Hi Tom and John, Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I have had success with using the KWL method in my DQ forum. How do both of you find ways to measure that the students are learning the objectives that you are trying to teach for that week? How many students do you seem to get to respond to these questions? I would love to hear more from both of you about this. Take care. Matt.
Thanks for the feedback and questions. As we know there are many ways to measure student's success in the classroom. We also know that CATs are formative assessments. I gauge the student's responses specifically to the "what do you know" to give me some background knowledge on what they are bringing to the table that week. I also look at the questions they ask for the "what do you want to know" post. I can tell by the types of questions they ask if they have a good understanding that just needs to be fine tuned or if they really do not understand the objective at all. We can also review their success regarding the assignment for the week and conclude how well they understand the objective.
It is difficult to quantify participation based off the KWL's. It really depends on the week. What I have noticed is that the more difficult the concept the more participation. Students really do want to learn and do well. So we must provide opportunities like CATs so that students have an avenue to fine tune their skills in the classroom.
You mentioned that you have had success with useing the KWL method in the DQ forum. Can you share some of those successes with us?
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Hi Tom and John, Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I have had success with using the KWL method in my DQ forum. How do both of you find ways to measure that the students are learning the objectives that you are trying to teach for that week? How many students do you seem to get to respond to these questions? I would love to hear more from both of you about this. Take care. Matt.
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the feedback and questions. As we know there are many ways to measure student's success in the classroom. We also know that CATs are formative assessments. I gauge the student's responses specifically to the "what do you know" to give me some background knowledge on what they are bringing to the table that week. I also look at the questions they ask for the "what do you want to know" post. I can tell by the types of questions they ask if they have a good understanding that just needs to be fine tuned or if they really do not understand the objective at all. We can also review their success regarding the assignment for the week and conclude how well they understand the objective.
It is difficult to quantify participation based off the KWL's. It really depends on the week. What I have noticed is that the more difficult the concept the more participation. Students really do want to learn and do well. So we must provide opportunities like CATs so that students have an avenue to fine tune their skills in the classroom.
You mentioned that you have had success with useing the KWL method in the DQ forum. Can you share some of those successes with us?
Again, thank you for the questions Matt.
Tom