Participating in a math pathway is something that will be new to many of us. Clairlea has been involved in a great deal of professional development surrounding math for the past three years. In that time they have done a lot of work on creating rich tasks for their students, and also have co-taught with myself, Susan (our IL) and now each other.
When they started looking at the route that they wanted to take this year, they started by thinking of the different types of assessment that we use in our classrooms. To help organize their brainstorming, an "Idea Pot" was used. An idea pot is a great tool to use in our classrooms as a way to keep track of our ideas on a particular topic.
Once we discussed the ways in which we assess, we turned to the achievement chart to look further into the areas of knowledge and understanding, application and thinking/problem solving. These three areas come up a lot when we talk about EQAO results, but what do they really mean?
The group was divided into three smaller groups. Each group became an "expert" on a specific type of question. The groups sorted through various EQAO questions and picked out the questions that applied to their type of question. They then organized their data using a Freyer model using the following headings: Definition of type of question (in parent friendly language); examples of that type of question; non-examples and answered one of the questions.
In defining the term in parent friendly language, it then helped us have some dialogue around the idea of Learning Goals and Success Criteria. As well, it helped give us some ideas for writing the new Provincial Progress Report.
After doing this activity it helped us shed light on the types of questions we ask our students, and gave us some insight into being aware of covering the four levels of the achievement chart.
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