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Uncovering Student Thinking About Mathematics in the Common Core, Grades 6-8
25 Formative Assessment Probes
- Cheryl Rose Tobey - Tobey Education Group, LLC, Education Development Center, Newton, MA
- Carolyn B. Arline - Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
October 2013 | 232 pages | Corwin
Here’s the middle-grades math resource you’ve been waiting for! Bestselling authors Cheryl Tobey and Carolyn Arline are back with 20 entirely new assessment probes that pinpoint subconcepts within the new Common Core Standards for Mathematics to promote deep learning and expert math instruction. Learn to ask the right questions to uncover common student misconceptions. Get practical instructional ideas that build new and accurate skills--while learning is already underway. It’s all here in this detailed and grade-level specific guide.
- Organized by strand, the probes will enable you to:
- Quickly and objectively evaluate common misconceptions around fractions and decimals, linear equations, ratios and percents, statistics, and more
- Systematically address conceptual misunderstandings and procedural mistakes--before they become long-term problems
- Help students better understand areas of difficulty
- Plan targeted instruction that builds on students’ current understandings while addressing areas of struggle
- Master the essential CCSM mathematical processes and proficiencies for Grades 6-8.
Preface: Mathematics Assessment Probes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Mathematics Assessment Probes
Chapter 2. Number System Probes
Chapter 3. Ratio and Proportional Relationship Probes
Chapter 4. Expressions and Equations and Functions Probes
Chapter 5. Statistics and Probability Probes
Chapter 6. Geometry Probes
Chapter 7. Additional Considerations
Appendix A. Information on the Standards for Mathematical Practice
Appendix B. Developing Assessment Probes
Appendix C. Action Research Reflection Template: QUEST Cycle
References
Index
"The formative assessment probes are the best part of this book. I love that the probes are broken down by concepts and that they are described using the QUEST process – this allows the teachers to really reflect on their teaching and how the students are learning. This book will definitely help mathematics teachers now that the CCSS are becoming such a big part of our teaching."
PARCC/CCSS ELC Cadre, Rhode Island
