GAFE: Tools in Checking for Understanding

Designing Simple and Scaffolded Assessment Tools using GAFE

Francis Jim Tuscano Xavier School, Philippines@jimtuscano

AVP: Sharing my Google Experience in the ClassroomGoogle Study in Xavier School on the Use of Google Classroom

Google Study in Xavier School on the Use of Google Classroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSviBbBs1jg

Why Check for Student’s Understanding?

Relevance, Purpose and Familiar Methods

Checking for Understanding: Relevance and Purpose

● immediate feedback on what they know and do NOT know YET: self-awareness for the students

● gives the message that the context and thinking of all students are necessary for the success of the lesson

● “..provides the teacher with a decision-making point: do I need to further scaffold this learner's understanding?”. (Fisher and Frey, Guided Instruction, 2010)*

*http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/111017/chapters/Questioning-to-Check-for-Understanding.aspx

Consider: Variety of Methods and Frequency

http://www.edutopia.org/formative-assessments-checking-for-understanding-strategies

DIAGNOSTIC

FORMATIVE

SUMMATIVE

Review TestsPre-lesson

Surveys

Final ProjectFinal Tests,

National Tests etc.

Think-Pair-SharePractice TestsConcept-Maps

Journal PromptsFour Corners

Simple ProjectsSimulation

HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THIS?

How can we make checking for understanding more exciting and

meaningful for our students?

Why not try going

Our FocusGoogle Forms, Docs, and Slides

Taking a Look at Examples

Our FocusGoogle Forms, Docs, and Slides

Topic/ Lesson for the Sample Assessments:Past Tense of Verbs (Regular and Irregular)

Check up on identifying verbs

Searching for grammar rules: forming the past tense of verbs

Drills: Writing sentences with verbs in their past tense

Writing a Narrative Essay: Sharing a Special Event in the Past

Google Forms:Surveying Previous Knowledge/ Practice Quizzes● survey previous and related understanding of the

lesson● survey questions: specific or general depending on

your purpose● diagnostic test or review test: quiz-like but not for

grading but for feedback of where they are

Sample: http://goo.gl/forms/OuzRc6zwAV

Google Forms:Surveying Previous Knowledge

Sample: http://goo.gl/forms/T6AUXHDFDg

Google Forms:Practice Formative Quizzes

● using Google Docs, outline an activity that can help students seek for the important concepts to be discuss in class.

● include a list of pre-evaluated and student-friendly websites that they can go to.

● upload the Google Docs file in Google Classroom for easier distribution

● Bonus: use Google Search

Google Docs via Google ClassroomSimple Guided Research (mini-WebQuests)

Sample: http://goo.gl/m4yUtF

Create a Simple Guided Research (mini-WebQuests)

DO NOT LIKE LINKS???

Upload the Google Doc file in Google Classroom and give each student a copy!

Google Docs via Google ClassroomSimple Guided Research (mini-WebQuests)

Sample: http://goo.gl/m4yUtF

● using Google Docs, outline an activity that asks students to use a list of verbs in past tense in a sentence

● ask each student to share their document with their classmate for the PAIR CHECK activity

● Pair Check Activity: Students help each other learn the proper usage of past tense of verbs in sentences.

● Bonus: use Google Doc collaboration feature - Upload file via Google Classroom

Google Docs via Google ClassroomConstruct Sentences (Pair Check using Google Sharing)

Google Docs via Google ClassroomConstruct Sentences (Pair Check using Collaborative Sharing)

Sample: http://goo.gl/rRGtwx

Sample: http://goo.gl/rRGtwx

Google Docs via Google ClassroomConstruct Sentences (Pair Check using Google Sharing)

DO NOT LIKE LINKS???

Upload the Google Doc file in Google Classroom and give each student a copy!

● using Google Slides (or Docs), construct a template of a graphic organizer that they can use in writing their narrative essay

● the graphic organizers helps them to come up with ideas and organize them well

● provide text boxes where students can write their ideas● upload the Google Slide (or Docs) containing the

template in Google Classroom to each student a copy

Google Slides via Google ClassroomMaking Connections and Mind-Maps

Google Slides via Google ClassroomMaking Connections and Mind-Maps

Sample: http://goo.gl/pqXOt6

Sample: http://goo.gl/pqXOt6

Google Slides via Google ClassroomMaking Connections and Mind-Maps

DO NOT LIKE LINKS???

Upload the Google Slides file in Google Classroom and give each student a copy!

● using Google Docs, students can write their journals or reflection essays with ease (no fear of misspelled words or grammar errors)

● easy distribution of template and collection of written works

● teacher can also look at their work as they write their essays or journals.

Google Docs via Google ClassroomDeepening Understanding: Journal Prompts and Essay-Writing Tasks

Google Docs via Google ClassroomDeepening Understanding: Journal Prompts and Essay-Writing Tasks

Sample: http://goo.gl/VVuJIu

Sample: http://goo.gl/VVuJIu

Google Slides via Google ClassroomMaking Connections and Mind-Maps

DO NOT LIKE LINKS???

Upload the Google Slides file in Google Classroom and give each student a copy!

Hands-On: Create Your Formative Assessment

Designing Simple and Scaffolded Assessment Tools using GAFE

OPEN FORUM: Q & ADesigning Simple and Scaffolded Assessment Tools using GAFE

GAFE: Tools in Checking for Understanding

Designing Simple and Scaffolded Assessment Tools using GAFE

Francis Jim Tuscano Xavier School, Philippines@jimtuscano