Lesson Plan Assessment Review

http://www.mathmediator.net/php/freepdf/Lesson%208.pdf <-- lesson
http://www.mathmediator.net/php/freepdf/Lesson%209.pdf <-- practice
This lesson plan is a composed mainly of practice problems on functions and equations. Students will work on the problems presented in the second link the day after learning the material in the first link. Math is a very simple subject for understanding results of assessment; more often than not, the instructor can determine how students got to an answer and thus where they went wrong in their procedure. Moreover, asking students to show their work makes this even easier. By collecting and reviewing the students' work, the teacher can determine which areas need work for students and adjust the lesson accordingly.

http://mypages.iit.edu/~smile/ph9604.html
This lesson was mostly a lab, which I imagine is a student's favorite type of assessment. Students get to fully experience the content and get an intuitive understanding of the material. As with the case of all labs, completion is the main source of assessment, but teachers will be able to see how students are doing during the lab and about how well students understand the lab by remembering what they tested and asking them how the unit responded (in this case, how did number of coils affect electromagnetism)

Assessment Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_assessment
http://ace.schoolnet.org.za/cd/images/Core1A/assessment_cycle.jpg
http://www.learningandteaching.info/teaching/assess_form.htm

The preceding three links help in understanding the methods and purpose of assessment. Although fairly straight-forward, the links give examples of different assessments that can be used and also display how assessment is not simply a tabulation of achievement, but also an indication of how students are progressing and how to better suit their needs.