UbD: Chapter 5

This chapter was about ways to assess kids so that the teacher is able to better the curriculum based on these assessments. The chapter begins by explaining proof of understanding is going to be different for every student, not one test is going to be able to tell a teacher all they need to know about a student. Tests, projects, and class participation will lead to a greater understanding of what a students knows and what they need to know. This chapter used a lot of analogies to provide information which I really liked. The first one was the photo album where it compares a photo album to classroom assessment, not one photo or test can provide much information on a student, but a whole collection of photos and assessments is a different story. The second analogy dealt with the judicial system, ones needs a collection of evidence before someone can be convicted of a crime, or it terms of education, teachers need a collection of work from students to convict them of learning something. The last analogy was a coach, where students spend too much time practising and not enough doing the real thing, which is learning! These analogies really made the chapter enjoyable.