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Stacey A. Cederbloom University of Mount Union May 19, 2018
Exam study tip: Redo (don’t just “look
the homework and quizzes! Feedback
Recognize what they know and don’t know. Articulate that in a more productive way than “I don’t get ones like #5 on page 26.” Show a marked improvement from quizzes to exams.
that did positively affect students’ scores on exams (as cited in Moss & Brookhart, 2009, p. 80).
However, we are going to look at self-assessment that students do as a part of the learning process before an exam or summative assessment. In other words, we are going to look at student self-assessment as it relates to formative assessment. Moss and Brookhart (2009) define student self-assessment as the students’ “opportunity to review their work and become more aware of their strengths, their progress, and the gaps in learning that still need to be addressed.” (p. 80 )
How and when?
making corrections and rating his/her confidence level on each skill covered on the quiz.
accommodate several students at one time. Having students sign up ahead of time on the board or via email helps.
system!
1. When a student corrects a problem and we discuss it . . . I put a star next to the correction and an “OK” next to the actual quiz problem. 2. When a student is done correcting all problems . . . I sign my initials on the corrections AND the quiz. 3. When a student is done rating his/her confidence level . . . I sign my initials on his/her “Inside the Numbers” sheet and check it off in my gradebook.
Pow!!
“looking through tests and quizzes and actually taking the time to correct problems instead of just seeing what I did wrong” “going in to fix my mistakes so I wouldn’t make them again” “going back and looking at mistakes and actually completing the problems over again helps. Talking through mistakes helped me to remember the concepts.”
“According to Therese Huston (2009, p. 196), we need to ‘normalize help-seeking behaviors’ because ‘undergraduates are often uncomfortable revealing their confusion about course material.’” (Felten et al., 2016,
“office hours always helped and especially Inside the Numbers. Being able to sit down with you and actually go over what I did wrong and trying again was helpful.”
1 on 1 with 75 of 85
Message: I CARE about you as a person and your success in my class!
Quizzes = Scrimmages Exams = Games Final Exam = Tournament
“If I ever had any questions they were answered in office hours. It was encouraging knowing that if I messed up bad, I still got some points back.”
“Effective self-assessment is present when students see the value of reflection and begin to do it routinely, whether asked to or not.” (Moss and Brookhart, 2009, p. 91)
“Holding office hours and making them mandatory for Inside the Numbers because it forced me to start coming in from the beginning and I realized how helpful they were!”
Spring ’17: 11/13 Fall ’17: 10/11 Spring ’18: 8/10
Exam study tip: Redo (don’t just “look
the homework and quizzes! Feedback
Brookhart, S. M. (2008). How to Give Effective Feedback to Your
Chappuis, J. (2015). Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning,
2nd ed. New York: Pearson.
Felten, P., Gardner, J. N., Schroeder, C. C., Lambert, L. M., &
Barefoot, B. O. (2016). The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Moss, C. M., & Brookhart, S. M. (2009). Advancing Formative
Assessment in Every Classroom: A Guide for Instructional Leaders. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
I. A Research-supported Solution II. Design and Implementation Details
III. Results
IV.
Positive By-products