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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Assessing Project Based Learning

Often teachers struggle with assessment when it comes to incorporating project based learning into their curriculum. Here are a few resources with my favorite assessments!


Apple's Distinguished Educator's Ideas

  • Peer presentations 
    • Introduce this using a TED talk as an example
    • Assess knowledge, skill
    • Public forum encourages content mastery
    • Quick way to determine student progress and provide support
  • Reflection booth
    • Great video showing this
    • Assess progress and steps being used
    • Provides powerful baseline assessments


Buck Institute for Education's Ideas

Edutopia's Ideas

See how one teacher is incorporating Core Content Standards into his project that merges WikiSeats and American Literature!

Closing Thoughts
Product v. Process
Assessments FOR learning v. Assessments OF learning

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