This is the self-assessment of my project using the
design standards in Wiggins. The possible values reflecting how well each
item met the design standard are 3 (extensively), 2 (somewhat) and 1
(minimally). Comments are at the end of the page.
Identify Desired Results |
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| To what extent are the targeted understandings |
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- Big ideas (as opposed to basic facts and skills) in need of
uncoverage?
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3 |
- Specific enough to aid teaching and assessing?
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2 |
- Framed by provocative essential and unit questions?
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2 |
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| Determine Acceptable Evidence |
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| To what extent does the assessment evidence provide |
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- A valid and reliable measure of the targeted understandings?
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3 |
- Sufficient information to support inferences about each student's
understandings?
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2 |
- Opportunities for students to exhibit their understanding through
authentic performance tasks?
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3 |
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| Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction |
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| To what extent will |
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- Students know where they're going and why (in terms of
unit goals, performance requirements, and evaluative criteria?)
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2 |
- Students be engaged in digging into the big ideas of the unit
(through inquiry, research, problem solving, and experimentation?)
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2 |
- Students receive explicit instruction on the knowledge and skills
needed to equip them for the required performances?
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3 |
- Students have opportunities to rehearse, revise, and
refine their work based on feedback?
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3 |
- Students self-assess and set goals prior to the conclusion of
the unit?
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3 |
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Total |
28/33 |
Comment
Comparing the project to the design standards is an humbling experience. In
going through the design standards, it became apparent that the hook and
essential question (How do you get someone to give you a million dollars?) was
not as clear as it could have been as a guiding question at the beginning,
although the learning experiences support the hook. The guiding questions also
abruptly transition from one kind to another. The intent may have been clear in
my mind, but it didn't show up as clearly in the project.
Although the students will know where they are going and why, I'm not sure
the evaluative criteria for a good project proposal have been made as clearly as
they could have been. Students are engaged in digging into the big ideas of the
unit as they are planning their own project, but I wonder if I drifted too far
from the hook, in which case I would need a new hook. Also, I don't think I left
enough room for the students to experiment and test various aspects of the
project they are proposing as they propose it. The assumption was that students
had sufficient exposure to various technologies before starting the proposal to
help them plan the schedule, but now I think that maybe I should plan some "play
time" into the schedule where students spend a period trying one of the small
tasks they propose to see how far they get. These results will help them better
schedule and plan their time.
For individual accountability, I'm concerned that there are not enough
assessments built in to help in the event that three or four students propose a
project together.
Criteria from Understanding by Design, Wiggins, Grant and J. McTighe, 1998,
p. 187
Alexandria, Virginia, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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08/23/2003
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