Lesson 3: Choosing Assessment Methods

Overview of Lesson 3

Welcome to lesson 3. We will be discovering the following:

-ways to assess students in a flipped classroom

-rubrics used for flipped classroom

-how a flipped classroom lesson plan will work for your content area

Methods of Assessment for Flipped Classrooms

The idea of flipped classrooms should excite most teachers. By now you should realize the idea of this concept is to give teachers more time during class for engaging activities. Teachers are now able to use more formative assessment through conversation (Bergman, 2016). Please watch this [video] to learn more about flipped classroom assessment. You will see information on differentiated instruction and how a flipped classroom will allow for more conversation with each student to gauge their understanding. As you are watching the video, you will notice the website contains information on checking for mastery. Please read the five steps for checking for mastery in the classroom and complete the following quiz to check for understanding. [quiz]

Rubrics for Flipped Classrooms

Along with the formative assessment method you just learned about, rubrics are a great way to grade students based on their activity. Please look a the following examples:

The above rubrics offer a few examples teachers could use in their flipped classroom lessons.

Creating Your Own Lesson

By now, you have completed activities and content for you lesson plan for your flipped classroom lesson. I want you to think about how you can asses your students. In order to properly check for understanding, you first have to identify what you want students to learn. At this point, you have brainstormed enough information that you should be able to write out a lesson plan for your flipped classroom. You will be submitting this lesson plan and I'll offer you feedback. Please write out your lesson plan on a google document and email to my email address: mcc1790@gmail.com. Once you have completed your lesson plan, you will be completing a rubric. Please use the following website to create a rubric. You are not limited to the website, but you are welcome to use it. Please email me the rubric you create as an attachment via email. [Rubric Generator Website]

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