Protocol

• Choose the component of the assessment that you will be using
• Print the number of copies you require (optional use of projector for collaborative task)
  • collaborative task sheets (1 per group)
  • student response sheets (select, constructed and/or performance task)
  • student reflection sheets (collaborative and/or student response)

• Set the purpose of the assessment by telling students that the information will be used to plan and guide learning and instruction
• Facilitate any discussions your learners may need before beginning the assessment.

• Arrange students into groupings that will facilitate discussion. (3 is optimal for collaborative learning)
• Teacher introduces the collaborative task to the whole class and initiates discussion
• Allow students the time they need to collaboratively solve the investigation, record and share out their learning
• Once all collaborative tasks have been collected, have students individually complete a Collaborative Task Student Reflection Sheet
• Capture photographs of student work if they used non-permanent surfaces

Collaborative Activity Reflection

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Individual Student Response

• Explain that students will be given the time they need to finish the assessment
• Provide students with the Individual Student Response section(s) that you are assessing for (selected, constructed and/or rich task)
• Using their own responses as a reference, have students complete a Post Strand Student Reflection Sheet

Post-strand reflection

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• Use the Collaborative Task answer key, the Individual Student Response answer key and the Student Reflection sheets to look for patterns in students’ thinking and understanding of the concepts
• Record your observations on the Next Steps Planning Sheet for the Number concept you are assessing
• Observations – whole group strengths, areas requiring development