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27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

Checking for understanding is the foundation of teaching.

Whether youre using formative assessment for data to personalize learning within a
unit, or more summative data to re ne a curriculum map, the ability to quickly and
easily check for understanding is a critical part of what you do. (Which was the idea
behind our post last March, 10 Assessments You Can Perform In 90 Seconds Or
Less(http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-assessments-you-can-perform-in-90-seconds/).)

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MacMeekin(http://anethicalisland.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/gami cation-and-instructional-
design/)offers up 27 additional ways to check for understanding. Some arent
necessarily quickTest what you learned in a new situationbut there are a dozen
or more other ideas that are worth adding to your teacher toolbox, many of which
arent content-related, but rather cognitively-related (Locate 3 people who agree
with your point of view.)

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