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Boost Your Assessment Power with GradeCam

…goal. Build retrieval practice into your instruction: Giving students frequent, low-stakes quizzes actually helps them learn the material better (read more about retrieval practice). A tool like GradeCam offers one easy option for implementing this strategy. Student self-assessment: Feedback is most effective when it is given quickly. GradeCam’s Student View feature allows students to scan their own forms and immediately see the results. Balance lower-level and higher-level work: Students should be doing plenty of higher-level work like project-based learning and performance assessments that require them to synthesize knowledge and skills. Use GradeCam’s multiple choice and true/false capabilities as one part…

How to Make a Quiz Work Harder for You

…need to reteach in small groups. Jennifer Gonzalez Oh, that’s a good one, Elaina. Thanks for taking the time to share this! Paris I use Gradecam to do this very thing. I also use Flubaroo. I absolutely agree with you about the importance of aggregate scores. I do exit tickets throughout my unit to see how well I’m doing with the concepts. Great topic 🙂 Daniel Minger Hi Jennifer, I do the same thing except I do not go by test question I tally according to which standard my students messed up on because then I have a specific itemized…

When Your School Is Short on Tech

…problems. Two resources that can help are listed below. They include advice on getting buy-in from parents, creating an acceptable use policy, and making sure your school network can handle increased use by more devices. 9 Best Practices for Getting Started with BYOD published by Edmentum BYOD Guidebook published by ClassLink 3. Use Minimum-Tech Tools that only require the teacher to have a device: Plickers allows teachers to scan responses that students hold up on paper sheets; only one device required. GradeCam lets teachers create paper answer sheets that can be scanned with a single device. 4. Create a Tech…

A Few Ideas for Dealing with Late Work

…of assessments, differentiation, and other aspects of grading: Kiddom: Standards-based Grading Made Wonderful, Could You Teach Without Grades, Boost Your Assessment Power with GradeCam, and Four Research-Based Strategies Every Teacher Should be Using. I hope this helps you find answers to your questions! Zach Overall I found this article extremely helpful and it actually reinforced many ideas I already had about homework and deadlines. One of my favorite teachers I had in high school was always asking for our input on when we felt assignments should be due based on what extra curricular activities were taking place in a given…