Award-winning author Page Keeley and mathematics expert Cheryl Rose Tobey apply the successful format of Keeley's best-selling Science Formative Assessment to mathematics. They provide 75 formative assessment strategies and show teachers how to use them to inform instructional planning and better meet the needs of all students. Research shows that formative assessment has the power to significantly improve learning, and its many benefits include: Stimulation of metacognitive thinking Increased student engagement Insights into student thinking Development of a discourse community The authors...

From best-selling authors Cheryl Tobey and Carolyn Arline, this book helps pinpoint and reverse students' common math difficulties. Included are 20 research-based assessment probes designed specifically for Grades 3-5, to help teachers learn to ask the right questions to uncover just where students get confused, and apply practical strategies to get them quickly back on track. Organized by strand, the probes will enable readers to: * Quickly and objectively identify and correct students' difficulties * Systematically address conceptual misunderstandings and procedural mistakes-- before they...

25 convenient assessments designed to help secondary mathematics teachers quickly and reliably uncover common maths misconceptions, make sound instructional decisions, and improve student skills and processes in algebra, geometry, statistics, probability, and more.

A professional resource for teachers that addresses the implementation of formative assessment as a comprehensive instructional model.

This one-of-a-kind resource helps you build a bridge between your students' initial ideas and correct mathematical thinking. Includes an annotated reference guide.