Reading Reflection 9

        1.     Description of a method of understanding prior-knowledge of students.

To get a better understanding of the students' prior knowledge is to create an activity that will require to expose what they already have knowledge of.  This “establishing anchors” activity should be able to be easily monitored by the teacher to get a sense of where the students are and what actions will need to be taken to meet the learning goals.

       2.     Discussion on the importance of establishing anchors for a project.

Establishing anchors is important when conducting a project because it allows the teacher to determine where the students stand with background knowledge.  Then use that background knowledge to develop a plan to be appropriate for the students to reach a certain goal.

       3.     Description of several ways to assess what students learned during the project.

To assess what a student has learned throughout their project is by having the students visually display, or present their work to a panel of judges. The students could do a presentation to a “judge panel” is at the end of their project it may help motivation.  This is a fun, real-world setting to defend their work and explain their research and what they have learned which is a great learning experience for students. .

     4.     Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

This chapter relates to our project because we need to choose a method to assess the students' work. It would be fun to have a coach, fitness enthusiast or a dietitian on the judge panel. This would give them the ability to a connect their project with the real world.