Checking for Understanding : Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

by Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9781416605690
• ISBN10: 141660569X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-30
• Publisher: Assn for Supervision & Curriculum

Summary

What teacher hasn't sometimes believed that the entire class understands a lesson, even though only a few students are nodding their heads and answering questions? Later, the teacher is dismayed when many students fail a related test. Why aren't students getting it? And, just as important, why didn't the teacher recognize the problem?

Author Biography

Douglas Fisher is a professor of language and literacy education at San Diego State University Nancy Frey is an associate professor of literacy at San Diego State University

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Why Check for Understanding?	p. 1
Using Oral Language to Check for Understanding	p. 15
Using Questions to Check for Understanding	p. 36
Using Writing to Check for Understanding	p. 57
Using Projects and Performances to Check for Understanding	p. 72
Using Tests to Check for Understanding	p. 98
Using Common Assessments and Consensus Scoring to Check for Understanding	p. 120
Afterword: Checking Your Own Understanding	p. 134
References	p. 141
Index	p. 151
About the Authors	p. 157
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