Project Based Learning

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Project Based Learning

• Module Three
• Plan the Assessment

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Outcomes

• Participants will be able to
• define authentic and traditional assessment and
  give examples of each.
• develop an effective assessment plan for
  project-based learning
• develop quality rubrics

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Project Based Learning
Module 2 Craft the Driving Question
Module 1 Begin With the End in Mind
Module 3 Plan the Assessment
Module 4 Map the Project
Module 5 Manage the Process
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Planning Phase

• What do you want students to learn?
• Subject Area knowledge (facts, concepts,
  principles and generalizations) and procedural
  knowledge (skills, processes, and procedures)
• How should it be assessed?
• How should it be taught?

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Authentic Assessment
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Creating a Balanced Assessment Plan

• Evidence that students have acquired the range of
  outcomes expected
• Tests
• Research papers
• Product or performance
• Formative and Summative Assessment

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The student will demonstrate an understanding of
statistics by gathering, interpreting, and
graphing data.
In your group design an assessment plan. Use
content from your own subject matters. Identify
the tools you will need for each assessment (e.g.
test, product, presentation). Be sure to use
technology as an assessment tool.
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Align Products with Outcomes

• Unpack content standard and skills
• Describe performance and products and how each
  relates back to the standards
• Describe culminating products
• Checkpoints for feedback (formative)
• Give feedback on artifacts of progress

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Culminating Products

• Research Paper

Multimedia Shows
Reports
Presentations Within the School
Exhibitions Outside of School
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If we dont improve assessment, well never
reform our schools. To raise standards, schools
must measure whether or not students can actually
apply their knowledge to real-world
situations. Student assessments need Rigor and
Relevance to be truly effective. Williard
Daggett
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• Rigor is defined by Blooms Taxonomy
• Evaluation
• Synthesis
• Analysis
• Application
• Understanding/Comprehension
• Awareness

• Relevance is defined by Application Taxonomy
• Real World Unpredictable
• Real World Predictable
• Across Disciplines
• Apply to 1 Discipline
• Knowledge in 1 Discipline

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How do we Evaluate Culminating Products

• Rubrics contain the criteria by which you assess
  performance and products
• Have students participate in developing rubrics
• Share models

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Rubrics

• Share examples of rubrics in real life.

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Are you a Rubricator?
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Types of Rubrics

• Holistic address the product, performance or
  process as a whole
• Analytic address component parts or
  characteristics of product, performance or
  process equally

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Guidelines for writing a rubric

• Each rubric has elements, scales, and criteria
• Each major product in a project requires a
  rubric.

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Elements

• Individual components
• Teamwork
• Content accuracy
• Impact of performance

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Scales

• Levels of performance (e.g. basic, proficient,
  advanced)
• Even number of points tends to give a truer score
• Make sure the language of the points matches the
  standard(s)

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Criteria

• Specific descriptors to measure success
• The rubric must be built from an exemplary level
• Show an outstanding model

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Is there an Ideal number of quality scales?

• Nodepends on purpose
• Teachers ability to clearly and precisely
  differentiate
• Important the teacher and student should be able
  to distinguish and describe performance at the
  next level for improvement

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What is an excellent rubric?

• Evaluates the target accurately and consistently
• Is clear to everyone using it
• Focuses on the characteristics that distinguishes
  quality
• Is based on actual examples of student work

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Rubrics establish the dimensions of quality

• Can you recognize quality?
• What is your rubric for a quality pizza?
• Develop the elements (e.g.taste), develop the
  scale and the criteria.
• Remember describe the ideal target first and
  then the rubric
• Work in your group

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Online Rubic Builder

• Rubistar
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php