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
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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

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