Analysis+of+Informal+Assessment+EMTI


 * ANALYSIS MATRIX FOR INFORMAL ASSESSMENT**


 * MSU Student Name: Emily Timm**
 * Name of Unit: Economics and Culture**


 * Lesson Objectives:**
 * 1. Supply and Demand and how they influence each other**


 * 2.**


 * 3.**


 * **Question** || ** Percent of Students whose answers closely matched Objective 1 ** || ** Percent of Students whose answers closely matched Objective 2 ** || ** Percent of Students whose answers closely matched Objective ** **3** || **Patterns or Themes noted in students’ answers.** ||
 * **1. What is the main idea of today’s lesson?** || 96% ||  ||   || **-Supply and Demand****-The less people demand something, the price of the product will drop****-The more people demand something, the price of the product will rise** ||
 * || ** Percent of Students who gave significant information ****. ** ||  ||   || **Examples of some answers** ||
 * **2.** **What are two important things learned?** || 81% ||  ||   || **-If demand is high, producers will raise price to make more profit****-If demand is low, producers will lower their prices** ||
 * || ** Percent of students who identified unit ** ||  ||   || **Examples of answers that showed connection between lesson and unit.** ||
 * ** 3. What is the unit we are studying? **** What is the unit we are studying? ** || 81% ||  ||   || **-Economics and Culture****-Producers and consumers and how they are related to supply and demand****-It helped me understand supply and demand****-It helped me understand buying and selling****-It helped me understand producing and consuming** ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || **List themes of student answers** ||
 * **4. Things Student teacher did to help you learn?** ||  ||   ||   || **-made graphs****-explained how supply and demand affect each other****-They helped me understand it by repeating it several times****-They put us into groups to discuss it with each other** ||


 * Reflection**

This assessment gave Alex and I a good look at what our students were actually learning, and if they were retaining the information. I was surprised by how many students actually understood the concept of supply and demand because it is such a difficult topic to teach and understand. I think using this type of assessment would be helpful if used the next day so students have a day to let it fully sink in and it is not fresh in their minds so they can just regurgitate the same words we said to them. It would also teach the students to store the information in their long term memory instead of their short term memory to forget once they left the classroom.

We had really positive results on our informal assessment. Many of our students knew what the lesson was about and could explain the concepts in their own words. I think we could present our objectives and outcomes more specifically so the students know exactly what to look for in the lesson. I think another way to help students understand Supply and Demand is to provide more visuals for visual learners. Handouts with graphs and pictures could be used and help students when referencing back while studying. I also think it would be beneficial to write the specific objectives and learning outcomes on the board so they students know what they will be learning before class starts to prepare themselves.