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Embedded Formative Assessment (2011)

by Dylan Wiliam(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

193400930X (ISBN13: 9781934009307)

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English

genre

Nonfiction

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review 1: I "finished" this book a long time ago, but keep going back to it. I am a veteran teacher and this is currently my most valued resource. It is changing certain crucial aspects of the way I teach.My attention was riveted when I noticed that Wiliam seems to know all the ways that teaching can be frustrating--especially aspects related to practices that seem like they should work but do not. In order to change those practices, I must have an open mind and be disciplined because it involves changing practices that were integrated into my teaching long ago.I still haven't mastered these changes and new techniques. This is why I keep going back to the book. It's not just that I need to review the techniques, but I need to remember the philosophy behind them. Changing teaching pr... moreactices is difficult because the practices consist of hundreds of non-trivial decisions made in real time every day, as Charlotte Danielson put it. And those decisions are based on my underlying philosophy of teaching, parts of which are slowly but surely evolving.I am very cautious about changing my teaching philosophy in this time of what feels like constant change in education. I want to make sure I am doing what I know is right for the hearts and minds of my students. I want to make sure I'm not just drinking the latest flavor of koolaid that has been set out.The ideas in this book are not any sort of koolaid. They are based on thoughtful ideas, backed up by well-explained research, and speak to improving student learning. Anyone who works in a school should read it.
review 2: This book is filled with excellent suggestions, research-based, for embedding informative assessment in your classroom WITHOUT more testing. Many of the techniques involve helping students take responsibility for their own learning in excellent ways. My 4* reflect that while it has a ton of hands-on, ready-to-go ideas, it also contains a fair amount of research and policy ideas, as if the author was split between two audiences. less

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