by Lauren Thibodeaux, Hazel Burleson, and Kim Danforth
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AssessmentsFormative Assessments Minute
Paper: This assessment will be good for students since it forces students
to recap on what they have done and to also think further about what
questions they still have. The
Analytic Memo: This assessment can be used near the end of our unit
as an assessment in which students will write a one-page analysis on
the cost of treating infections versus the cost of vaccinating the population.
This memo will be written to the State Health Board, which decides what
to spend tax dollars on. Students will be required to include facts
and statistics in their memo. Content,
Form and Function Outlines: This assessment could be used to evaluate
an article on disease or any new technology found having to do with
bacterial or viral infections. This assessment can evaluate if the student
understood the content that they read and the purpose of the article.
Because scientific articles are sometimes difficult to understand this
assessment would be very helpful. Categorizing
Grid: This assessment will be a useful classroom assessment technique
in which students will have to sort similar objects concerning disease,
spread of disease, and methods of treatment together. This method of
sorting will force students to recall what they have learned and connect
ideas of different concepts that they otherwise wouldn't think have
any kind of connection. One-Sentence
Summary: This assessment can be used by students to answer who, what,
where, when, how, and why diseases spread. The teacher will be able
to assess which areas the students have a firm understanding of and
which areas the students are struggling with. Word
Journal: This assessment would force students to put together all information
learned from a given day/week and would help the students in connecting
seemingly different concepts together. Getting the bigger picture can
often keep the student focused on the key information and the word journal
is a great assessment for this purpose. Application
Cards: This assessment could be used in our project very easily and
be very productive. Our unit can be applied to real world ideas in every
lesson and it is a great idea to have students think about real world
applications. This assessment gives the students an opportunity to place
the knowledge that they learn in a category and correlate it to something
in real life. Project Rubric
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