Planning My Project - Activity 3

Considering Multiple Methods of Assessment

40 minutes

You have now completed two important steps that focus on the learners' learning in your project:

• Determined specific learning goals based on assessment standards and 21st Century skills
  
  
• Developed Curriculum-Framing Questions
  

During this activity, you continue to focus on learning with work on your assessment plan:

• Review different methods of assessment and think about how you will incorporate these methods into your project
  
  
• Draft an assessment timeline to illustrate how you use assessment throughout your project
  
  
  
• Step 1: Exploring Formative and Summative Assessments
  
  
• Step 2: Drafting an Assessment Timeline

Step 1: Exploring Formative and Summative Assessments

Different kinds of assessments reveal different kinds of information about learner
understanding of important concepts and skills. Understanding what you can learn about the learners' learning from different assessments can help you plan for effective assessment and instruction. In this step, you think about how to use assessment strategies that help you meet the different purposes of assessment.

1. Read Assessment for Project-Based Learning, which provides an overview for using learner-centred assessments in the classroom. Start thinking about how you might incorporate any of the ideas into your own project. If desired, take notes on the document and save it in the temp folder of your Portfolio folder. (See Word Processing Skill 11.3 and 11.4.)
   
   
2. When you plan for assessment in your project, you should include both formative and summative assessments for each of five purposes:
   
   

   Formative Assessment	1. Gauging learner needs
   	2. Encouraging self-direction and collaboration
   	3. Monitoring progress
   	4. Checking for understanding and encouraging metacognition
   Summative Assessment	5. Demonstrating understanding and skill

   
   
3. To read about detailed assessment strategies for each of the preceding purposes, follow these steps:
   
   a. Go to the Intel^® Assessing Projects resource.
   
   b. Tag or bookmark the website.
   
   c. Click Assessment Strategies.
   
   
4. Read about each purpose, review the different assessment strategies to achieve each purpose, and then think about how you can use the methods in your project.
   
   Note: The following exercise is available in Module 2, Activity 3, Step 1: Exploring Formative and Summative Assessments in your Notebook.
   
   
5. As you consider assessment strategies for your project, use the information in Intel^® Assessing Projects to help you brainstorm answers for the following questions.

• What is the purpose of an assessment?
• What methods are appropriate to meet the purpose?
• What instrument is most effective?
• When do I use the methods and instruments?
• What do I do with the results?
  
  

Gauging Learner Needs

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