Embedded Formative Assessment

by Dylan Wiliam

Overview

Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934009307
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	06/11/2011
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

About the Author ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Why Educational Achievement Matters 3

The Increasing Importance of Educational Achievement 3

Why Is Raising Student Achievement So Hard? 10

Three Generations of School Effectiveness Research 15

The Impact of Teacher Quality 17

How Do We Increase Teacher Quality? 22

Conclusion 26

Chapter 2 The Case for Formative Assessment 27

Professional Development 27

The Origins of Formative Assessment 33

What, Exactly, Is Formative Assessment? 37

Strategies of Formative Assessment 45

Assessment: The Bridge Between Teaching and Learning 46

Conclusion 50

Chapter 3 Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria 51

Why Learning Intentions Are Important 51

When Are Learning Intentions Useful? 56

Issues in Constructing Learning Intentions 61

Practical Techniques 65

Conclusion 69

Chapter 4 Eliciting Evidence of Learners' Achievement 71

Finding Out What Students Know 71

Where Do Students' Ideas Come From? 73

Practical Techniques 78

Conclusion 104

Chapter 5 Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward 107

The Quality of Feedback 107

A Recipe for Future Action 119

Grading 122

Practical Techniques 127

Conclusion 131

Chapter 6 Activating Students as Instructional Resources for One Another 133

Cooperative Learning 133

Practical Techniques 137

Conclusion 144

Chapter 7 Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning 145

Student Self-Assessment 146

Self-Regulated Learning 147

Practical Techniques 152

Conclusion 158

Epilogue 159

List of Techniques 163

References and Resources 165

Index 183