Indicator

VI.B.1

A range of learner responses is solicited as appropriate to assess various cognitive and/or performance tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

Definition(s) and/or Explanation(s)

Range of learner responses:

  • includes a variety (at least two) of task responses

  • demonstrates progress toward learning

Assessment:

  • soliciting responses from a variety of learners in the class to ascertain that the pace of learning is neither too fast nor too slow
  • scanning around the room 

Breadth of teaching and learning activities refers to the number of activities considered necessary to master a particular goal or objective.

Depth of teaching and learning activities refers to the levels of knowledge and understanding that are necessary to master a particular learning goal or objective.

 

Classroom Examples

Elementary

During a third-grade social studies lesson on land forms, learners define examples such as continents, islands, and peninsulas. Then learners illustrate one example of their choice by identifying the land form on a world map.

As learners create new colors in an art class, they explain the combination of colors involved in each new color. The learners then describe the colors, and relate items that exhibit them.

Secondary

In a tenth-grade business technology class, learners apply data base, word processing, and spread sheet programs to generate business reports. As the activity proceeds, the teacher calls on several learners to explain how they are using each application and why they have chosen to use each application in preparing their business reports.

New

Elementary and Secondary

In a mathematics class, the teacher displays a clear glass jar filled with jelly beans. The learners are asked to estimate the number of jelly beans in the jar and to explain in writing the method they used to arrive at their conclusion.

 

 

 

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