| Description |
vii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Classroom assessment for school mathematics K-12 |
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Classroom assessment for school mathematics K-12.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Getting Ready to Shift Assessment Practices: How do I Get Started? -- Teacher-to-Teacher -- Aligning Instruction and Assessment -- Making Choices -- Chapter 2. Selecting and Developing Tools for Assessment: How do I Find out What My Students Know and can do? -- Teacher-to-Teacher -- Assessing Conceptual Understanding -- Assessing Mathematics Skills -- Assessing Mathematics Problem Solving -- Assessing Attitudes and Beliefs -- An Assessment Toolbox -- Quizzes and Tests -- Work Outside Class -- MultiDay Assignments -- Teacher Notes and Checklists -- Student Writing and Inventories -- Collections of Work -- Finding Good Assessment Tasks -- Developing Assessments from Scratch -- Expanding Tasks -- Chapter 3. Implementing an Assessment System: How do I Put it All Together? -- Teacher-to-Teacher -- Teacher Roles during Assessment -- Establishing Conditions for Success -- Providing Equal Access -- Helping Weak Readers -- Conducting Observations -- Conducting Effective Interviews -- Managing Time -- Promoting Quality Work -- Promoting Quality Writing -- Prompting Students during Assessment -- Revising Student Work -- Promoting Student Reflection and Self-Assessment -- Chapter 4. Using the Results of Assessment: What do I do With the Work I have Collected? -- Teacher-to-Teacher -- Designing and Using Rubrics -- Scoring Student Work -- Making Instructional Decisions -- Giving Feedback to Students -- Communicating to Parents -- Chapter 5. Exemplary Mathematics Assessment Tasks for the Middle Grades |
| Summary |
Both practical and inspirational, the Classroom Assessment for School Mathematics, K12 Series of handbooks and casebooks foster insights into what students know, what they can do, and how they think mathematically. This valuable collection of examples, reflections, explanations, and tips explores the role of assessment in reshaping mathematics teaching and learning in the middle grades. This book not only offers advice about changing practices, selecting and developing tools, implementing a system, and using results, but also presents twenty samples of assessment tasks developed by teachers, all in an easily reproducible format |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [138]-[142]) |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Evaluation.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Beck, Pam.
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Bush, William S.
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Leinwand, Steve.
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| LC no. |
00028378 |
| ISBN |
0873534816 (paperback) |
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