Multiple Modalities & Assessment
Howard Gardner suggests that assessment shouldn't be something that is done to you, but it should be something in which you, the student, are the most active agent. When designing assessments, teachers revisit the assessments in their toolboxes and ask whether or not the children who are being assessed at the center of the assessment or if the content is purely at the center. Below are a variety of assessments that other teachers are using which put multiple modalities into practice.
Howard Gardner suggests that assessment shouldn't be something that is done to you, but it should be something in which you, the student, are the most active agent. When designing assessments, teachers revisit the assessments in their toolboxes and ask whether or not the children who are being assessed at the center of the assessment or if the content is purely at the center. Below are a variety of assessments that other teachers are using which put multiple modalities into practice.
One-Pagers: Students share their most important takeaways on a single piece of blank paper.
PBL: Project-based learning lends itself to engaging, student-centered assessments. Tony Vincent, Learning in Hand, shares websites/apps that support PBL in your classroom.
Rubric Hacks: Learn how to fine-tune your rubric so that the learning becomes more student-centered.
Project Ideas: Jennifer Gonzalez presents 16 ideas for projects using Google tools.