Whenever we have an important event, we tend to put on paper everything that we must do for the activity to be a success. Be it the formal presentation of a project, a thesis dissertation, a surprise party, a family event… everything that represents something important in our life, has our complete dedication until we achieve the goal: for it to be excellent. How not do the same with the scholar life of our students?

On the way to creating an excellent assessment, one of the steps is create a practical checklist that will summarize the big ideas that emerge with the proper evidence. In order to approach the critical thinking that Understanding by Design proposed, several steps needs to be done. Let’s start with the checklist and see where it takes us!

“The Final Cut!” intends to introduced students to films in which behaviors and performances will be presented while they learn to watch it from a different perspective. It also relies on the ongoing exposure of the students to the model behaviors presented in the films to organize and process the previous discussion of readings, so they can retrieve the new perspectives and apply them. 

So, grab another popcorn and enjoy with me this formative assessment ride!