ED 106 Book Study: The Power of Formative Assessment Book Study (3 CEUs)

Clock Hours

This course is scheduled for 45 hours. Work at your own pace and schedule. You can stop in the middle of a lesson and pick up from where you left off at another time.

Overview

This course is designed to provide educators with an opportunity to engage in a PLC Book Review of Assessment. To earn course credit, read a book of your choice (must be pre-approved by instructor). Then engage in assignments (many choices) to share your learning. Book studies allow you to read engaging researched-based books and consider how to incorporate the concepts into your own practice. A great approach to the course is to form a PLC with your peers so that you can collaborate as a group.  Discussion options are also part of the classroom so that you can discuss your learning with teachers from all over the world.

The course covers the following topics:

1. Formative assessments.
2. Why true formative assessment is about adjusting instructional decisions.
3. How formative assessments fit into a sequence of learning progressions.
4. Help you find out what students are and are not learning and use those discoveries to change your instruction.
5. Give students performance data that helps them adjust their learning tactics.
6. Change classroom climate from grade competition to student-teacher collaboration on reaching specific learning goals.