Amanda Warfield

Wilkes University

EDIM510

• Students take 4 OE questions

• Students are scored on 3 OE questions

• OE questions are scored on 0 - 4 scale

• OE questions account for 17% of

a student’s total PSSA score

Information: Pennsylvania Department of Education

• Show or explain all your work.

• Show all your work. Explain why

you did each step.

• Explain why…

• Describe how…

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Information: Pennsylvania Department of Education

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• Sometimes students need guidance

• Model how you would tackle the

problem

• Give the students tips and

strategies

• Give the students a template to follow

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• Allow students to work together

• Students can communicate about the problem

• Students can learn from each other

• Students feel less threatened and

more willing to try

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• Have students post their solution to

a class blog or discussion board

• Increase motivation to do well

• Much harder to type math “work”

• Requires a thorough explanation

• Fun way to engage students

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• Have the students create an audio

recording of their solution

• Have the students post it to

a class website or wiki

• Increase motivation to do well

• Requires a thorough explanation

• Another fun way to engage students

Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Pennsylvania state assessments 2012

[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/

server.pt/community/pennsylvania_

system_of_school_assessment

_(pssa)/8757/resource_materials/507610