Classroom Assessment Techniques
Assessing Prior Knowledge, Recall, and Understanding
Minute Paper
Assessing Skill in Application and Performance
Directed Paraphrasing
Assessing Skill in Synthesis and Creative Thinking
Assessing Skill in analysis and Critical Thinking
Word journal *
Approximate Analogies
Content, Form, and Function Outlines
Mid-session or wrap up
Allows group discussions
Students put lesson topics in their own words
Students answer two questions
What was the most important thing you learned during this class?
What important question remains unanswered?
Good wrap up
Can be collected
Can be collected
Students complete the second half of an analogy
Helps wrap up the topics
Enhances creativity
Students create a two part response
1- Summarize a short text in a single word
2- Explain word choice
Students analyze
Content (what)
Form (how)
Function (why)
Progress can be followed
Enhances comprehension