Instructional+Materials+and+Assessments

__Connections Handout__: Please click this live link for the Connections handout to be distributed during this instruction. Please click this live link for the Connections handout checklist to be used as an evaluation tool for mastery of learning. The reasons for utilizing an alternative, performance-based assessment are the following:
 * students must apply their knowledge vs. rote memorization
 * students self-evaluate through peer interactions
 * students feel assessment as an appropriate reflection of what they are learning

__Post-instruction Assessmen__t Please click this live link for the post instructional assessment. This assessment is constructed to test mastery of the intellectual skills set out in the terminal instructional goal. There are ten questions, all criterion-referenced test items. Some of the questions are multiple choice, while others are open-ended. Mastery is based on correctly answering the questions.

This assessment is based on a combination of goal-centered criteria, learner-centered criteria, and context-centered criteria.

Please click this link for teacher/librarian created webquest to initiate further transfer of skills in the classroom. The key code for this LiveBinder is nicole10.