Category: Formative Feedback

Applying Formative Assessment in Professional Development

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In these past few weeks, I have been exploring professional development (PD) models that optimize adult learning. The primary focus of these posts has been on the characteristics of adult learning and various professional development formats that honor these characteristics.  While understanding these models is important so that participants gain the most out of their … Continue reading Applying Formative Assessment in Professional Development

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Lessons from the Six Facets of Understanding and Backward Design Process

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For the past ten weeks, my cohort and I have been exploring techniques to get more out of the classes we teach.  I have been personally exploring teaching methods that truly achieve student understanding. Interestingly, authors of the book, Understanding by Design, argue that our interpretation of the word “understanding” is narrow and doesn’t encompass … Continue reading Lessons from the Six Facets of Understanding and Backward Design Process

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Incorporating Feedback Loops to Develop An Empowered Student

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Being a successful professor means preparing students to be successful. Delivering classes centered on just accruing knowledge on a particular topic is no longer the primary task of professors. Gone are the days of the large lecture halls, professor front and center exhibiting their knowledge for students to somehow absorb.  Scholars are now calling for … Continue reading Incorporating Feedback Loops to Develop An Empowered Student

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