1. One method of getting to know prior knowledge of students is KWL. K stands for what the student already knows, W stands for what the students want to know and L stands for what the student has learned. This is a common way to see what prior knowledge your students have on the subject you are learning.
2. It is important to establish anchors for a project because anchors allow you to gain a sense of where your students are starting and how far they are going as they work to meet new learning goals. This will help you measure how far your students travel as learners. Very important!
3. There are several ways to assess what your students have learned during a project. One way is to create video podcasts of your students telling you what they learned while working on the project. Another way to assess students learning is have them create something new, if they can take what they learned from the project and apply it to something similar successfully, then you know that they grasped the important concepts of the project. One more way to assess students is have a professional or expert linked to your project come in and assess the students work. It will make them feel important and maybe even inspire them to put more effort into the project.
4. This chapter gives great ideas on how to start a project successfully and also how to close the lesson with appropriate assessments. This is important to know when creating our projects. I didn't know how important it was to get prior knowledge to measure how far a student travels as a learner. Now that I have that knowledge, I can apply it to my project and other classes here at WMU.
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