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Re: How to assess student writing in math
Posted:
Mar 21, 2000 10:46 PM
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I am a mere student teacher. But, in the school that I am in, two
teachers are using the TERC system. One of them happens to be my
cooperating teacher. One of the key things about using Investigations
is writing. Where I am at, most grading and assessment occurs on two
levels. One grade is a concept grade. Did the student correctly
perform and understand the concepts that were being taught? The second
level is communication in writing. Can the students clearly
communicate how they solved the problem. Now, step one is not so bad,
but step two is the hardest. The easiest way to do step two, and this
is kind of how my teacher has prompted me, was pretend you are one of
the lucky people to grade state testing. (I am in Delaware and writing
is a major thing in our state tesing). Sure, you know what the
children are trying to say, but if this was the state test, could you
figure out what the child is saying. Grading an assessment like this
helps out because this way, you can explain to the students how you
graded, but also prompt them to be excellent writers when writing to
explain what they did. Maybe this suggestions helps some teachers!
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