Discussion 1
Using Student Data for Instructional Improvement
Following your last lesson, you discover only 60% of your students met the learning outcome. Not only did they demonstrate a lack of understanding through non-written, observable formative assessments, but the data from their assignment as scored through use of a rubric revealed the majority of the class did not meet the objective.
Using one of the two instructional plans you previously created, determine the following:
1. How you will identify particular areas of need/misunderstanding (what will you look for? See Chapter 6 from Ward, Fischer, Frey, & Lapp).
2. How you will address and re-teach with differentiation, so students meet the learning objective?
3. How you will employ students in the process of self-reflection and identifying areas of misunderstanding?
4. How you will reassess for the learning objective?
5. How will these instructional adjustments better prepare them for the impending summative assessment?
Discussion 2
The Impact of Differentiated Instruction and Assessment
View the video Differentiating with learning menus. Use Voicethread, Present.me, Jing or YouTube to create either an audio or video discussion of the following and post the link from whichever digital tool you used in your response:
1. How was the teacher able to assess for the ultimate goal of students reading, writing, thinking, and speaking critically about global topics?
2. How does her lesson show she is preparing her students for multiple assessment types?
3. How does student choice play a part of her differentiated instruction?
4. Share one new idea from this lesson and how you could use it or modify it for your own instruction.