Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom / Edition 1

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

Overview

Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey show how to increase students' understanding with the help of creative formative assessments. When used regularly, these types of assessments enable every teacher to determine what students know, what they need to know, and what type of instructional interventions are effective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416605690
Publisher:	Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date:	01/28/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	9.96(w) x 7.86(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Nancy Frey, Ph.D., a Professor at San Diego State University received the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Dr. Frey has published in The Reading Teacher, English Journal, Remedial and Special Education, and Educational Leadership. She has co-authored more than fifty books on English Learners (Language Learners in the English Classroom), assessment (Checking for Understanding), writing (Scaffolded Writing Instruction), literacy (Reading for Information in Elementary School) and vocabulary (Learning Words Inside and Out). Dr. Frey teaches a variety of courses on reading instruction and literacy in content areas, classroom management, and supporting students with diverse learning needs. She also was a third grade classroom teacher.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jay McTighe
Introduction
Why Check for Understanding?
Using Oral Language to Check for Understanding
Using Questions to Check for Understanding
Using Writing to Check for Understanding
Using Projects and Performances to Check for Understanding
Using Tests to Check for Understanding
Using Common Assessments and Consensus Scoring to Check for Understanding
Afterword: Checking Your Own Understanding
References
Index
About the Authors