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6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning

From formative and summative assessment to criterion-referenced and benchmark assessment, each type of assessment has a unique function.

Bandura’s Social Learning theory explained that children learn in social environments by observing and then imitating the behavior of others.

Examples of education tech include mobile devices, adaptive learning algorithms, the cloud, podcasting, and virtual reality.

The 3-2-1 strategy is a simple way to frame a topic or task, making it useful for anything from discussion prompts to inquiry learning.

Reciprocal teaching is a teacher-guided strategy where small groups of students play specific roles in the comprehension of a text.

A teaching strategy is anything the teacher does to help students learn. From reciprocal teaching to clarity, here are 6 to get started.

Implementing the instructional process of formative assessment can actually maximize learning and help teachers save time in the classroom.

Teaching / April 9, 2021 / Fundamentals

‘3 Before Me’ requires that when students are stuck, they must first try to solve the problem in 3 different ways before asking the teacher.

An asynchronous learning community is one where students learn together bound by some component other than time.

The school year is a marathon, not a series of sprints. You have longer than you think to help students learn by transforming your teaching.

Education / March 30, 2021 / Fundamentals

Dewey believed that the psychological and social sides are related and that “education cannot be regarded as a compromise between the two.”

From making it adaptive to changing the form, timing, language, or structure of the assessment, here are 20 ways to improve a test.