Reading Reflection #9

1) One of the most common methods of assessing a students prior knowledge is through the use of a kwl chart. This is where the students write about what they know, what they want to know, and what they ultimately learned.

2) Establishing anchors is important because is allows you to see how much the students will grow throughout the project. By seeing where they are starting from, you will know how far it is that each student will have to go to reach the end result.

3) With project based learning, there is not just one way that the projects can be assessed. Instead, it should be assessed through a multitude of different assessment strategies. One way to assess your students is by having them enter a contest or submit their work for publication. This allows the students to value the effort that they are putting into their work and see it as being worth while. It is not just a grade, it is something that matters to the world outside of school.

4) This connects with our project because we will be creating a website. This is not something that will simply be contained to this particular classroom here at Western. We will be publishing it for the entire world to access if they so desire. By doing this, we will have to put real thought into what we include because everybody will be able to see it once it is done.