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Session:
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Paper Type:
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Poster
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Title:
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Teacher Learning of Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment
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Meeting:
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2006 AAPT Summer Meeting: Syracuse, NY |
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Location:
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Sheraton Comstock |
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Date:
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Wednesday, July 26 |
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Time:
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10:15AM
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Author:
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Ian D Beatty, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
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Co-Author(s):
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William J Leonard, William J Gerace, Allan P Feldman
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Abstract:
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TEFA-TL* is a five-year, NSF-funded** research project studying how secondary science teachers learn to use an electronic "classroom response system" to implement formative assessment. Formative Assessment (FA) has been demonstrated to be effective in improving student achievement, but is difficult for many teachers to implement. A classroom response system (CRS) helps make FA more efficient and also helps make the classroom more active. The TEFA-TL project began in June 2005, and we have started collecting baseline data from the first cadre of teachers. We will be following these teachers for 3 years. Teachers in the first cadre will begin a professional development course in August 2006, which will continue until May 2007. The baseline year for the second cadre of teachers is AY06-07, and their PD course will start in August 2007.
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Footnotes:
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* http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/projects/tefa
** NSF ESI-0456124 (Teacher Profesional Continuum)
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