Tag Archives: Formative assessment

Have Questions? You Need ‘The Answer Pad’

Posted on December 6, 2013 by karen mahon

That’s right…not just any old answer pad. THE Answer Pad. Over the past couple of months I’ve had the good fortune to meet and get to know Anna and Hal Sturrock, founders and inventors of The Answer Pad, at a … Continue reading →

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Using Frequent Formative Assessment

Posted on September 25, 2013 by karen mahon

I read a really great article in The Atlantic about more testing, not less, in American classrooms. That was not a typo. It is a really fantastic article about how great testing can be…in spite of the much-maligned status of testing in the media! … Continue reading →

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5 Low-Tech Ways to Increase Engagement in Lectures

Posted on October 18, 2012 by karen mahon

Today I attended a two-hour workshop put on by a local government agency that shall go unnamed, to protect the not-so-innocent.  It was a good workshop.  I was interested in the topic and I learned a few new things.  That … Continue reading →

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Five Tips for Using Student Response Systems for Formative Assessment

Posted on August 2, 2012 by karen mahon

This post originally appeared on the Promethean Planet community blog on May 17, 2012.   There are a few redundancies with another of my posts, Top 12 Best Practices for Clickers in the Classroom, but the current post endeavors to focus specifically … Continue reading →

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