Formative Assessment Unit
To demonstrate my mastery of Designing Student Assessments (1f), an aspect of Domain #1, I present my formative assessment plan for a unit on watercolor techniques. This packet was created as part of Assessment for Learning (EDU 520), a Master's degree course I completed in the fall of 2013. The course emphasized the difference between summative assessment and formative assessment, and the benefits of adopting both in your teaching practice.
At the time, I was student-teaching a high school watercolors class. I chose to take a unit on watercolor techniques and modify it to apply my new knowledge of assessment. I built upon the unit's core objectives and added further activities and formative assessments, making sure that art standards and learning targets were the unit's foundation. As part of my grading philosophy, I designed the unit to include frequent, detailed, and quality feedback to maximize its formative (assessment for learning) value. The final product, presented in this formative assessment plan, is one which I plan to use in the future and, as a reflective practitioner, anticipate refining further.
At the time, I was student-teaching a high school watercolors class. I chose to take a unit on watercolor techniques and modify it to apply my new knowledge of assessment. I built upon the unit's core objectives and added further activities and formative assessments, making sure that art standards and learning targets were the unit's foundation. As part of my grading philosophy, I designed the unit to include frequent, detailed, and quality feedback to maximize its formative (assessment for learning) value. The final product, presented in this formative assessment plan, is one which I plan to use in the future and, as a reflective practitioner, anticipate refining further.