3-Attained+Curriculum

"Understanding is revealed in performance." (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005) __Guiding Questions__ __;__ (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005) Attained curriculum is really the main focus of curriculum design. Evaluating the learning that has taken place must then be as carefully considered as the delivery and the content.
 * What actually gets learned by the student? ** "Effective assessment is more like a scrapbook...than a single snapshot."
 * Intended Learning **
 * What evidence can show that students have achieved the desired results?
 * What assessment tasks and other evidence will anchor our curricular units and thus guide our instruction?
 * What should we look for, to determine the extent of the student understanding?

__ Types of Evidence; __ (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005)
 * Performance tasks - complex challenges that mirror the issues and problems faced by adults
 * Academic prompts - open-ended questions or problems that require the student to think critically
 * Quiz and tests items - assessment formats consisting of simple, content- focused items
 * Informal checks for understanding - part of the instructional process


 * Unintended learning **
 * "...the culture of both the classroom and the school socializes children to values that are a part of the structure of those places." ( Eisner, 1994)
 * "One of the first things a student learns - and the lesson is taught throughout his or her school career - is to provide the teacher with what the teacher wants or expects." "This tendency to foster compliant forms of behavior is often exacerbated by programs that use behavior modification techniques." ( Eisner, 1994)


 * __Discussion;__ **
 * What else must be considered in evaluating attained curriculum? " Use different forms of assessments. The point is that they learn it."
 * Should students be allowed to retake assessments as many times as necessary to learn desired understandings? We need to evaluate not just answers, but the process. Are the evaluations/assessments tailored to the students learning styles?


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