Reflection #9

1. Description of a method of understanding of prior knowledge of students.

Different assessment strategies work very well to understand students' background knowledge. Comprehension assessments are also a tool that you can use to see if students are understanding what you are teaching them. 

2. Discussion on the importance of establishing anchors for a project.

When establishing anchors for a project, you are able to see where the a students academic standing. This also helps you understand where the student will need some extra support and what areas they are strong in. As a teacher, you need to understand that not all students are in the same learning zone as one another. You need to be flexible and help each student individually rather than as a whole group.

3. Description of several ways to assess what students learned during the project.

There are many ways to asses your students' learning progress. A journal is a great way to keep track of what the student is learning and what the student needs to work on, have the students turn in their journal every day or every week in order for you to keep track on each individual student. A neat way and more of a competitive way to assess students is to have a panel of judges to asses final work. This will help students take work more seriously and possibly help them be more competitive which will help them work harder. 

4. Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

When comparing this chapter to our project, as teachers, we need to know where students stand at all times. Knowing all of these different assessment tools are a great way to for us to keep on track with each student as an individual. Giving students a final goal will help them achieve more goals along the way to that final goal. When I have my own classroom, I want to be able to treat each child as an individual. Using prior/background knowledge and different assessments will help with this understanding as a teacher.