Student-Created Screencasts for Assessment
Just over a year ago I was tasked with creating an online algebra 1 course for my school. I’m finishing that up now. One of the portions of the course that I’ve been putting off until the end is assessment. I have already built in a lot of self-checking and automatic digital feedback. I’ve utilized online resources like Khan Academy and IXL where possible. If I was unable to find what I needed, I created practice tasks in Quizizz, Quizlaize, Desmos, and other platforms. The thing that has stumped me the most is formal assessment. This is especially relevant now, teaching during a pandemic. I think the root of the problem is that some math teachers, myself included, have overly relied on poor/easy summative assessment methods. It’s so simple to write and grade multiple-choice, fill in the blank, and free-response questions that have only one correct answer. Many of my tests were no more than the same types of Khan Academy and IXL questions but on...