Reading Reflection #9

1. A method of understanding prior-knowledge of students is to find deliberate strategies that show not only what they created, but the teamwork, effort, and creativity that went into the project as well. To do this, one may follow The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standard, and Student Testing which encourages teachers to use multiple types of evaluation. 
2. It's import to establish anchors for a project because it's hard to understand how far a student's learning has come, if their beginning point has not been observed. Knowing that all students will start at a different place and end at a different place encourages the teacher to differentiate instruction to allow all different types of learners to be successful.
3. There are several ways to assess what a student has learned throughout the project. For starters, the way that the grades are represented in the grade book matters. There should be various categories; such as, understanding of content, written communication, critical thinking, and work ethic. Simply asking a student what they learned can show a teacher the student's connection to the material. It's also possible to ask students to create something new about what they learned as to prove that the students are able to transfer their knowledge to other disciplines.
4. This chapter relates to my topic/project because we are at the point of the project where our students need to be evaluated on what they've learned. In our technology class, we as students, are experiencing the same thing. We are creating our website as a representation to show everything that we've learned throughout this semester. It's a great evaluation tool, as well as a way for us to be able to show off everything that we have developed and learned.