1. A method for understanding students prior knowledge on a subject, or particular project is very simple. You can give them a sheet of paper with the topic or subject, and have them write down as much information about it as they can. This allows you to see where each student is at with their prior knowledge of the topic. If they have a lot or little information is irrelevant as a project or unit plan would benefit them all.
2. Establishing anchors for a project is very important because it allows you as the teacher to have information that will be instilled in your students mind for a long time. Much like a real anchor, it makes sure a boat stays put. Information in a project or unit plan does the same, as it stays put in your brain, which is very important as a teacher to have in students. It is crucial for their success.
3. You can assess your students on what they learned during their project, by doing weekly assessments on what they have so far. You can also do weekly progress reports, in which they give you details about what they have so far in their project. You can even simply talk to them and have them explain certain key points about their project.
4. These concepts can be focused on our project, as we chose our topic based upon prior knowledge of not only the information but our prior knowledge of how to use PowerPoint, blogs, websites. We are also creating assessments in our lesson plans to make sure our students retain information.
I agree that establishing anchors for projects is extremely important and is crucial for your students' success throughout their project experience and throughout life.
ReplyDeleteThe emphasis you talk about with anchors is very good and extremely important for the students. Assessments are also very important for your information as a teacher and how well the students are understanding, and also so that the students can see where they are at.
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