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Quick Classroom Assessment Techniques for Teachers

Enhance student engagement and understanding using instant assessment strategies like Think-Pair-Share, Quick-Write, Quick-Draws, Chalkboard Splash, and more. Encourage higher-order thinking with these interactive tools.

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Quick Classroom Assessment Techniques for Teachers

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  1. On-The-spot tptSChapter 4 dR.Megan J. Scranton

  2. purpose • Allow teachers to quickly gauge the depth of student understanding of concepts being taught • Activities that require little or no advance preparation • Can insert several in a lesson the minute you notice cognitive disengagement or disconnect • Or can be included strategically in select spots within your lesson

  3. THINK-PAIR-SHARE • A simple but powerful tool that should be used repeatedly & consistently throughout the day • To predict, respond to a prompt, reiterate directions • Steps: 1) Provide prompt/question 2) Give a brief amount of time (30 seconds) to formulate a response 3) Pair up or turn to assigned partner 4) Discuss their responses • To ensure higher-order thinking: Prompts/questions that require reflection, i.e., analyzing various points of view, answering “why” & “how” questions

  4. QUICK-WRITE • AKA “Stop & Jot” • To reflect about a prompt or question in writing • Give about 3 minutes to respond • Can give students a word bank to ensure key terms/concepts are used & learned • Can be used as a way for students to analyze their own metacognitve thinking processes • To ensure higher-order thinking: Ask students to make connections between concepts & their effect on the world around them • Use wide-open questions • Have students share their Quick-Writes in small groups

  5. QUICK-DRAWS • Opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of an abstract term or concept by representing it in a drawing (a visual image) • Used with almost any age group, any content area • Used to ensure that students are able to understand & deeply analyze concepts • Give 3 – 5 minutes to draw & then have students share with partner or in small group • To ensure higher-order thinking: Allows for analysis & synthesis of abstract concepts & components

  6. CHALKBOARD SPLASH • All students share their Quick-Writes or Quick-Draws on chalkboards, white boards, or chart paper • Students are then asked to analyze peer responses for 3 things: similarities, differences, & surprises • To ensure higher-order thinking: Great for addressing the big picture & the relevance factor with whatever topic you are teaching • Answers “So what? Why is this important?” • Can be used with sentence starters; to reflect on a concept or strategy

  7. THUMBS-Up when ready & processing cards • Way to read each individual’s progress as the students process their reflections • Holds students accountable for reflection • Provide prompt or question • Thumbs-Up when ready to share • Processing Cards: “Ready to Share” or “Still Thinking”; flip card up when ready • To ensure higher-order thinking: Require students to justify their responses & to give the basis for their justification

  8. similes • Compare two unrelated things • Provide opportunities for abstractly portraying the big picture of concepts in a way that sums up their meaning • To make a connection between the topic they’re studying & something unrelated • Needs to be modeled & scaffolded • Example: Thomas Jefferson was like _____ in that ______. • To ensure higher-order thinking: Requires students to analyze a topic, formulate a response, & then explain how/why their statement might be true

  9. RANKING • Requires students to analyze components of the concepts taught, rank the concepts, & then justify the reasons for assigning rankings • Can also be used to help students synthesize & analyze what they’ve learned • Example: Rank 15 items would take to the moon based on their usefulness • To ensure higher-order thinking: Require students to justify their reasoning for their rankings • Can rank from most important to least important, most to least influential

  10. NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER • Allows students to be held accountable for being able to relay information that was learned during a group activity • Small groups: Assign each member a number • Inform all members that they will need to be able to present the group’s information • Have groups perform task • Then call a number to present (all members have to be prepared) • Higher-order thinking will depend on the chosen activity

  11. THUMB UP/DOWN VOTE • Frequently a Yes/No or Agree/Disagree vote • Could also be a True/False statement • Can also add in-between option (thumb sideways) • Can link it with a Think-Pair-Share where students justify their rationale for voting the way they did • Wait until all students vote • To ensure higher-order thinking: Require students to justify their vote • Can also be used to get students interested in a topic

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