Resource Logs 22-26

I have found a few different websites that have quality information about using assessment in a constructivist classroom.

Resource 22: THE INTERNET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY

Neimeyer, R. A., & Levitt, H. (2004, February 15). Constructivist Assessment. In The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Constuct Psycology. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.pcp-net.org/encyclopaedia/assess.html

Resource 23: Assessment in a Constructivist Classroom

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. (1993). Assessment in a Constructivist Classroom. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from Learning Point Associates Web site: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/ areas/issues/methods/assment/as7const.htm

Resource 24: Evaluation of COnstructivist Learning

University of Saskatchewan College of Education. (1995). Evaluation of Constructivist Learning. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/ c802papers/Skaalideval.html

Resource 25: Constructivism and the five E's

Miami Museum of Science. (2001). Constructivism and the Five E's. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpintro5e.html

Resource 26: GUIDELINES AND CHECKLIST FOR CONSTRUCTIVIST EVALUATION

Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2001, November). Guidlines and Checklist for COnstructivist Evaluation. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from Western Michigan University Web site: http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/checklists/constructivisteval.htm#2

Resource Log 21

Learning Styles

This webpage has a chart that gives good examples of how people with different learning styles comprehend information. When I looked at the date on this webpage information I was shocked. I feel the chart is still applicable today and so I posted it here. .

Rose, C. (1987). Learning Styles. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Accelerated Learning Web site: http://www.chaminade.org/INSPIRE/learnstl.htm

Resource Log 20

Classroom Democracy


I came across and intriguing article about a social studies teacher using democracy as part of the classroom environment. It wasn't her just teaching democracy she was enabling her class to use a democratic process in the classroom. Her student had made their own classroom bill of rights and students rights in the class. It is very interesting. The students are giving choice which is very important especially to teenagers.

Shaw, L. (2003, March 13). Democratic Classroom [Teaching Social Studies]. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Learning Central database: http://www.learningcentral.org/plp/nec/plpportfolios.nsf/ WorkSlidesByFolder/86256D0D0059A21487256E7A00738FAD?OpenDocument

Resource Log 19

This is an interesting article about the history of democracy and how it applies to teaching. This is part of developing a learning community. This is one of the chapters discussed in the wiki book.


Pryor, C. R. (2004, Winter). Creating a Democratic Classroom: Three Themes for Citizen Teacher Reflection. In Reference Publications. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Kappa Delta Pi Record Web site: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4 009 /is_200401 /ai_n9395744.

Resource Log 18

Assessment Resources for Teachers!!!

This website has links to all different authentic assessment resources. There are rubrics, performance assessments, and links on how to help teachers create better forms of assessment to judge students learning.


Vandervelde, J. (2008, October 25). Online Assessment Resources for Teachers. In Authentic Assessment. Retrieved February 18, 2009, from University of Wisconsin-Stout Web site: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assess.shtml

Resource Log 17

Authentic Assessment

There are many ways to judge or grade the performance of students in class. This article shows the difference between tradition assessment methods and using authentic assessments. An example of traditional assessment would be selecting a response. An example of using authentic assessment would be performing a task.


Mueller, J. (2008). What is Authentic Assessment. In Authentic Assessment Toolbox. Retrieved February 18, 2009, from http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.htm

Resource Log 16

The Council for Exceptional Children's take on Authentic Learning!

This is another article about authentic learning. It gives another good description of what this types of learning is. It also gives teachers ideas on how they can change there lessons to make a better learning environment. It doesn't really apply technology but I sure most creative teachers could come up with some ways to incorporate it anyway.


Council for Exceptional Children. (2007). Authentic Learning. Retrieved February 18, 2009, from http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Experiential_Learning&Template=/TaggedPage/ TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=24&ContentID=4697