formative assessment Recommendations
5 Recommendations are tagged with "formative assessment"
How can I develop homework and quizzes to learn about student thinking?
March 11, 2025 by Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado BoulderThese are quick tips from the Faculty Teaching Institute for developing homework and quizzes to learn about student thinking. Homework and quizzes are useful tools for students to practice new concepts and skills and get feedback. In-class formative assessments (Classroom Assessment Techniques, or CATs) give on-the-spot feedback to students and teachers.
Faculty Teaching Institute, formative assessment, homework
What are formative assessment techniques?
March 11, 2025 by Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado BoulderFormative assessment is low-stakes, ongoing assessment to monitor students' learning and give them feedback during instruction. Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are classroom activities to quickly gauge student understanding.
Faculty Teaching Institute, formative assessment
Where can I find good questions to use with clickers or Peer Instruction?
September 26, 2016 by Sam McKagan, PhysPort directorMany research-based teaching methods in physics, including Peer Instruction, CAE Think-Pair-Share, Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment, and teaching with clickers, involve having your students discuss and answer multiple-choice conceptual questions. A challenge of using these methods is finding and writing good questions. This recommendation helps you find and write questions for your class.
Peer Instruction, CAE Think-Pair-Share, Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment, clickers
Where can I find good activities for small group discussions?
September 26, 2016 by Sam McKagan, PhysPort directorNearly all research-based teaching methods in physics involve some kind of small group discussions of challenging conceptual activities. Finding good activities is an important component of making small group discussions work in your class. This recommendation includes links to collections where you can find activities to use in your class.
active learning, group work, SCALE-UP, Peer Instruction, CAE Think-Pair-Share, Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment, clickers
Which polling method should I use for Peer Instruction?
February 10, 2016 by Sam McKagan, PhysPort DirectorSeveral research-based teaching methods, including Peer Instruction, CAE Think/Pair/Share, and Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment, involve asking students to discuss and answer multiple-choice conceptual questions in class. There are at least three methods of collecting students’ answers to these questions: clickers, flashcards, and show of hands. Lasry…
clickers, flashcards, Peer Instruction, CAE Think-Pair-Share, Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment, active learning
