Checking for understanding
Subtitle: formative assessment techniques for your classroom
By: Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey.
Contributors: Frey, Nancy, 1959-
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781416605690
Subjects: Classroom management; Effective teaching
Description: Learn how to increase students' understanding with creative formative assessments that help identify what students know and don't know, and what types of instructional interventions will be most effective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why check for understanding?; title: Using oral language to check for understanding; title: Using questions to check for understanding; title: Using writing to check for understanding; title: Using projects and performances to check for understanding; title: Using tests to check for understanding; title: Using common assessments and consensus scoring to check for understanding.