Talk:Exploding dog and the conditional structure

Unit 1 feedback. -- Stephanie Ames 00:28, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

Hello-

First, I must say that it is clear that you extensively thought about this project. All of the preliminary information is thorough and detailed. For Unit 1, I like that you re-displayed the portion of the curriculum map for that unit. I am confused about the purpose of the quiz (and the sequencing). Is it to assess something they learned prior to the unit, or is it being used as diagnostic assessment? Going off this activity alone, I feel that there is not enough scaffolding and support to allow students to suceed. I do like that you include examples in the quiz. I also appreciate that you are having students reach higher levels of Blooms Taxonomy as they need to put more work and effort into the quiz; it is not simply a knowledge-based quiz where they have to solely identify. Before students design their own quiz, is there another activity they could do to break down/go over the first quiz? This would provide better analysis on your part because you will be able to see where they were in the beginning of the unit to where they are at the end based on the learning opportunities you provided. Is this course being used as a case-study, or an online wiki that people can log on and learn from? If it's the latter, then you might want to revisit the part about students swtiching quizzes (or, provide instruction of how to electronically do so).

Thank you as well for your feedback! I am new to this whole 'wiki' concept, but I will certainly be jazzing things up once it is finalized!