{"id":85981,"date":"2023-03-11T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=85981"},"modified":"2023-03-11T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:48:31","slug":"13-formative-assessments-that-inspire-creativity-tutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/03\/11\/13-formative-assessments-that-inspire-creativity-tutt\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Formative Assessments That Inspire Creativity [Tutt]"},"content":{"rendered":"

13 Formative Assessments That Inspire Creativity<\/strong><\/a> — from edutopia.org by\u00a0Paige Tutt
\nSometimes mixing in formative assessments that go a step beyond exit slips and low-stakes quizzes can inject some fun\u2014and creativity\u2014into learning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

Quick checks\u00a0for understanding aren\u2019t new, of course, but when time allows, occasionally injecting an element of creativity into formative assessments can deliver unexpected benefits. For example\u2014regardless of a student’s artistic talent\u2014research suggests that drawing the information they\u2019re learning can\u00a0increase student recall by nearly double. And when kids are encouraged to\u00a0tap into their imagination\u00a0to show what they know, they tend to ask more innovative questions of themselves, brainstorm fresh solutions to problems, and synthesize material in original and surprising ways.<\/p>\n

Here are 13 formative assessment strategies that lean into creativity\u2014inspired by the work of several Edutopia contributors, and from Finley\u2019s handy list of\u00a0quick checks for understanding.<\/p>\n

Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Is This Elementary School Near Pittsburgh the Future of Education?<\/strong><\/a> — from smithsonianmag.com by Kellie B. Gormly; with thanks to Tom Vander Ark out on Twitter for this resource
\nEhrman Crest Elementary and Middle School is an innovative blend of children\u2019s museum and classroom<\/em><\/p>\n

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Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/em><\/p>\n

At Seneca Valley\u2019s\u00a0Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School, K-6 students are benefiting from an unusual collaboration. School leaders, architects and the\u00a0Children\u2019s Museum of Pittsburgh\u00a0teamed up on the $63 million project,<\/strong> <\/span>which opened in August 2022 after 790 construction days. With a student capacity of 1,400, the 200,000-square-foot facility takes a novel approach, forgoing the traditional school design for the playful, interactive, colorful elements of a children\u2019s museum.\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0magazine declared it one of the \u201c<\/span>Best Inventions of 2022<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\n…
\nMatilda McQuaid, acting curatorial director at\u00a0Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum\u00a0in New York City, says this is the first time she has heard of a museum collaborating with a school to create a new environment from the ground up.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nI love this collaboration — a children’s museum and a school district! — and the energy and creativity throughout this learning space!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

17 Engaging Taxonomy Activities<\/strong><\/a> — from teachingexpertise.com<\/p>\n

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Students Need More Exercise. Here\u2019s How to Add Activity Without Disrupting Learning<\/strong><\/a> — from edweek.org by Sarah D. Sparks<\/p>\n

5 Ways to Inspire a Love for Learning in Students<\/strong><\/a> — from edweek.org by Elizabeth Heubeck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

13 Formative Assessments That Inspire Creativity — from edutopia.org by\u00a0Paige Tutt Sometimes mixing in formative assessments that go a step beyond exit slips and low-stakes quizzes can inject some fun\u2014and creativity\u2014into learning. Excerpt: Quick checks\u00a0for understanding aren\u2019t new, of course, but when time allows, occasionally injecting an element of creativity into formative assessments can deliver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,271,434,343,533,234,373,419,119,46,102,7,838,87,423,23,256,393,89,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-creativity","category-dramatheater","category-education","category-experimentation","category-history","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-instructional-design","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-learning-spaces","category-love-of-learning","category-multimedia","category-music","category-student-teachingteacher-education","category-teachers","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85981"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86020,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85981\/revisions\/86020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}