Embedded Assessment

This article discuses how it is important to embed assessment into a unit instead of just an end-of-unit assessment. Formative assessments are a great tool because the assessments are an int... See More

This article discuses how it is important to embed assessment into a unit instead of just an end-of-unit assessment. Formative assessments are a great tool because the assessments are an integral part of teaching. This article does a great job at explaining what good embedded assessment looks like. I like how this article also explained how there are many assessment activities that can become apart of effective teaching activities and many effective teaching activities also are very useful sources of assessment data. Embedded assessments do a great job at identifying if there are any misconceptions occurring or if a student is not understanding a concept. Collecting this data and then forming instruction around the students needs will better benefit all students in the classroom and the teacher. This article provides many examples for ways to implement an embedded assessment method into effective teaching. Two methods that really stood out to me were using experiments and activities to engage students in the material being taught and to challenge their thinking and using individual writing tasks to get a good understanding of what the individual student is thinking. Embedded instruction can help with students involvement in lessons, the level of engagement the students have for the lesson, and more motivation from the students.

Improved Learning with Ongoing Assessment

This article discusses the importance of providing your students with many embedded, or formative, assessments throughout the lesson. This means that instead of giving one test at the end o... See More

This article discusses the importance of providing your students with many embedded, or formative, assessments throughout the lesson. This means that instead of giving one test at the end of the lesson to assess student knowledge, you assess student knowledge all throughout the lesson, instead of testing their memorization skills at the end. This is important because, teachers need to assess themselves on how their lesson is going, and if their teaching strategies are reaching their students so that they are fully able to understand the content being taught. If we realize a trend of students unable to understand or respond to the content, then we know we must readjust our lesson so they we can reach each and every one of our students. This article does a great job of providing examples and strategies of how we can implement embedded assessment into our classrooms. It also explains that, even though we are assessing our students throughout the lesson, it is still important to assess our students after the lesson as well, to ensure each of our students are ready to move forward to the next material.