Real Practical Teaching

Scott Muller

Podcast by Scott Muller

Episodes

  1. Using Assessment To Guide Instruction

    03/18/2017

    Using Assessment To Guide Instruction

    A 21st Century teacher is tasked with preparing students for the challenges of the future. Unfortunately, many of the tests students take do not meet this challenge. Traditional paper and pencil tests are not only outdated, but are usually not used to assist students in the future. Ideally assessments should be used to guide instruction, but this requires teachers to shift their mindset towards backwards design. This podcast focuses on the backwards design process and using assessment to guide instruction. The process of this method is outlined, as well as how I use this process in my class (0:00-12:24). I will be speaking with Dr. Scott Dennison about the rationale for backwards design, how an Understanding By Design unit plan is crafted (13:20-24:41), how to align summative assessments and performance tasks with standards (24:42-31:55), how to reflect on formative assessments and day-to-day instructional plans (31:56-38:28), and how a new teacher can create a backwards-design unit plan (38:29-42:35). This podcast will be referencing Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding By Design template. You can view an adapted copy of this template using the link below. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CA64GmZV0j3KBZwlGVO_ujmbZLE4uWnobCFegehygFE/edit?usp=sharing If you have any questions about this topic, if you would like to share your experiences or if you have suggestions for future topics let me know on Twitter at #RealPracticalTeaching or at the Real Practical Teaching blog on Tumblr.

    43 min

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