Muddiest Point is a quick monitoring technique in which students are asked to take a few minutes to write down the most difficult or confusing part of a lesson, lecture, or reading. It is simple to create and facilitate.
What is an example of an assessment?
National standardized exams, historically used in some science departments. Oral exams, such as the one comprising part of the Feminist and Gender Studies exit interview (a mix of direct and indirect assessment) Standardized language tests. Other in-house capstone-level exams.
What are some examples of assessments you use in the classroom?
Some examples of formative assessments include:
- Portfolios.
- Group projects.
- Progress reports.
- Class discussions.
- Entry and exit tickets.
- Short, regular quizzes.
- Virtual classroom tools like Socrative or Kahoot!
