Mount Abe's TASS Wiki
Assessment Seminar
Today (4/20/10) will be the fourth of our six Assessment Seminars. During our last session, Bill introduced our seventh and final concept: Respectful Tasks. Additionally, Bill helped everyone begin navigating the resources in the Assessment Seminar folder (to the right.) Bill highlighted three documents for the group to check out: Exit Cards, Specific Classroom Assessment Techniques, and Creating Intentional Groups--Readiness, Interest, and Learning Style. Bill also added a folder titled Mindset, where you will find some materials developed by Carol Dweck, author of Mindset. By the end of the last session, everyone identified an Assessment Seminar-inspired strategy to try out. Additionally, we formed and named our Book Study Groups, which met briefly to develop a reading schedule.
Three Workshops
Tomorrow (3/24/10) TASS will be offering three workshops (descriptions below). The presenters will post their ppoints on this wiki tomorrow.
Title: Assessing and Developing Essential Vocabulary
Framing Question: What strategies can be used to develop students' understanding of a discipline's most essential vocabulary?
Title: Technology as a Tool for Learning
Framing Question: With a specific focus on technology, how can tools be used to reduce interference to learning, and increase clarity and cohesiveness?
Title: Sequencing Our Lessons with the Adolescent Male in Mind
Framing Question: What are the best ways to sequence our lessons for all students that also attend to the specific needs of adolescent males?
TASSII Prospectus
TASSIIprospectus0625.doc
Bill Rich's Powerpoint presentation from In-service
Year Mtppt.ppt
Comments (6)
Leon Wheeler said
at 6:49 am on Aug 26, 2009
Thank you for putting this page together, Seth and Bill.
I am very excited about the thinking that was prompted yesterday, and the positive energy that is evident throughout our school community.
MMcGuire said
at 10:44 pm on Sep 23, 2009
I'm looking for the statistics about the results of comments vs grades on student writing. Does anyone know where I can find that information? It's not in the powerpoint, and I haven't been successful in searching Jernstedt's book. I'm really interested in sharing the specifics with students. I've told them the basics, but I want to be accurate. Does anyone check this wiki? Thanks. --Mary
Cynthia Brisson said
at 1:24 pm on Sep 27, 2009
Where is the information about grades vs. comments?
Bill Rich said
at 4:29 am on Sep 28, 2009
Mary,
I'm uncertain what statistics you are referring to. I have a couple of great resources (articles) about grading, feedback and learning, but none of these resources has statistics on comments versus grades. I will be at Mt. Abe for meeting this Friday. Why don't you email me (bill_rich@breadnet.middlebury.edu) to explain in greater detail your objective, and I'll bring what I can and put it in your mailbox Friday afternoon. Thanks, Bill.
shelley f snyder said
at 4:25 pm on Apr 8, 2010
I am having some convusion around this page. I don't know where tolook for my reading group wiki.
shelley f snyder said
at 4:25 pm on Apr 8, 2010
oops, can't spell confusion
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