Student-Created Assessment

Unit 6: Algebraic Reasoning
Lesson 7 of 7

Objective: SWBAT demonstrate understanding of algebraic reasoning by successfully completing an student-created asssessment.

Big Idea: Empower your students by challenging them to write meaningful problems to assess their knowledge and understanding!

Standards:

HSA-REI.D.11 MP1 MP2 MP5 MP6

Subject(s):

Math, algebraic relationship, Algebra, rational equations, radical equations, Algebra II, master teacher project, 11th Grade

50 minutes

Since my students already know that this assessment will be individual, they come to class ready to work independently so I have the exam papers face down on their desks ready for them when they come in. They may begin working as soon as the bell rings, to provide equal time for all students regardless of what their previous class is. My video explains why having this assessment be student-created is important. I have included sample exam questions if you need to add some to what your students create or if you're really not comfortable using student-generated questions.

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Sample Exam.docx

Student-Created Assessment.mp4

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Sample Exam.docx

Student-Created Assessment.mp4

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Go!

45 min

While my students are testing I take the opportunity to walk and observe which ones are still struggling with which skills and/or content pieces. Because of the assortment of problems in this assessment, students have the opportunity to build skills at making sense of and persevering to solve problems, reason abstractly and quantitatively, model with mathematics and use tools appropriately. For example, the real-world problems need all these skills as students move from sorting out the meaning of each problem to creating a model to solve the problem and then solving it. (MP1, MP2, MP4, MP5) By the time they turn in the tests at the end of class I can usually tell whether or not I'll need to do any reteaching or individual remediation.

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Done

3 min

Student Self-Assessment:

Student Reflections

I post the following questions on the board before the end of class and ask my students to answer them on the back of their test. Their responses give me feedback about this approach to creating meaningful assessments.

Do you feel that writing questions made you better prepared for the exam? Why or why not?
Do you have any suggestions about what else might help you be better prepared next time?

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Student-Created Assessment

Objective: SWBAT demonstrate understanding of algebraic reasoning by successfully completing an student-created asssessment.

Merrie Rampy

Big Idea: Empower your students by challenging them to write meaningful problems to assess their knowledge and understanding!