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Richard Wang's Formative Assessment

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Richard Wang's Formative Assessment As we know, the goal of the formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to change or to improve our teaching and by students to enhance their learning, which is known as "formative assessment." Here are some goals for formative assessment. It helps students to identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need to focus and to work It helps faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately It is different than summative assessment. The goal of the summative assessment is to evaluate students learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. In other words, summative assessment can be graded and formative assessment CANNOT be graded. Here are some examples of summative assessment. Quiz/tests Project Paper Senior recital The difference between formative and summative assessment
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Strategies For Supporting Students With Challenging Behaviors

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7 Strategies That Support Students With Behavioral Concerns Strategy 1: Visual Schedules. Visual schedules are typically an intervention that helps students with autism follow a routine, transition between activities, and complete tasks; however, they are helpful to students that do not have autism as well. They are made with various pictures that represent a task, subject, or reward. As the students complete tasks or subjects the schedule will need to be adjusted to show new tasks, goals, and rewards. These allow the students to focus on one to two tasks at a time, along with a clear idea of what they need to do. Including rewards such as; 10 minute reading break, 10 minute computer break, sensory time, time for a hug, go for a walk (with staff), etc. This not only helps them in understanding the tasks to complete or subjects to work through , but also what they are working toward. Strategy 2: Empathy.   When faced with challenging behavior, teachers should try their best to start
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