Essential questions for teachers and students
What is the standard, concept, essential question, or benchmark?
What is the purpose or objective?
What is the purpose or objective?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS
What do I expect my students to know?
How will I know the learner knows the information?
How am I going to pre-assess the knowledge?
How am I going to document or record my findings?
What directions do I need to give?
How will I know the learner knows the information?
How am I going to pre-assess the knowledge?
How am I going to document or record my findings?
What directions do I need to give?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR students
What do I know?
What am I supposed to know?
How can I show what I know?
What are the directions?
Do I understand each step of the task?
What do I want to learn about this?
What are my goals?
Which parts are going to be the most interesting?
Which segments of the study to I dread?
What questions do I have?
What am I supposed to know?
How can I show what I know?
What are the directions?
Do I understand each step of the task?
What do I want to learn about this?
What are my goals?
Which parts are going to be the most interesting?
Which segments of the study to I dread?
What questions do I have?
assess the assessment tool
Did this assessment instrument provide a positive experience for students?
Were the students actively engaged in the tasks?
Did the questions uncover the students' knowledge base, prior experiences, and abilities?
Did students understand the directions?
Do specific items need clarification?
Were the assessment tasks within each student's range of success?
Were the students actively engaged in the tasks?
Did the questions uncover the students' knowledge base, prior experiences, and abilities?
Did students understand the directions?
Do specific items need clarification?
Were the assessment tasks within each student's range of success?
Chapman and King, 2012, pg. 182