Hi TAPT-ers,
We
have had a change in our activity scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd.
Chris Ubing was scheduled to give a Mathematica workshop, but he has had to
cancel.
Instead,
we will have a workshop on group quizzes and group tests. I gave a short talk
on this at both the AP reading professional development night, and the recent
AZAAPT meeting, and teachers were very interested. I will show the IF-AT
(Immediate Feedback Assessment Test) and I’ll have some samples that you can
use to get started in your classroom. These are inexpensive forms and most high
school teachers I’ve talked to have been able to ask their administration to
purchase enough for the year.
In
addition, I’ll show what I’ve been doing to increase exam scores and
understanding using a group test extension. The basic method is to extend one
of your exam questions to something deeper and more conceptual, and then let
students think about the questions in groups. I’ll give some sample questions
that I have used, and will discuss the Physics Teacher article that this comes
from. Demian Quiroz gave a TAPT 10-minute talk about two years ago, and that
started my interest in it, and it’s been very successful. This is one of the
best methods I’ve found for team-building in class, and for making your exams
learning experiences.
Since
we don’t need the laptops or equipment in my lab, I thought we would meet at
our usual spot, J.D. Garcia’s home. There is plenty of room to work. We’ll have
our usual potluck breakfast, and then have a working, professional development
time from 9:00 - 11:00.
To
get the most out of this, you could bring a recent or future exam that you
would like to modify, and/or a quiz that you would like to modify to use the
teamwork methods.
Professional development credit is available. Let me know if
you would like me to bring a certificate for you.
.
Hope to see you Saturday,
Karie
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