Everyone should grab one small shiny object like a new penny or an interlocking math cube, a pink eraser or a marble. Let's go outside. Find an asphalt or concrete area with a lot of space, enough that the entire class can spread out and be bathed in sunlight. Is there enough room for their shadows? You might consider timing this for between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., when the shadows are shorter but not so short as to make this impossible.General Science Inquiry:
Everyone should spread out enough that they can twirl in place and not hit anyone. Next, everyone should drop their shiny object somewhere about 4-5 feet from them in any direction. Now find your own shadows and stick your arms out. Make an OK sign with your fingers, so that your shadows show a little ring or circle for your hands. Can you, without squatting, move your shadow ring so that it encircles the shiny object on the ground?
Online Testmaking Resources:
ORAL ASSESSMENT:
Best Test Practices:
A Test Worth Taking
Just as teachers vary their instructional techniques to suit different learning styles, they can also create tests that give students choices to show what they know and how they learn best.
Claudia Geocaris and Maria Ross
FORMATTING THE TEST
EVALUATING THE TEST
Differentiating Tests
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy and Multiple Intelligences:
Alternate Assessment Differentiations/Modifications
PENCIL-PEN Modification which can be instituted routinely:
1. Allow the students to read and respond to the entire test in pencil.
2. Take the pencil and give them a pen, they then use their books and notes to answer test.
3. They are also allowed to correct answers by crossing through penciled answers.
