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Assessment for teaching today : a guide to assessment strategies and activities / Peter Kent and Chris Campbell.
At head of title: Macmillan masterclass. "Implementing the Australian curriculum"--Back cover. Includes assessment activities: Everyday Q and A with learner response systems; Whole class testing with learner response system; Concept mapping 1; Concept mapping 2; Social collaborative assessment; Using Word and track changes in assessment; Structured student self / peer assessment; Assessment against work samples; Using video as a means of assessment; Tracking progress with portfolios; Student / parent feedback; Data aggregation in the cloud. Chapter headings: Introduction; The scope of formative relevance; Assessment strategies; Learning intentions; Technology for Assessment - Blogs, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook, Other social media YouTube, google apps, Learner response systems, Assessment platforms; Assessment for Leadership; Assessment activities. "First there was summative assessment - assessment of learning. Then came assessment to inform the learning process - assessment for learning. Now we know that it is the quality of the teaching and the instructional decisions that matter most. And so the focus is changing to assessment for teaching. This book enables busy teachers to develop comprehensive assessment strategies for collecting appropriate data that will add depth, breadth and precision to their instructional decisions. Assessment for Teaching Today offers guidance on how to: understand the formative relevance of a range of assessment strategies; select appropriate assessment strategies to make key teaching decisions; think about technology, such as blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook YouTube, Google Apps and learner response systems, and its relevance to assessment." -- Back cover. Includes 12 sample assessment activity maps. "First there was summative assessment - assessment of learning. Then came assessment to inform the learning process - assessment for learning. Now we know that it is the quality of the teaching and the instructional decisions that matter most. And so the focus is changing to assessment for teaching. This book enables busy teachers to develop comprehensive assessment strategies for collecting appropriate data that will add depth, breadth and precision to their instructional decisions. Assessment for Teaching Today offers guidance on how to: understand the formative relevance of a range of assessment strategies; select appropriate assessment strategies to make key teaching decisions; think about technology, such as blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook YouTube, Google Apps and learner response systems, and its relevance to assessment." -- Back cover. Includes 12 sample assessment activity maps.