Follow up workshop to "Assessment as Thinking" presentation at itslearning Nutzerkonferenz. Sept. 2012

1. Assessment as
Thinking
Workshop
Lauren Guy
Liz Swanson
International School of Düsseldorf

2. Where did we find this?
 The Understanding by Design Guide
to Creating High-Quality Units by
Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe
 Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe. The Understanding
by Design Guide to Creating High-quality Units.
Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2011. Print.

3. Questions to determine the
“BIG IDEAS”
Why study ? So what?
What makes the study of “universal”?
If the unit on is a story, what’s the “moral of the story”?
What larger concept, issue, or problem underlies
_______?
What is a real-world insight about_____________?
What is the value of studying__________________?

4. Type of Thinking:
Explanation

5. Type of Thinking:
Interpretation

6. Type of Thinking:
Application

7. Type of Thinking:
Perspective

8. Type of Thinking:
Empathy

9. Type of Thinking:
Self-Knowledge