Tic Tac Toe to Formatively Assess Students

During our October institute days, we discussed the impact formative assessments have on student learning. This week at TPACK Tuesday, we will discuss a formative assessment strategy that can provide students immediate feedback on concepts and key terms covered in any content area. We call it Tic Tac Tell.

First open up a Google Document and create a tic tac toe board with three columns and three rows. Enter key terms and concepts from a unit of study into each of the boxes. Tell students they need to create one to three sentences demonstrating their understanding of the key terms and concepts in the grid. The only requirement is that the terms/concepts selected must make a tic tac toe. This is a great way to have students make connections between key terms and concepts covered in any unit of study.

Now lets integrate a little technology to give students immediate feedback on their responses. Have students anonymously enter their sentences into the quick question open response option in Socrative. As a class you can provide feedback to students by discussing each of the responses. Since students entered their responses anonymously no one will feel singled out. To spice things up a little more, you can use the voting option in Socrative to determine the best response in class. If you need help with Socrative, check out the Socrative tutorial on the Ed Tech Website.

We hope to see you in the collaboration room this Tuesday!