Keeley

"When in the classroom I now wear two hats, one as a teacher and another as a researcher studying my students' thinking and how to effect better learning.  I can no long teach without learning about my students' thinking."  What a perfect way to connect the dots.  This past week we have been talking and reading about the idea of misconceptions and all their glory.  I had a solid understanding that we need to identify these misconceptions and I kept asking myself, "How am I suppose to do that?"  It sounds easy to just give a "pretest" and call it good.  But this article really gave me a better understanding of formative assessment and summative assessment.

I will be honest, I got a little confused about the "probes" but my understanding that is just a term used for assessment.  I am hoping that with time and experience, I will be able to administer probes effectively in order to aid in my teaching and my students understanding.