Reading Reflection Chapter 9

1. Description of a method of understanding prior-knowledge of students.

This is something that has been discussed in previous chapters briefly. The option that has been brought up (which I personally hate) is the K-W-L. Each student fills out a piece of paper with three sections for what they Know and what they Wonder. When the lesson is finished, they go back and fill out the Learn section for what they have learned. Although K-W-Ls are stupid, it is important to find another method of seeing where your students have their base-level of knowledge. This way, you can assess where each student is and find out what information still needs to be covered.

2. Discussion on the importance of establishing anchors for a project.

This question is pretty much the exact same as the first one. Bla bla bla…K-W-L. Whatever. The book doesn’t even really talk that much about this, but it brings up Wikis. I wish I knew what those were.

3. Description of several ways to assess what students learned during the project.

You can create a quiz, test, verbally asking students, worksheets, ask them what they learned, base your judgments on their final project…etc. There are quite a few things you can do and this question is pretty obvious.

4. Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

It’s important to create meaningful assessments so that the students can look back on what they learned and take pride in their journey of knowledge. Specifically, they will be able to express themselves when they are chosen to be the weather reporters for the school. Perhaps their report will be recorded and watched in class and classmates can give positive and negative feedback so that all students may improve their skills. I don’t know.