| Preparation: Questions and activities which must be considered in preparing a unit which addresses academic standards |
Process: A variety of classroom activities which guide students through learning and demonstrating academic standards |
Product: The culminating task(s) through which students' progress in understanding and applying the standards will be assessed |
- What are the standards I want to address?
- In what way will I determine how well the students already know these standards?
- What unit of study is the best vehicle through which to teach, practice and assess these standards?
- What do the students already know about this unit of study?
- What material will I use to teach these standards through the unit I have chosen?
- What is the best way to assess my students' progress towards meeting these standards at the end of this unit?
- Do I have any anchor examples to share with students of what quality work looks like?
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- Do I have a variety of activities in this unit?
- Do my activities address the standards I want students to learn and apply?
- Do I give students adequate opportunities to develop and use the knowledge and skills on which they will be assessed?
- Have I provided for opportunities for group interaction, to ensure that students recognize the standards in the unit?
- Are assignment requirements clear, timely, and fair? Do they support the standards I want students to demonstrate?
- Is there adequate time for students to ask clarifying questions and/or revise work?
- Do I keep referencing the standards and the assessment criteria during the unit of study?
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- Have students had opportunities to share knowledge and apply it to real-world situations?
- Are students able to share new learning with an audience?
- May students self-evaluate, as well as evaluate their fellow classmates?
- Do students' assessments confirm that I provided opportunities for students to learn and apply all elements of the scoring guide?
- Did I assess student work based on the standards rather than on the subjective elements?
- Is there an opportunity to collect student feedback on the unit of study?
- Does the structure of my course provide for multiple opportunities for students to continue to use this newly acquired set of standards?
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| The Critical Questions about Preparation, Process, and Product |
- Is my unit of study the vehicle through which I will teach the standards, or am I fitting some standards to the unit I want to teach?
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- Have I provided a variety of classroom activities, all of which support the standards which students should meet through this unit?
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- In evaluating the effectiveness of this unit of study, can I confirm that I selected the most successful means by which to teach and assess students' mastery of the standards?
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| Diane Smith Greater Albany Public School District 2003-2004 |
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