Topic
Assessment
17 posts.
Grounding AI in Their Own Handwriting
A metacognitive end-of-year chemistry portfolio built with NotebookLM and Gemini, where the AI can only synthesize what the student actually learned.
Simple Metacognitive Assessment Hack During Distance Learning
Using meta-reflections to authentic, meaningful responses to assessment questions during distance learning.
Assessment and Online Teaching
Reflections on assessment in the online teaching and learning environment.
Student Portfolios Using Google Sheets
Written during the first week of school about my excitement as I embarked on a paradigm shift in how I, and my students, think about, and record work.
Google Slides for 'Lab Reports' (update)
Google Slides for 'Lab Reports' (update) | written in the past about using Google Slides as a lab reporting tool in my courses. Cycles of Learning.
The never-ending quest for a simplified SBG system
Ever since I read amazing physics instructor Frank Noschese's writngs on Standards Based Grading (SBG), I have been obsessed with figuring out a system that works for me.
New Grading Experiment: Student Tracking for Enhanced Metacognition
New Grading Experiment: Student Tracking for Enhanced Metacognition | Philosophically, I appreciate the debate over grading in schools. Cyales of Learning.
Google Slides Lab Report: A Simple, Tangible, Reasonable Solution
Google Slides Lab| I have written in the past about my transition from formal lab reporting to the use of Google Slides as a student form of reporting lab work.
5 Levels of Difficulty Videos: Alternative Assessment Inspiration
CYCLES OF LEARNING
How to 'ClassSource” a Simple, Meaningful, and USEFUL Review Document
Before every major assessment I like to facilitate review activities in class. That being said, I can only handle the Kahoot theme song so much Cycles of Learning
The Homework Debate: One Teacher's Perspective
I normally only post nerdy ideas regarding chemistry teaching, tech hacks, and a myriad of other random things related to STEM education. However, after reading the recent debates regarding the...
Student Blogging
Experimenting this year with very organized student blogging. With respect to assessment, at the conclusion of every learning cycle students take a quiz.
'Hero's Journey' Learning Cycle Template (2015-2016 School Year)
For the past two years I have been leveraging the ' Explore-Flip-Apply ' learning cycle framework in my chemistry class. I love this framework as it simultaneously merges two important facets of...
Hacking the GradeBook Comment
Spring semester grades are due tomorrow. Along with a grade (A,B,C,D,F) we must provide a 'comment' for each student. Comments provide students and parents with some qualitative information regarding.
Open Letter to My Students on Grading
Just sent this message to my students via a Schoology update the night before quarter 3 grades come out. I am not normally this agro about assessment, but my fingers just couldn't stop writing. I...
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CYCLES OF LEARNING
SBG Beginnings
This year I am committed to fully transitioning into a Standards Based Grading (SBG) system in my AP Chemistry class. In order to merge the process with the inquiry cycle described below...