prior knowledge ch9

This chapter was interesting to me. Assessment is something as a person not quite in the teaching field yet that I haven't had a lot of experience in. Prior knowledge on the other hand is something that as I student I find detrimental to my career. KWL is a good way to activate prior knowledge. Getting an idea of where students are beginning to see how far they have come over the course of the project is a great way to assess how well a student has done on a project. Anchors are important for seeing how far the student has come. Because not all students go the same distance or at the same speed. It also helps students to reach their goals! I was also really taken with the online grade book. I like the thought of everyone getting to see all the grades. Being able to share between classes so the teachers can be in share information on grades among each other. I think that having students tell you what they learned and even some self assessment might be a good way to go about final assessment. Sometimes students are students hardest critics. Having peer assessment can also be a good motivator:) In our project I would want to use multiple assessments. Maybe a beginning assessment to find prior knowledge and establish anchors to establish goals. Then, a mid assignment assessment to make sure everyone's on track and check in. The a final assessment to wrap up what students have learned and evaluate progress from the beginning of the project.