Chapter 5, Exit Tasks
“My tickets were trivial–just quick, mostly routine math computation. Now, my tasks focus on problem solving and reasoning.” The Formative 5, page 108 This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that…
Formative 5
Chapter 4, Hinge Questions
“…the success of a lesson actually hinges on responses to such questions as an indication of whether students understand enough to move on. “ The Formative 5, page 85 This post contains affiliate…
Chapter 3, Show Me
“Show Me is interactive in that its use can provide an indication as to the extent to which what has been taught has been learned. “ The Formative 5, page 63 This…
Chapter 2, Interviews
“A brief one-on-one or small group interview has the potential to yield cues regarding particular mathematical challenges, misconceptions, shallow understanding, and cues for next steps instructionally.” The Formative 5, page 47…
Chapter 1, Observations
“…observation, while perhaps the most informal and readily used of the five formative assessment techniques presented, is both taken for granted and, at least to an extent, the least understood…
Introduction: Why Formative Assessment? Issues and Opportunities
“Included among the understandings that encompass assessment literacy are teacher expectations related to the identification, selection, or creation of assessments designed for monitoring student growth and the diagnosis of specific student…
Book Study: The Formative 5
“Fennell, Kobett, and Wray make a strong case that when instruction is optimal, the concepts of planning, instruction, and formative assessment become virtually indistinguishable–they all become components of one seamless process…
