Stop Using This Formative Assessment Technique
We’ve used this formative assessment technique hundreds of times a week! I’m sure you have too, but we’ve learned that we need to limit it’s use. What formative assessment techniques are best so we can empower our students in the math classroom?
Learn with Jon on how to limit the use of asking students to raise their hand when answering problems and what we can do instead.
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Fantastic video on developing formative assessment techniques, as an ongoing practice. Love your example of developing the knowledge on % through double number line and concept of a tree to start with. Low floor high ceiling tasks are the way moving forward. Thank you for your lovely resource and input.
It is interesting to note how you assumed that kids who raise their hand seek feedback and gets feedback while those who don’t raise their hand are at a disadvantage. As an educator who worked in the capacity of practitioner, coach and now a leader, my observation and experience suggest that kids who raise hands their hands are those who are keen to show that they know. When a feedback that centers on saying right or wrong, they either feel validated or get discouraged.
Since the feedback is not limited to saying right or wrong, the responses of students who raised their hands can be used to facilitate a discussion (using various talk moves) that benefits the whole class. I am not convinced with the suggestion that the student who don’t raise don’t get feedback. Clarification on misconceptions and additional understanding needed to solve the problems can be made possible even when some kids are quiet and don’t raise their hands.
I agree that we should be asking questions so we can give feedback and facilitate discussions, like you mentioned, so the whole class can benefit. We’re not advocating for not having whole class discussion, we want that discussion. What we’ve changed in our practice is solely relying on asking students to raise their hands in those class discussions. We’ve opted for other means for them to gain feedback like putting thumbs up in front of their chests or lessons like we described in the video (also you can find more here: https://makemathmoments.com/tasks)
In the past we found ourselves relying too heavily on the students who raised their hands to answer questions and have since modified those strategies to allow for more students to actively participate.