Formative Assessment
See how the CSEL Team applied this Research-based Practice into the World Generation Curriculum:
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Small Group Check
In this example from the introduction of a unit on Pharaohs in ancient Egypt, the first formative assessment is a small group check. Students engage in a peer discussion regarding one of the key words of the unit, “infrastructure.” The students have just read a reader’s theater script about a contemporary school grappling with how to use their resources.
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Thoughtbook
Throughout the unit, the Thoughtbook serves as an individual formative assessment for the teacher to gauge student’s conceptual development and grasp of arguments throughout the unit.
In this example from the introduction of a unit on Pharaohs in ancient Egypt, the first Thoughtbook formative assessment asks students to process the guiding question for the unit, “Were the Egyptian pharaohs wise investors or wasteful spenders?” Additionally, the culminating group activity for the unit is a debate in which students take one of two perspectives on the central question- wise investors or wasteful spenders- and present arguments they have gathered throughout the unit. This Thoughtbook prompt also asks students to connect the reader’s theater script about a contemporary school scenario with the final debate about ancient Egypt.
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Thoughtbook with Graphic Organizer
This example shows a graphic organizer that asks students to connect their thoughts about the central question, “Were the Egyptian pharaohs wise investors or wasteful spenders?” with text and video evidence that supports the two arguments across three sources.
