When I see myself as a STEM teacher, I imagine my students' senses and minds engaged in hands-on experiments, outdoor excursions, and new experiences that will challenge how they see the world. My students will be challenged in a way where they know that they are working hard but…
"As a teacher, I notice students who enter the classroom with their heads held down. I notice the ones who remain silent as they take their seats. I notice who is chatting and about what. I notice which students open their books with zeal, eager to get to the…
What does it mean to teach STEM? I resonated with this quote by Katie Egan Cunningham: "As a teacher, I notice students who enter the classroom with their heads held down. I notice the ones who remain silent as they take their seats. I notice who is chatting and…
Giving assessments and feedback is always a challenging part of interacting with students, and we're tasked in our feedback with giving an amount of help that's appropriate but that also still lets the student struggle productively. It's also important to consider the context of…
For my capstone assessment, I decided to give my students an exit ticket that helped wrap up a lab assignment we did during my capstone lessons. The exit ticket was designed to test their knowledge of the purpose of the lab assignment and to identify whether they are able to…
I recently gave a summative assessment for my Biomed Year 1 students. I've attached a link to the form. (https://forms.gle/uRPcPk3DHRqC11E2A) This was the first assessment that I've designed fully by myself for my students here at Hinkley. This was a final assessment for…
An assessment that I have recently done with my students was a "pre-assessment" of finding the roots of a polynomial of third degree. It was some guided questions that would inform me of where they were at based on the past few lessons that we've had…
A recent assessment that I have given was for students to do a mini-summary worksheet after reading a graphic novel as a formative assessment practice activity for the photosynthesis and cellular respiration lesson. For this assignment, students have to complete a reading, which in this case is a Max Axiom…
Let us stop and think about what is our goal? What is the purpose of giving this grade or feedback? Is our goal to ensure students' learning or to evaluate them? Answering this question, all educators will prefer to be on the side of knowledge, not grading. Hence, feedback…
Whenever I think of feedback I always assume that the feedback I am receiving or giving needs to be something that aids in the other individual's growth in some way. I think that is what feedback is all about is for the growth of an individual but what…
