A method that is discussed when talking about understanding prior-knowledge of students is the K-W-L chart. K is for what you know, W is for what you want to know, and L is for what you learned. This is critical to the teaching process so you know from where you need to start your teaching on a project so as no one is left behind. It is important to establish anchors for a project. By doing this you gain a sense of where students are starting and going as long as they work to meet their goals. In a project based learning classroom, you can expand the opportunities to differentiate instruction and help all learners be successful. In considering assessment, think about the quality of the learning experience and how will you measure the distance between each student travels as a learner.
A way to assess what students have learned is to use rubrics. You can even get students involved in developing these tools and help them understand the criteria by which their work will be graded. There was also one teacher who had their students create books to show what they have learned in class. Another teacher video taped his student in interviews of the projects they finished.
This chapter relates to our project because we use rubrics to grade our assignments. We are graded on how well we understood the material.
The connection to rubrics from the book and our class was something I did not think of. I think that was a great relation between the two. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteI know that in our class we really stressed the importance of creating effective rubrics just like the book. Nice post!
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