Assessment Materials 

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Why Assess or Evaluate?

from The Impact of Classroom Evaluation Practices on Students, by T.J. Crook.

...guides their judgement of what is important to learn, affects their motivation and self-perceptions of competence...structures their approaches to and timing of personal study...consolidates learning, and affects the development of enduring learning strategies and skills.

• Students ability to retain and apply varied contexts and ways the material is learned.
• The development of students' learning skills and styles.
• Students' continuing motivation, both in particular subjects and more generally.
• Students' self-perceptions, such as their perceptions of their self-efficacy as learners.

Notebook includes completion of debriefing questions and team report cards after each activity.  All of the write-ups will be presented in a notebook at the end of the year.  The notebook will also include any ohter materials that the students find appropriate, as well as various work samples for other parts of this class.
Social Development includes: attitude, cooperation with teacher and students, leadership abilities, and following directions.

90-100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
less than 59% = retake