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Using Quality Assessment in Professional Learning
Communities
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Misconceptions Are Like the Big Gorilla in the Room
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Misconceptions are not bad! They can be a good thing when PLC’s PURPOSEFULLY use
them to bridge students’ ideas with conceptual understanding of science.
Students’
Ideas
Conceptual
Understanding
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science
100 K-12 probing assessments that link core concepts and ideas in science to research on students’ commonly held ideas (AKA misconceptions).
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ProbeA type of assessment that uncovers “hidden” ideas that often go unnoticed in the classroom that can pose significant barriers to learning
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Example: Making Sound
• Prompt- Engaging/accessible context• Selected Responses, different formats (e.g.
justified list)• Justification- Rule or reasoning used
Teacher Background Notes
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Probes Informed By
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Coming Soon!
• Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science- 25 Force and Motion Formative Assessment Probes- Fall 2009
• Sound and Light• Electricity and Magnetism• Matter and Energy
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Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs)
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Transformative Assessment
Assessment that fundamentally transforms teaching and learning.
Formative assessment works if implemented appropriately!
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Key Point #9: Representations can reinforce or develop misconceptions
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FACT: Card Sort Strategy
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Examining Student Thinking
• Form a grade level PLC• Examine the probe. What concept or
learning goal does it target? Why would you use this probe?
• Probe clarification- What is the “best” answer?
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Diagnostic and Formative Assessment
• What “ideas” do you see in the student work? How would you categorize the different ideas students have?
• What “formative” actions will your PLC take to build a bridge from where these students are to where you want them to be?
• What might you investigate further to explore this problem? What other student learning evidence will you collect?
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Reflecting Back to the Key Characteristics of PLC’s
• Focus on Learning• Collaborative Culture Focused on Learning• Collective Inquiry• Action Orientation and Experimentation• Continuous Improvement• Results Orientation
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Big Ideas of the Day
• 6 Characteristics of PLC’s• Change/Beliefs• Norms of Collaboration• Tools, Processes, and Resources to
Support PLC Work
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Reflection FACT
I used to think PLC’s ____ but now I know ____; and I intend to do _______ when I go back to my site.