Reading Reflection #9

There are different methods of understanding prior-knowledge of students. Active learning is a hallmark of good projects, and students benefit by being actively involved even at the assessment stage. In a well-designed project, students know why they are taking on a particular task and how it leads them toward important learning goals. They also know what success looks like, and they understand the various categories by which their performance will be measured. Assessing your students' project work requires deliberate strategies to take stock not only of what they have created, but also the teamwork, effort, and creativity that went into the project. Final assessments are important because they test the students' on the knowledge they learned after the project and material is done.

Establishing anchors is very important when it comes to the project. By establishing anchors, you gain a sense of where students are starting and how far they are going a they work to meet learning goals. In a project-based classroom, you expand the opportunities to differentiate instruction and help all learners be successful. In assessments, think about the quality of the learning experience.

Some ways to assess your students is by giving them online grade books. They make information for the students and yourself readily available, opening the door for more informed conversations about their progress. At the end of the project, you may elect to have students create something new that asks them to summarize or synthesize what they learned. This task gives you the opportunity to look for transfer of knowledge.

This chapter talks about assessing which has to deal with our project. In order to know and understand what we've done and what we've learned, we need to be assessed somehow at the end to test if we successful knew what was going on. It is beneficial for the student and teacher. The student knows how much they've lean red and if they successfully took in the knowledge after the project.