EDUA 5352 Diagnostic Assessments-Math
USING DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS TO DIFFERENTIATE MATH INSTRUCTION
Math teachers face enormous pressure to help their students perform well on state and national exams. However, these cumulative end-of-year assessments do little to help teachers evaluate how students are performing throughout the year and how to help them effectively while they’re still in your classroom. That’s where diagnostic assessments come in. Diagnostic assessments give you the data you need to determine students’ needs and drive instructional practices to improve their learning.
In this course, you will learn a variety of assessment techniques to help you diagnose students’ strengths and weaknesses in the math classroom. The key to differentiating curriculum is having the appropriate data that shows you what kind of support students need. Therefore, we’ll explore how to create assessments that yield the right data, plus techniques for implementing the assessments successfully. In addition, you’ll receive tech tools, posters, graphic organizers, and templates that will help you design assessments and differentiate your curriculum.
Using the techniques from this course, you’ll be able to meet the diverse needs of all learners in your classroom to help them achieve their highest potential in math.