One Strategy I have used in the past is the use of Exit slips. Students respond to a prompt and explain what they learned in their own words. This can be done with paper and pen. This exercise is formative because it is informing me as the instructor about where the students in thier learning process. Review of the exit slips can show mastery or deficiencies in regards to the prompts. This process leads to adjustment in daily presentations and future assessments.
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Multiple tools can be used to create a digital Exit Ticket. One tool would be the use of a reflection google doc pushed out through Google classroom as “make a copy for each student” . The document can be formatted with a table that leaves room for prompts and student responses. SEE EXAMPLE.
The question feature in Google classroom can also be used as an exit ticket. I like the Question feature as a Warm Up activity. Students respond to a prompt checking for understanding. Students are given time to answer the prompt and respond to classmates.
Apps like PearDeck can also be used to check for understanding during a presentation.
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An online formative assessment tool should be timely.. In order to be effective feedback from a formative assessment must be done in a timely manner that gives the learner a chance to improve their learning.
An assessment tool should indicate what students have already mastered and the areas where improvement is needed. As an instructor I need to know where my students are at in the learning process and meet them there.
And thus the final feature an assessment tool should have is that it should lead to improved learning and teaching. According to the article Formative Assessment: Tracking Student Learning in Real Time ““Formative assessment leads to a change in behavior for both student and teacher.””. Both the learner and teacher should be able to use the assessment tool to make adjustments in delivery and learning.
Resources
“Formative Assessment: Tracking Student Learning in Real Time.” RSS, www.activelylearn.com/post/formative-assessment-tracking-student-learning-in-real-time.