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Post 8 - Assessing Student Understanding

Description Assessment of student knowledge is a crucial component in the educational process.  Teachers must form instructional objectives that guide their lessons and then, ultimately, serve as a measure of comprehension. Analysis Instructional Objectives (IO) serve as a guide for the classroom for both the teacher and students.  They are a statement of skills or knowledge the student is expected to have grasped by the end of the lesson, unit, or semester (Slavin, 2014, pp.340).  There are three components of an IO - the performance expected, the conditions under which the student will perform, and the criterion for success.  They must be specific to the content taught in that class and must clearly state the expectations for the students.  Once the IO are completed, completing a task analysis is important in order to determine all the skills needed by the students to perform the lesson.  Will the students need internet skills for the lesson? ...