3-2-1
Assessment
Chances
are you have heard or done something similar to this instructional strategy in
the past. 3-2-1 Assessment is a strategy
where students take inventory of their own learning by sorting out what they
know from what they have yet to master.
It can be used quickly to assess student understanding any time new
information has been presented or a review of information is being presented.
In
3-2-1 Assessment, students will need to have either 3 index cards, 3 post-it
notes, or in a modified version, a sheet of notebook paper with three separate
columns. On the index cards or paper,
the students will need to write the following:
3. THREE things that they have learned and feel
comfortable remembering.
2. TWO things that are not yet quite understood
about content material
1. ONE question still outstanding about content
material
*NOTE
– These can certainly be changed to match specific needs.
When
finished, students can either attach the slips of paper to the bulletin board,
a poster, or a piece of chart paper that has been divided into three columns
for each part of the strategy. The
teacher can then review the notes to build a representation of a class’s
understanding of the content material. The
results can either serve as a starting point to the next lesson, help extend a
classroom discussion, redirect a planned course of instruction, or alert a
teacher to a topic that requires re-teaching.
- This could be beneficial for math teachers looking to find parts of
problem solving that students are having difficulty with.
- All teachers could use this prior to the review for an exam.
- Science teachers could use this with an experiment so students can ask
why something happened.
- Social Studies teachers could use this to check for students
understanding of relationships between events and time periods
- English teachers could use this strategy following the reading of a
short story and checking for symbolism in a poem
- This strategy could be used during watching a film in class.
