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TEC-546 Module 6 Assignment:

Subject: Science 3rd Grade

1) A brief summary of the lesson: The lesson chosen for this assignment involves students learning about planets that exist in our solar system today. The lesson was presented in a web quest where student participated in different types of task to gather and learn information on a planet that they decided to learn on. By doing this student will then use this information gathered from each task to design a PowerPoint presentation on different items that they learned.

Project Summary: The task is to complete a PowerPoint presentation about the planet that you selected to research and gather information on. Students can use the PowerPoint Template already designed for them to create their presentation. They must cover the following their presentation:
 * Planet name with a brief overview or summary of your project.
 * Five things that you learned about your planet.
 * Give different types of variables of your planet.
 * Reference page.

2) Sample PowerPoint Presentation to the assignment:

3) Since it is mid August this is not possible at this time but the related rubric is included here. But here are two Teacher Reviews of my grading rubric. 4) Assessment Rubric:

5) Reflection:

How did this assessment tool compare with a standardized test, for example?

Since this assignment is open ended, it doesn't really compare well to a standardized test. I believe that a project like this would be much more effective with a long term learning of planets than a multiple choice test or online quiz. Assessments like this with a rubric are straightforward to the students and help them know exactly what is expected of them. This helps overall allow them to present what they learned instead of answering question on what they remembered they learned.

What did you learn by the experience?

This experience helped me learn that all assessments don't have to be standardized and tailored to only certain testing styles. This is a better way to assess because students are able to use their own minds to gather information on a certain topic and show what they have learned instead of answering question on what they can remember. That is why presentations, posters, etc are great assessments tools for students.