Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

by Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey

Book Overview

A teacher presents a lesson, and at the end asks students if they understand the material. The students nod and say they get it. Later, the teacher is dismayed when many of the students fail a test on the material. Why aren't students getting it? And, just as important, why didn't the teacher recognize the problem?

In Checking for Understanding, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey show how to increase students' understanding with the help of creative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416619224
• ISBN13: 9781416619222
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.9"