Reflection On Formative Assessment

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Introduction In this assignment, I assessed my students in geometry class at Deer Valley High School on their knowledge of similar triangle standards that my fellow teacher and I focused on in this unit. The formative assessment was a collection of fifteen questions that were broken up evenly to cover the three district and state standards that we wanted our students, mainly sophomores, to have mastered at the completion of this unit. The intent of this assignment was to gauge how my instructional techniques worked on my students and what I could do differently to improve their overall learning experience.
Analysis of Results By looking through the assessments my students took on the three standards to gauge their knowledge on similar triangles, I noticed the standard that the students did cooperative learning as their …show more content…

48) To get my class to meet goals that I set forth for my classes, I will need to continue to look at the data and try to incorporate the instructional practices that worked. I will use the data I received from their assessments as a tool to see if every student succeeded because of the instruction they received. I will use other, different types of instructional practices that are not convenient and will step out of my comfort zone and try new ways to get the students the information. I will start letting the students learn on their own instead of telling them the information they need; there will be more opportunities for the students to self-reflect on what they have learned and give the students a chance to display their knowledge to the class. It will take time to get the results I want and I need to be patient with the process and not give up on my plan to improve student

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