Topic 3 Activity 4: Tools to Support Inquiry
ASSIGNMENTS:
Readings
This article is available in hard copy from your Site Coordinator. Read Linda Dager Wilson, "What Gets Graded is What Gets Valued," NCRSME Research Review, Volume 2 Number 3, Fall 1993, pp. 4-8. You can read the article in web form at this link. Linda records a 'fly on the wall' case study of one teacher's attempts at integrating math reform into her classroom. She also gives some clear insights into the differences between assessment, measuring, and evaluation.
Minds-On
After reading the article, and reviewing the key pedagogical and content elements of the module you have chosen, please begin to think of methods of assessment you could use with these materials in your classroom.
Reflection

There is no composition assignment for this part of the activity. You are asked to think about your own practice. How can assessment practices include:

disciplined inquiry that "moves beyond knowledge produced by others," integration of knowledge that addresses "the content as a whole rather than as a collection of fragments," value beyond evaluation that would include discourse, material results, or collaboration with others.

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