Episode 014: Dr. Brent Duckor & Dr. Carrie Holmberg, Mastering Formative Assessment Moves
In the foreword for this book, Dr. John Hattie describes the work of Dr. Duckor and Dr. Holmberg as “[bringing to life] how to think of one’s self on a trajectory of powerful practices that unite instruction and assessment.” In many conversations, we tend to separate the two and don’t think deeply enough about the intersection of instruction and assessment. A highly recommended read from the 2 authors with publisher ASCD. Our conversation with them should give you a good idea of what their perspective before or after you read.
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Connect with Dr. Duckor & Dr. Holmberg
Twitter: @BrentDuckor, @CarrieHolmberg | Website: http://validitypartners.com/ | Book: Mastering Formative Assessment Moves (Amazon | ASCD)
Skip to Minute 7:55 to get to the Interview with Drs. Duckor & HolmbergOut of Our Heads and Into the Classroom (03:51)Two Truths & A Lie (04:07)Create a meme (4:44)Analogies (05:26)Introductions to guests (06:47)7 moves: Priming, Posing, Pausing, Probing, Bouncing, Tagging, BinningPriming: Preparing the groundwork; establishing & maintaining norms; acting to acculturate students to learning publiclyPosing: Asking questions that size up the learner’s needs in the lesson and across the unitPausing: Giving students adequate time to think and respond as individuals or in groupsProbing: Asking follow up questions that use information from actual student responsesBouncing: Sampling a variety of responses intentionally & systematically to better map the terrain of student thinkingTagging: Publicly representing variation in student thinking by creating a snapshot or a running record of class responsesRole of Formative Assessment (08:52)National Research Council, 1999 book: How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience, and School (free pdf download)“Kids are better served when we build the bridges from where their own understanding is to the content than when we ignore it and pretend that they’re a blank slate.”Why do Formative Assessment (10:57)Identifies the gap between what we think we’re teaching and what the students are understandingTeacher decision making and the formative assessment moves (13:32)Sound principles in educational assessment (14:23) - 2001 National Research Council: Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational AssessmentObservation and interpretationPriming & visibility of thinking (15:36)(From the Book: “...priming can help make not only learning visible, priming can go a long way toward making students visible”)Practical uses of priming (16:43)“We all have the right to be wrong.” “We all can risk an explanation.” “Our voices should be heard.”Habits of Heart / Habits of Mind (18:15)Dr. Holmberg on being a better listener, having language for the moves to get better at them (19:27)Pausing (20:50)Essential to processing timeMary Budd Rowe on Wait Time; anotherKenneth TobinPauses of 3 to 5 seconds are where the magic happensInside the Black Box, Black & Wiliam (impact of FA on student achievement)Balance between efficiency and authenticity with follow up questioningTagging (26:38)Visual representations of student responsesHigh tech or low techReleasing control & embracing anxiety (29:49)“Teachers, like artists, are often dealing with the complexity of the moment.”Tagging around the room or virtually, what do we do with tagging after the process (32:57)Bouncing as a precursor to tagging (34:05)Assessment triangle - p 44 (Cognition, Observation, Interpretation), how students develop competence (34:18) from Knowing What Students Know, NAPSynchronizing the 7 moves & using common language (36:08)Targeted bouncing on student writing (37:24)Binning to make instructional decisions (38:20)How do we get better at the 7 moves? (39:40)STEM & misconceptions (41:10)Predict → Observe → Explain routine from Stanford (41:30) - use for your teachingDr. John HattieDr. Lorrie Shepard, University of ColoradoJim PophamRobert Linquanti, WestEdAssessment-Capable Learners; student role in formative assessment (43:52)Transparency with students with FA (45:35)To learn more from Brent & Carrie: validitypartners.com (free resources & email links)Takeaways with Ben & Becky (47:55)Tweet us @VrainWaves with your Formative Assessment Moves!!