Children’s Informational Text Mini-Unit and Assessment Plan

DOK Level

Three Questions from DOK Level

Possible Student Responses/Misunderstandings

Rationale of Why Question Meets DOK Level

Level 1: Recall

1. What can students learn from formative assessment?

Through formative assessment students can learn on how to improve their learning ability

It uses facts for students to recall what they learn from the articles.

2. what role do instructors play in formative assessment

Teachers has a big role in making sure students improve their learning skills

It uses facts for students to recall what they learn from the articles.

3. can you identify the characteristics of formative assessment

Characteristics of formative assessment are dialogue and varying in deferent discipline

Focus on basic initial comprehension

Level 2: Skill/Concept

1. Describe the effect of formative assessment

Formative assessment is very important as it helped students to be able to improve their studies

The response involves initial comprehension and subsequent processing

2.summarize the major events in formative assessments

Formative assessment helps in monitoring how the students in progressing in their learning and help the teachers improve their teaching skills to be able to improve the students learning abilities

It include the summary of events

3. explain the meaning of the word formative assessment

 Formative assessments can be defined as informal or formal assessments that are done by teachers to improve the students’ attainment during learning and also to modify the teachers learning process

Includes definition of unfamiliar words

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

1.how do formative assessments vary

Vary within disciplines although at times the methods used in formative assessment can be similar, the use of formative feedback vary between different disciplines. Students have the ability to activate and practice self reflective strategies in the formative feedback loop therefore they have to be given an opportunity in every classroom to be able to develop the skills. Although methods may be similar across disciplines, the precise use of formative feedback will naturally vary between disciplines (Black & William, 2014)

Supports ideas with details

2.Importance of dialogue in formative assessment

The instructor uses dialogue with students to create an opportunity for a feedback loop which help student to be able to shape and improve their performance in learning. This includes the stage where students’ improvement and progress is able to shape the instruction and formative feedback becomes formative assessment benefiting and improving students’ ability to learning.

Supporting the ideas and thinking.

3. what is the purpose of the author

The authors’ purpose is to make one understand the importance of formative assessment and how it affects a students learning and skills.

It describes the authors purpose

Level 4: Extended Thinking

1.benefits of formative assessment

Formative assessment benefits both the teacher and the students this is because the teacher benefits in a way that they may be able to see the progress of the student learning and impact more skills to them. On the other hand the student benefits because they may be able to know their strengths and weakness and improve on them.

Analyze and synthesize information

2. how is formative assessment sustainable

It should be sustainable because students should make it their normal routine and not an add on. Formative assessment should be a regular thing to students and as part of their ongoing activities on their classes.

Includes complex thinking.

3. what themes can be learnt in formative assessment

Commitment is one of the themes that can be leant from formative assessment because students are required to be committed regularly and be sustainable in order for them to improve their learning skills

Describe and illustrate how common themes are found across texts