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Math CAMPPP 2012Breakout Session 5

Gr. 9-12

Session GoalsParticipants will have an opportunity to:• consider assessment of learning

(summative assessment) as a continuous iterative process, not an event

• explore learning walls and portfolios and their connection to assessment of learning

• build learning walls and portfolios using different tools

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Assessment of Learning ?

Mr. D

Mr. D encore

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Walk the Line

1. In the plenary session, Chris made the statement: “Summative assessment – a process, not an event.”

How would you respond to that statement?

(Line A responds first, then Line B)

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Walk the Line2. In the plenary, Chris made the statement:

“Portfolio assessment is one example of what summative assessment might look like.”

How would you respond to that statement?

(Line B responds first, then Line A)

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Walk the Line3. What might you include in a portfolio if

you wanted to use portfolio assessment in your classroom?

(Line A responds first, then Line B)

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Learning Walls – One Tool to Support Student Achievement

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At school, only the quality of teacher is a greater determinant of student success than the environment. Environments can be nourishing or toxic, supportive or draining. Environments are never neutral … (Jensen, 2003)

Managed well, it [a display or learning wall] can create a climate where students feel valued, nurtured and can achieve beyond their potential. (Andrew-Power & Gormley, 2007)

On Display: Wall-to-Wall Learning, Kirstie Andrew-Power and Charlotte Gormley, Curriculum Briefing, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2007, London, GB.

www.teachingexpertise.com/files/Wall%20displays.pdf

Learning Walls – One Tool to Support Student Achievement

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Learning walls can contain any number of a variety of features, but typically include the following:

Key Learningse.g. Learning Outcomes/Goals, Must/Should/Could

Success Criteriae.g. Checking My Understanding, How I Know I’ve learned, I am beginning to understand ____________ if I …, I am developing a deeper understanding of ____________ if I …, I am refining my understanding of ____________ if I …

Student Worke.g. anchor charts, WALT (We Are Learning To…)

Things I Need to Remembere.g. Word Wall, Formulas, Graphs, Charts, Diagrams

Key Assessment Questionse.g. types of problems, problems to practise

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Features of our Camp Learning Wall• Key Learnings

– from the plenary and breakout sessions

• Success Criteria– “I know I’ve learned…”– what we learned and how we know we’ve learned it

• Samples of Participants’ Work– anchor charts

• Things to Remember– summaries of group thinking, list of instructional

strategies used, sample resources and learning tools

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Learning Walls – One Tool to Support Student Achievement1. Have you used a learning wall, or any

features of a learning wall, in your class? What features did you include?

2. Do you think your learning wall was effective? How?

3. What do you think are some key ingredients of a learning wall?

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Samples of Learning Walls

Learning Walls

Electronic Learning Wall Using Prezi

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prezi.com/learn/

Electronic Portfolios

Teacher Rob uses Evernote for Student Portfolios

How do I insert link to video called Evernote (not the video called The New Evernote)?

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Evernote for Schools

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Explore and Build

• Select a unit from a course and plan an outline for a learning wall or portfolio

• You can work on paper, or explore Prezi or Evernote

• You could also explore CLIPS, epractice, www.101.qs.com, or a selection of video clips

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Exit Card

Reflect on the idea of assessment of learning as being more a process then an event.

How might you use this idea in your classroom next year?

Jot this down on an exit card, and give it to us as you leave.

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