G3.

1 Annotated List of Assessments

Entry-level

Anticipation Guidean anticipation guide asks students to answer a couple of

true/false questions that helps to gauge background knowledge and potential
misconceptions that students may have about the topic.
Visual Analysis Strategystudents are shown a diagram without being
informed of its purpose. Students must make observations about the diagram
in an attempt to decipher the content and the purpose of the diagram.

Formative

Warm-Upwarm-up continually reviews what was learned to check for

understanding and progress on a daily quiz
Standard Quiza standard quiz allows for a check of whether the concepts
taught have been learned. Students grade their own quizzes.
Team Quiza team quiz allows for students to earn extra credit for
completing difficult quizzes as a team that combines the opportunity for
collaboration with conceptual questions that test students abstract and
analytical thinking. Results are reviewed with students.
Short-Response Quizstudents are asked one or two questions that combines
mathematical thinking and conceptual thinking. Students can be assessed on
their reading comprehension as well as their chemistry knowledge. Results
are reviewed with students.
Rapid-Fire Questionsstudents answer questions in an organic manner at the
beginning, in the middle, and at the end of lectures or guided practices.
Exit Questionsstudents must answer questions about the days content in
order to be released from the classroom.

Summative

Labstudents combine skill in following directions and handling equipment

with chemistry knowledge.
Essaystudents are asked to use evidence to support an argument.
Discussionstudents are asked to support one side of an argument by doing
research and preparing a presentation. Students must be prepared to
respond to arguments made by the other side of the issue.
Projectstudents may work either individually or in teams to complete
specific tasks applicable to a particular unit. All projects involve components
of creativity mixed in with chemistry knowledge.
Testafter several lectures and quizzes, students are assessed one final time
in a cumulative manner that incorporates everything from the beginning to
the end of the unit.