Group Work Tests
Grade 12 Physics
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Group Work Test (February 27, 2015)
Content: The grade 12 unit test on motion beginning with a group work component
Group Work Tests Description and Samples
Pedagogy: testing higher-order thinking skills, context rich problems, authentic forms of assessment
Details: During the first fifteen minutes of a test, students work in their regular three-person groups. They are given a version of the test question with all the important quantities necessary for calculations removed. Within their groups they discuss the problem and talk through a general plan for its solution. After the discussion phase, students work individually on the full test question which presents the same problem with the important numbers included. The students work through a detailed problem solving process as they prepare their solution.
A major goal of our physics program is helping students develop expert-like problem solving skills. We believe this testing process more closely models how experts work in academia and industry.
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Group Work Final Exam (June 16, 2015)
Content: The grade 12 final exam with a group work component.
Pedagogy: testing higher-order thinking skills, context rich problems, authentic forms of assessment
Details: This is the second time we have run a group work final exam. In this video I run the exam with the help of two non-physics teachers who have been given a few minute of instruction.