Data Collecting!
The words that send
SHIVERS
down
EVERY TEACHER’S
BACK!
WHY? HOW? WHEN?
Relax…take a breath…
go to your “HAPPY PLACE!”
Data Collecting is very important in education.
We as educators not only need to deliver the instruction, but we do have the need to ensure our students master and apply the knowledge we are delivering.
For me, it was a
CHANGE of MINDSET.
When I change my lifestyle, I need a WHY?
Why am I doing this? Why is it needed?
WHY? WHY? WHY?
BECAUSE.
Collecting data is NOT about the numbers.
It’s NOT about “judging” my teaching. It’s NOT about seeing
HOW many of my students DID or DID NOT master a concept.
It’s about looking for those SMALL skills,
those giant holes,
those little tweeks that
are missing FOR THE CHILD!
What areas are missing…so I can fill them!
IT’S NOT ABOUT ME???
NOPE!
It’s about the KIDS!
Data is to help our kids.
OK. So HOW?
There are a MULTITUDE of assessments
that you can use.
In this day and age, I bet your district has a LONG list of assessments
they want you to use.
USE them!
Don’t just give the test & move to the next lesson.
LOOK AT THE DATA!
You might be surprised at what you see!
I recently gave a math assessment to my firsties.
We had spent 4-5 weeks (YES WEEKS) on place value!
Tens and ones. Tens and ones.
OVER AND OVER!
After my “district” math assessment,
I noticed a trend…
On 5-6 of the tests ( 25% of my class..)
they missed 3-4 questions about
adding ten to a number.
WHAT? ADDING TEN IS EASY!
We had gone over tens & ones,
tens & ones… BUT…
I “assumed”
…remember what they say about
ASSUME…
that it would be easy for them
because they understood place value!
So…a week later of
SMALL GROUP math
…adding tens to numbers
SHAZAM!
100% on the place value review test!
So what if I gave the review test again?
They didn’t get it the first time!
It is NOT important that
OUR numbers
look good to others!
What is important is
DO THE KIDS KNOW IT?
Knowledge vs. numbers.
WOW!
A New MINDSET!
If you are looking for some reading/writing assessments
to HELP your kiddos…
THIS WILL HELP!
See how I use it
HERE…
I love the idea of a mindset change and realizing that data is about the kids!
Doing internal research is such an important step to improving pedagogy. Thanks for linking up at Spark Creativity!