespecified quality standards • It has a human judgmental appraisal (Popham, 2010)

  12. Compare • Sample A • Sample B • Sample C

  13. What do you need for the instrument? • Evaluative criteria • Descriptions of qualitative differences for the evaluative criteria • Either a holistic or analytic scoring approach.

  14. Examples of Rubrics • Holistic Rubric • Analytic Rubric

  15. References • Johnson, B. (1993). Teacher as researcher. Retrieved from http://www.vtaide.com/png/ERIC/Teacher-Researcher.htm • Popham, W. (2010). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know, 6th ed. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.

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