Formative Assessment as Teaching

Guide defines formative assessment and offers examples of how faculty can embed formative assessment in teaching, including the use of audience response technology to make it happen easier!

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Formative Assessment as Teaching

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OBJECTIVES

  • Define formative assessment
  • Describe how to use survey software for formative assessment
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What is it?

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Formative assessment tells learners how they are doing

...at a time when they may take action to improve.

Before and During

Learning Experiences
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

assists you and the learner
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REINFORCES

UNDERSTANDING OF KEY CONCEPTS
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ENABLES CORRECTION

Assumptions - Misconceptions
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BOOSTS CONFIDENCE

AND SELF-EFFICACY
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INFORMS EDUCATORS

WHETHER STUDENTS ARE GETTING IT

DOCUMENTS

STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS

REWARDS

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

ENABLES EDUCATORS

TO ADAPT CURRICULUM

BEFORE

IT'S TOO LATE
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HOW CAN WE DO

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT?

Inquiry based

TEACHING AND LEARNING
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Ask Effective Questions

Formulate EFFECTIVE Questions

Smart Tech

Apps or Web based

Which Tech

would be effective?

The technology that fits your

purpose and learning objectives

Audience Response Software

[UAHS has PollEverywhere for faculty]
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Qualtrics®

UA site licensed survey tool
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SOCRATIVE

STUDENT AND TEACHER VERSIONS
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anonymous or identified participation

All 3 Tools offer...
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MULTIPLE CHOICE Items

All 3 Tools Allow...
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SCALED Items

All 3 tools allow
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All 3 tools allow OPEN ENDED TEXT ITEMS

DESCRIBE. EXPLAIN. ANALYZE. EVALUATE.
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PE and Qualtrics allow GRAPHIC ITEMS

LOCATE THE RIGHT THING OR SPOT

Where

can we use this tech?
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IN THE CLASSROOM

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IN CLINICAL SETTINGS

ANYWHERE

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Smart Tech

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allows us to embed Formative Assessment as Teaching

and does not have to be hard to learn or use

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Contact Karen Spear Ellinwood for

Instructional Support (kse@medadmin.arizona.edu)
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University of Arizona

College of Medicine Tucson -- FID.medicine.arizona.edu
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