Formative Assessment Design 2.0

Formative Assessment Design 2.0

Review the purpose of your assessment. The purpose of my assessment in terms of the concepts that will be assessed will remain the same. This portfolio assignment will assess student’s ability to calculate the area and perimeter of various shapes and also the area and circumference of a circle. Critical thinking and dividing skills will also be assessed during this portfolio. Initially I had placed this portfolio at the end of the unit as a review for the test, however I would like to change the placement of this portfolio to the middle of the unit as a Mid-Unit Review assessment.

Describe pre-assessment instruction. Prior to assigning this portfolio students will be instructed on finding the area and perimeter of rectangles, squares, parallelograms, trapezoids and triangles. They will also practice finding the area of composite figures, and lastly the area and circumference of a circle. This material will be delivered in 5 separate lessons. In a virtual environment, the curriculum for each lesson is designed with instruction for students to read through, relevant videos that the students will watch, and then practice assignments from the textbook to complete. I meet with my students one time each week for an online group session, and during the lesson before this assignment is given I won’t be able to go over all of the material that will be covered in these 5 lessons, however I will explain what it is we are trying to solve for when we are asked to find the perimeter/circumference, and also the area, so that students understand what those words represent. Then, we will develop and use formulas to find the perimeter and area and various shapes and also the circumference and area of circles.

Assessment description revisited. This portfolio will be called "Create a Pizza Portfolio". Students will be given an example of a circular pizza with its dimensions that is sold at a pizza store, and also the dimensions of the box that it fits in. Students will have to create their own pizza that is a different shape, and show that it is approximately the same area as the given circular pizza, show that it will fit in the given box, and lastly show that it can be cut into 8-12 equal-sized pieces. This assessment will give students the opportunity be apply their skills to a real world situation to encourage higher order thinking. I will add to this description that students will be given feedback from myself within 24 hours of submitting their assignment. Feedback will be annotated on their assignment using thinglink, and I will add comments to their work and also voice/video feedback if needed.

Instructions revisited. Directions: A large pizza at Tony's Pizzeria is a circle with a 14-inch diameter. Its box is a rectangular prism that is 14 1/8 inches long, 14 1/8 inches wide, and 1 3/4 inches tall. Your job is to design a new shape for a large pizza. For this portfolio you will:

1) Find the area of Tony’s large pizza.

2) Create your own pizza that is a different shape from Tony’s, and draw your pizza labeling its measurements.
3) Show mathematically that your design is approximately the same area as Tony's large pizza.
4) Show that your pizza will fit in the box.
5) Prove that your pizza can be cut into 8-12 equal-sized pieces.

I have updated these instructions to make the requirements more clear for students to understand.

Post-assessment feedback and instruction. As I noted above, I will provide students feedback within 24 hours of receiving their portfolio using annotation in thinglink. I will also give students the opportunity to submit corrections on this portfolio assignment based on my feedback in order to demonstrate understanding of misconceptions that may have been shown on their first submission. During the following week’s group LiveLesson, I will use examples of different shapes that students created and submitted for their pizza  on the portfolio and as a group we will show that the design is approximately the same area as Tony’s pizza, that it will fit in the same box and how it can be cut into 8-12 equal pieces.

Digital technology. My ideas for incorporating digital technologies in the assessment process is by using thinglink to give feedback, and also meeting virtually in our LiveLesson for the pre and post instruction.