Authentic Learning And Assessment

1. Authentic Learning AndAssessment Project-based Learning for the Core Classes

2. What is authentic learning? • Write your definition on your paper. • Discuss your definition with your tablemates. • Make a list of the common ideas. Region 10

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4. Breaking Free pg 30 by Allison Zmuda

5. Nine Myths from Breaking Free • The rules of this classroom and subject area determined by each teacher. • What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say. • The point of an assignment is to get it done so that it’s off the to-do list. • If I make a mistake, my job is only to replace it with the right answer. • I feel proud of myself only if I receive a good grade. • Speed is synonymous with intelligence • If I get too far behind, I will never catch up. • The way I want to be seen by my classmates affects the way I conduct myself as a learner. • What I’m learning in school doesn’t have much to do with my life, but it isn’t supposed to ---it’s school.

6. Engagement is the key! • Math Video– Sample • Video

7. Thinking Big About Engagement

8. Levels of Understanding Universal Theme Generalization Discipline- Related Concept Principles Rules Facts Region 10

9. FACTS • Memorization • Knowledge level of Bloom’s • Assessed mainly with multiple choice • Often found in Science and Social Studies • Region 10

10. Rules • Ability to transfer fact/knowledge to a new • situation with many similarities to the exemplar • * Rule: Put an exclamation at the end of an • exclamatory sentence. • May include giving students steps to think • through to make the application: • * Look at the sentence • * Search for emotion words • * Decide whether to put an exclamation mark or • a period • Mostly ELA and math but can cross into all subject • areas • Assessed mostly with multiple choice and constructed • response • Region 10

11. Concepts • Ideas, broad and abstract • Taught through examples, used to classify • Span multiple grades • Higher rigor (application, analysis, and • evaluation levels) • Multiple assessment measures • Region 10

12. Principles • Principles are always true and have • significant roles within a discipline. • Cornerstones for understanding and • applying the knowledge of a discipline. • Example: Newton’s Laws (F= ma); • 1=1 or 1= 2/2 Region 10

13. Universal Themes • Translates out of a single discipline • and across disciplines • May be used for interdisciplinary • studies • Could apply anywhere at anytime • Examples: Systems, • Interdependence, • Change Region 10

14. Generalization • Essential understandings because they are • the deeper, transferable ideas that arise • from fact-based studies. • Statements of the relationships between • concepts • Transfer across time and singular examples • Suggests and ability to synthesize • information from two or more conceptual • studies Region 10

15. ELA Example Communication can be verbal or written. Communication can be enhanced through use of conventional rules. Communication Exclamations are usually expressed in times of high stress, high joy, surprise, etc. Exclamation or Sentences Put an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence showing excitement This is an exclamation mark - ! Universal Theme Generalization Discipline- Related Concept Principles Rules Facts Region 10

16. You Try a S.S. Example • Human migration • Great Migration of the 1980’s • Change • People moved south for jobs and weather • People migrate in response to either a • push or pull factor • 6. Change is constant but humans have • control over their reaction to change. Universal Theme Generalization Discipline- Related Concept Principles Place the # above the correct category of learning. Rules Facts Region 10

17. You Try a S.S. Example • Human migration • Great Migration of the 1980’s • Change • People moved south for jobs and weather • People migrate in response to either a • push or pull factor • 6. Change is constant but humans have • control over their reaction to change. 3 6 Universal Theme Generalization 1 5 Discipline- Related Concept Principles Place the # above the correct category of learning. 4 2 Rules Facts Region 10

18. Common Vocabulary What do the following terms mean to you? What are the minute differences? • Assessment • Performances Assessment • Performance Task • Constructed Response • Selected Responses • Observation Region 10

19. Performance Assesments • Performance assessment tasks involve students in construction various types of products for diverse audiences. Students also are involved in developing the process that leads to the finished products. • Performance assessment measures what students can do with what they know, rather than how much they know. Performance assessment tasks are based on what is most essential in the curriculum and what is interesting to a student. Region 10

20. Authentic Performance tasks IPI Integrated Performance-based Instructional • Integrated- most than one subject assessed through the task • Performance-based- view process and assess product • Instructional- no instructional time lost because student continues to acquire information as he/she demonstrates control of given process skills Region 10

21. Common issues found in performance task across subjects • Too vague: teacher does not know specifically what he/she should have the students do- the performance or the product • To many SEs- “the kitchen sink” mentality- keep it focused on the competencies that are important • Not grade-level appropriate – in effort to get the performance in, asking students to do something beyond their developmental level Region 10

22. More issues • Lacks authenticity- does not include a real life connection, role, or product • Too long- task takes more than 2-3 days to complete • Too low level- task does not require higher levels of thinking and understanding, cannot be assessed with a rubric Region 10

23. Practice • Try to identify a small number of TEKS that would lend themselves to authentic assessment • Once you have identified an SE, write a performance task Region 10

24. Design Steps: Authentic Performance Assessments (Region 10)

25. Designing the Unit of Study Stage 1 – The Standards, EUs and EQs • TEKS, CCRS, NETS, Local Objectives, Graduate Expectations, 21st Century Learning Skills, Authentic Design Elements Stage 2 – Assessment Design • Designing assessment that is authentic in practice and that measures student mastery of the TEKS Stage 3 – Lesson and Activity Design • The lessons and activities designed in this stage should be based on the desired results from Stage 1 and 2. Region 10

26. Unit Template • Setting the Stage Region 10

27. Making the Connection What is the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem? What overarching conceptual understanding do I want students to perceive by the end of this unit? Big Idea Topic or Content Standard Enduring Understanding Essential Question What broad or topical conceptual question do I want students to be able to answer at the end of this unit? Region 10

28. Discuss the definition of an enduring understanding Region 10

29. Definition of Enduring Understandings Enduring understandings: • are statements summarizing important ideas and core processes that are central to a discipline and have lasting value beyond the classroom. • synthesize what students should understand—not just know or do—as a result of studying a particular content area. • articulate what students should “revisit” over the course of their lifetimes in relationship to the content area. Region 10

30. Discuss the definition of an essential question Region 10

31. Definition of an Essential Question • One that lies at the heart of a subject or a curriculum and promotes inquiry and uncoverage of a subject. • Have no simple “right” answer • Provoke & sustain inquiry • Address conceptual or philosophical foundations • Raise other important questions • Naturally & appropriately recur Region 10

32. Unit Template The Standards Region 10

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