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Learn how to develop creativity assessment practices that foster creative skills of students rather than just measuring creativity. This book by Katie White will help you design rich learning experiences and thoughtful assessments.
Benefits
- Develop an understanding of the creative process and its four critical stages. Explore the numerous benefits of encouraging and developing students’ creative thinking skills.
- Examine, in depth, the connection between effective assessment and students’ creative development.
- Acquire concrete strategies for developing assessment methods (such as formative and self-assessment for learning) that unlock students’ creative skills.
- Access free online reproducibles and resources for teaching creative skills and assessing creativity in the classroom.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Integrated Nature of Assessment and the Creative Process
Chapter 2: Unlocking the Creative Space
Chapter 3: Unlocking Exploration
Chapter 4: Unlocking Elaboration
Chapter 5: Unlocking Expression
Chapter 6: Unlocking Reflection and Response
STUDY GUIDE
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
- Figure 2.1: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students When Working in the Intellectual Space
- Figure 2.2: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students When Working in the Emotional Space
- Figure 2.3: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students When Working in the Physical Space
- Suggestions When Designing Creative Spaces
- Unlocking the Creative Space: Observation and Self-Assessment
Chapter 3
- Collecting Conversation Data
- Figure 3.1: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Engaging With Catalysts
- Figure 3.2: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Asking Questions and Generating Ideas
- Figure 3.3: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Developing Patience and Taking Incubation Time
- Figure 3.4: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Collaborating, Trusting, and Playing
- Figure 3.5: Working Through Ambiguity
- Figure 3.6: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Suspending Judgment and Accepting Ambiguity, Failure, and Chaos
- Figure 3.7: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Making Connections
- Figure 3.8: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Making Choices and Decisions
- Figure 3.9: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Setting Goals and Criteria
- Self-Assessment and Goal Setting During Exploration
- Unlocking Exploration: Observation and Self-Assessment
- Using Conversation as a Formative Assessment Tool During the Creative Process
Chapter 4
- Creative Focus Tracker
- Elaboration Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
- Figure 4.1: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Engaging in Research and Development
- Figure 4.2: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Building a Knowledge Base and Developing Insight
- Figure 4.3: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Noticing, Describing, and Analyzing
- Figure 4.4: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Refining Goals and Criteria
- Figure 4.5: Experimenting and Evaluating Student Self-Assessment Form
- Figure 4.6: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Experimenting With Form
- Figure 4.7: Self-Assessment Guide During Elaboration
- Figure 4.8: Feedback Frame to Guide Feedback Conversations
- Figure 4.9: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Redesigning, Revising, or Revisiting a Creative Product or Performance
- Ingredients for Creativity
- Observation and Action
- Observations by Target
- Seeking Feedback
- Unlocking Elaboration: Observation and Self-Assessment
Chapter 5
- Expression Self-Assessment and Reflection on Goals and Success Criteria
- Figure 5.1: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Establishing Their Method of Sharing and Their Reasons for Doing So
- Figure 5.2: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Confirming Their Product, Performance, or Service
- Figure 5.3: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Selecting an Audience
- Observation During Expression
- Table 5.1: Possible Products, Performances, and Services That Express Creative Learning
- Table 5.2: Possible Audiences for Creative Expression
- Table 5.3: Possible Sharing Formats
- Unlocking Expression: Observation and Self-Assessment
Chapter 6
- Comparing Creative Work
- Figure 6.1: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students During Illumination
- Figure 6.2: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Verifying Whether Their Work Meets Their Established Goals and Criteria
- Figure 6.3: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Internalizing Creative Mindsets and Practices
- Figure 6.4: Questions to Help Family Members Guide the Conversation as they Explore Creative Portfolios With Their Students
- Figure 6.5: Goal Setting After Reflection
- Figure 6.6: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Re-Engaging With and Refining Their Work
- Figure 6.7: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Students Developing Forgiveness and Empathy
- Figure 6.8: Select and Reflect—Questions to Support Student Reflection
- My Portfolio
- Reflection and Response Self-Assessment
- Unlocking Reflection and Response: Observation and Self-Assessment
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
BOOKS
- Erkens, C., Schimmer, T., & Vagle, N. D. (2017). Essential Assessment: Six Tenets for Bringing Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement to the Classroom. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Porosoff, L., & Weinstein, J. (2018). EMPOWER Your Students: Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience, Grades 6–12. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Reeves, D. (2015). Inspiring Creativity and Innovation in K–12. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- White, K. (2017). Softening the Edges: Assessment Practices that Honor K–12 Teachers and Learners. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Wiliam, D. (2018). Embedded Formative Assessment (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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