Tag Archives: CFU

Assess the Entire Class in an Instant

October 30, 2009 – 10:13 pm

White dry-erase boards are an excellent way to check for understanding (CFU) during and after a lesson. They are also a great way to avoid wasting paper in your lesson plans. Instead of printing up a class set of the material I am covering in a lesson, I print up one for each class I [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Teaching | Also tagged Assessment in education, check for understanding, classroom management, dry-erase markers, strategies, teaching methods, white boards, whiteboards | Comments (0)

Concrete Kids

September 28, 2008 – 3:19 pm

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Teaching is a very fine science (and art).  When dealing with kids, you are doing a constant dance back and forth to make sure your words are understood.  There are vocabulary and idioms they don’t understand in stuff grownups say every day.  They get confused and often we never know it.
Check for understanding.
One way to [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Teaching | Also tagged checking for understanding, teaching kids | Comments (0)

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