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My New Experiment in Formative Assessment!

 

My New Experiment in Formative Assessment!

 

This year, I once again taught science to 11th graders, and the thought of trying something new crossed my mind. This time, it wasn't about teaching but about evaluation. As a teacher, we always think of a variety of ways to assess students' understanding of the topic. The basic principle of this experiment was to give students an opportunity to be judged based on their own choice of expression. Over my 10 years of teaching practice, I have observed that when a test is announced, a few happy faces eagerly step forward to prove their knowledge, while many others get nervous, imagining all the efforts required to learn the concepts, remember the terms, and reproduce them in an exam situation. That's why I decided to give my students an opportunity to express their knowledge and understanding of the topic in various ways of their choosing. My only concern was to test their understanding of the topic, use of correct terminologies, and their ability to apply them appropriately. Accordingly, I planned the formative assessment, and finally, the day of execution arrived.

 

The lesson began by presenting the key concepts using a PowerPoint presentation based on the expected learning goals outlined in the syllabus. Then, I asked my students to present the same content to me in their preferred ways. Today, they were able to work in groups of 3-4 of their choice. They were given a list of concepts to cover and were asked to come up with their own options to present the subject matter in various forms. Here are some examples syggested by me considering different learning styles:

1.     Write answers to the given questions in your own words and submit a Word file. (Reading and writing)📖

2.       Create a self-explanatory poster that demonstrates your understanding of the content through related examples and illustrations. (Visual) 📊

3.       Make a 10-minute podcast where one of you acts as an expert and the other acts as a host, asking relevant questions and discussing all the required concepts and examples. (Audio) 🔊

4.      Design a board game or memory game that can be used by students your age. (Logical) 🎲

5.       Perform a role play with four different characters, expressing their mastery of the content through their interactions. (Social) 👥

Additionally, the students were told that 'the sky is the limit!' They were encouraged to use their own creativity and come up with ideas they wanted to explore to demonstrate their understanding of the given content. To my surprise, it worked wonderfully. In the era of AI and ChatGPT, when everybody is focused on saving time and energy by accomplishing tasks with a click, my class was fully engaged in this activity and produced fantastic work in the form of posters, memory games, role plays, and more. It was worth trying something new and experimenting with the routine practices, allowing us to view the same world from a whole new perspective."


 Shruti Ganesh Hinge

18 June 2023

 

 

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