Assessment As Learning Using Classroom Assessment To Maximize Student Learning, Paperback

Assessment As Learning Using Classroom Assessment To Maximize Student Learning, Paperback Description

Your key to understanding how formative assessment improves learning!

High-stakes tests and end-of-year assessments dominate educational planning and curriculum. Yet, formative assessments are proven to have the most impact on day-to-day learning.

Teachers who understand how to use assessment to spark learning unlock a powerful educational tool, and Assessment as Learning can show you how. Using clear explanations and poignant cases, this book illustrates how formative assessment can be used to understand student beliefs, inform classroom instruction, and encourage student reflection. Fully revised, this second edition features

• Discussion of the complex nature of learning
• Ways to use formative assessment in a variety of contexts
• Real-life examples and case studies of assessment in action
• Sample rubrics and lesson plans for easy implementation
• Ideas for Follow-up at the end of each chapter
• Insights into common classroom dilemmas along with viable solutions

Unraveling the mystery of formative assessment, this resource reveals how this teaching technique optimizes learning.

Features:

• Title - Assessment as Learning
• Sub Title - Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning
• Authored - Lorna M. Earl
• Primary Author Affiliation - President, Lorna Earl and Associates
• Binding - Paperback
• Pages - 160
• Publication Date - 04-Dec-12
• Edition No - Second Edition
• Primary Subject Code - Formative Assessment - CD2
• Copyright Year - 2013
• Item Weight - 12 oz.