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Linear Relations

Strand: Patterns and Relations (Patterns)
Outcomes: 1, 2

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 the 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

Note: Performance-based assessment tasks are under development.

Examples of Group Assessment  

B. One-on-One Assessment

Examples of One on One Assessment  

C. Applied Learning

Provide opportunities for students to use linear relations in a practical situation and notice whether or not the understanding transfers; e.g., have the student predict how many push-ups will be done on the 30th day if 3 push-ups are done on the first day, 4 push-ups on the second day, 5 push-ups on the third day and so on. Does the student:

• communicate the pattern that is shown in the problem?
• predict correctly and justify his or her prediction?
• explain the functional relationship between the number of the day and the number of push-ups done on that days?
• calculate the total number of push-ups done in a given number of days, such as 10 days?
• predict the number of the day on which a given number of push-ups is done?
• apply his or her understanding of patterns to similar problems and explain the thinking?

Related Resources

• Assessment in the Mathematics