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by Susan M. Brookhart
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This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of the information contained in How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom, an ASCD book written by Susan M. Brookhart and published in September 2010.
You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book, or as you engage with each chapter. The study questions provided are not meant to cover all aspects of the book, but, rather, to address specific ideas that might provoke reflection about advancing formative assessment in a classroom, a group of classrooms, or a school.
Most of the questions contained in this study guide are ones you can think about on your own, but you might consider pairing with a colleague or forming a study group with others who have read (or are reading) How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom.
If you have found this book to be helpful and wish to continue to develop your own skills in assessing higher-order thinking, you may want to work with a colleague or study group to use various assessments in your classroom and reflect on the results. Colleagues or study groups can consider cases of assessments and student work that teachers bring to the group for discussion. To analyze assessments you have tried in your classroom, at least the following should be presented for each case:
The colleague or group, after hearing the teacher's presentation and reviewing the case materials, should answer these questions:
How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom was written by Susan M. Brookhart. This 160-page, 7" x 9" book (Stock #109111; ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-1048-9) is available from ASCD for $18.95 (ASCD member) or $24.95 (nonmember). Copyright © 2010 by ASCD. To order a copy, call ASCD at 1-800-933-2723 (in Virginia 1-703-578-9600) and press 2 for the Service Center. Or buy the book from ASCD's Online Store.
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