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Please stop wearing yourself out by creating alternative assessments all the time. Sometimes all you need is an avenue for a student to explain the concept in a different way.
Ideas:
- "Send me an email with everything you know about the topic?"
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Ideas:
- "Send me an email with everything you know about the topic?"
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- Create a moderated @Flipgrid topic or a @Screencastify Submit link that kids can use to submit videos and screencasts explaining the concept.
- Create a generic concept explanation form that has students identify the resources they used to learn more and space for them...
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- Create a generic concept explanation form that has students identify the resources they used to learn more and space for them...
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to identify what they've learned about the topic.
- Talk to students. After school, during lunch, etc. Ask them questions about the topic so they can explain.
- Literally ask them, "How do you want to prove to me you know this?"
- Or better yet ask, "How could you apply...
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- Talk to students. After school, during lunch, etc. Ask them questions about the topic so they can explain.
- Literally ask them, "How do you want to prove to me you know this?"
- Or better yet ask, "How could you apply...
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this in a way that matters to the world around you?" Some of my favorite pieces of student work have come from that question.
When we talk about retakes and redos, we're still focused on the task, and that means more work for the teacher. Instead of retakes and redos,...
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When we talk about retakes and redos, we're still focused on the task, and that means more work for the teacher. Instead of retakes and redos,...
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focus on creating different avenues for kids to show what they know, and you won't have to constantly be creating things. As a bonus, it can instill some choice and ownership at such a crucial time where the student is losing motivation because of a lack of success.
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