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Embedding Formative Assessment

Practical Techniques for K–12 Classrooms (Practical formative assessment techniques for K–12 classro

Dylan Wiliam
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Pages
264
Year
2024
Language
English

About

Effective classroom formative assessment helps educators make minute-by-minute, day-by-day instructional decisions. This clear, practical guide for teachers centers on five key instructional strategies, along with an overview of each strategy and practical formative assessment techniques for implementation in K–12 classrooms. The authors provide guidance on when and how to use the techniques, tips, cautions, and enhancements to sustain formative assessment.



Educators will learn how to:



• Clarify, share, and understand learning intentions and success criteria


• Engineer productive discussions and activities that elicit evidence of learning


• Provide feedback that moves learners forward


• Activate students as learning resources for each other


• Activate students as agents of their own learning


Contents:


Techniques: Tips, Cautions, and Enhancements


Acknowledgments


About the Authors


Introduction


Chapter 1: Why Formative Assessment Should Be a Priority for Every Teacher


Chapter 2: Your Professional Learning


Chapter 3: Strategy 1-Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria


Chapter 4: Strategy 2-Engineering Effective Discussion, Tasks, and Activities That Elicit Evidence of Learning


Chapter 5: Strategy 3-Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward


Chapter 6: Strategy 4-Activating Students as Learning Resources for One Another


Chapter 7: Strategy 5-Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning


Conclusion


Resources


Appendix


References


Index

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