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Measurement

Strand: Shape and Space (Measurement)
Outcomes: 2, 3, 4, 5

Step 4: Assess Student Learning

Guiding Questions

• Look back at what you determined as acceptable evidence in Step 2.
• What are the most appropriate methods and activities for assessing student learning?
• How will I align my assessment strategies with my teaching strategies?

Sample Assessment Tasks

In addition to ongoing assessment throughout the lessons, consider the following sample activities to evaluate students' learning at key milestones. Suggestions are given for assessing all students as a class or in groups, individual students in need of further evaluation and individual or groups of students in a variety of contexts.

A. Whole Class/Group Assessment

Examples of Whole Class/Group Assessment  

B. One-on-One Assessment

Examples of One on One Assessment  

C. Applied Learning

Provide opportunities for the students to use their understanding of measurement in a practical situation and notice whether or not their understanding transfers. For example, the challenges to measure and order the students or the teachers by height for the school photographer may be a chance for students to apply their learning. Other challenges, such as "Who has the lightest running shoe and what kind is it?" may be given to encourage students to use their measurement skills for scientific investigations. Include discussion of why a person would want to have the lightest running shoe possible. Also encourage the students to indicate measurements that they are interested in making.

Related Resources

• Assessment in the Mathematics