TeacherTECH Tools Series: Questioning and Assessment Techniques that Support Learning

Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Community College and Continuing Education Science Educators are invited to attend a special TeacherTECH Science Series workshop focused on questioning and assessment techniques that support learning. Participants will engage in incorporating these techniques into lessons that they bring with them.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

4:30pm - 6:30pm

San Diego Supercomputer Center, Auditorium

University of California, San Diego

Workshop Description

Questioning and assessment are central to all learning and teaching. From a teacher’s perspective, good questioning reveals prior knowledge, demonstrates empathy and understanding, and informs one’s practice. For the student, good questioning can serve as a model of how to inquire about the world, engage one’s curiosity, and empower him or herself to pursue more knowledge. Assessment, when properly used, provides frequent feedback to the student and teacher concerning the progress of learning in the classroom. Apply the techniques shared in this seminar to a specific lesson you wish to revise.

Note: Participants should bring a lesson and be prepared to collectively share within small groups to begin revising it based on the ideas featured in the workshop.

Goals

• Share several research-based and classroom-tested frameworks for questioning and assessment techniques that support learning.
• Provide a packet of successful techniques that can be used to transform the classroom to promote critical-thinking and reflective practices that increase long-term concept retention.
• Present video examples that incorporate techniques.
• Have a workshop that is collaborative and creative such that a final product is personally designed for each participant to take back to the classroom and implement.

Please join us for an exciting and informative session of hands-on learning presented by Mark Salata, Mining Gems LLC. 

Registration is free. Space is limited. Please contact Ange Mason at 858-534-5064 or amason@ucsd.edu to reserve your space.

For information on other TeacherTECH workshops, please see http://education.sdsc.edu/teachertech.