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Running head: LITERARY REVIEW: DOMAIN D

Literary Review: Domain D

Kayla Franklin

National University
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Abstract

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Literary Review: Domain D

This is a literary review for Assessing Prior Knowledge by Eberly Center for Teaching

Excellence & Educational Innovation.

In the article discusses a few options for assessing students prior knowledge and how to use

that to help students learn new materials. Students enter the classroom with unique experiences,

individual ways of processing information and different skills. For a teacher an important part of

teaching new materials is learning how students process information and what skills they possess

prior to teaching them new information. Once prior knowledge and skill is assessed, there is a

range of potential responses, depending upon the type of course, the uniformity of results, and

the availability and type of supplemental materials and alternatives (Eberly Center for Teaching

Excellence & Educational Innovation, 2015). Once we know how students best leanr we can

modify our instruction to help students process the information easily.

Domain D of the Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE) focuses on the importance of

learning about students regarding all aspects of their life inside school and outside. It is important

to learn about the student as a whole. They understand how multiple factors, including gender

and health, can influence students behavior, and understand the connections between students

health and their ability to learn (Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2013). In order to

understand how students will best learn the material you must first learn about the students

interests and motivations.

In the article they highlight 3 different options to assess students prior knowledge. The

first model is Concept Inventories. Concept Inventories are short answer or multiple choice tests

designed to determine student processing and understanding of overall topics. Concept Maps are

another way to see if students can connect theories or ideas. The concept map can disclose how
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strong students abilities to make connections are. The last option is Self-Assessment Probes

which are are indirect methods of assessment that ask students to reflect and comment on their

level of knowledge and skill across a range of items (Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence &

Educational Innovation, 2015). Based on student response the teacher can assess and build with

new information.

Using multiple forms of assessment for student prior knowledge and personal interests will

help the students be more successful. Building on prior knowledge can help ELL students as well

as all students in the classroom. The three options for assessing prior knowledge will be

beneficial as I begin my teaching career.

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References

Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2013). California Teaching Performance Expectations.

CA.

Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation. (2015). Assessing Prior

Knowledge. Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation .