Assess Chapt 2

Chapter 2 deals with mastery, and how do we really know if our students understand what we are teaching them. We think the best example of this is the spelling example. A student may be able to spell all 10 words they were told to learn correctly, but that doesn’t mean they have mastered spelling. If they write papers and many words are spelled incorrectly then all the student has done is memorized a few chosen words. There are 3 different definitions of mastery, but the best and easiest one to use is the six facets, explanation, interpretation, application, perspective, empathy and self-knowledge. Using these 6 facets you can see in depth what your students know. This chapter also talks about deciding what is important to master. Do decide this there are many different people and items that you can consult from colleagues to curriculum's.
This chapter will help us in the classroom because we now know ways to see if our students are understanding what we am teaching them, and with the 6 facets we can see if they are picking up the important points that we are making in my lessons. With the facets we will know if some students are missing a piece which we will need to reiterate for them.