CSAPAnalysis:Excelintheclassroom&usingassessmenttoimprovelearning

Objectives:

ApplyIfThenformulastocalculategradesbasedonarangeofdata
Applysummativeformulastogeneratedescriptivestatisticsforanalysis
Generategraphicalrepresentationsthatbestdescribethesituation
Compileanarrativereportthatincludesgraphicsandanimprovementplan
Workwithformativeassessment(markingcriteriaseebelow)toimprovelearning(yourlearningaboutExcel)

Assignment:
Reviewobjectivesandmarkingcriteria(seebelow)forExcelassignment
WatchlivedemosonhowtowriteExcelformulasandgenerateExcelGraphs(inclass)
WriteformulasandcompletetheExcelworksheets(eachstudentmustcreatetheirownworksheet)
Generategraphs(inExcel)thatdescribetheoverallstrengthsandweaknessesofstudentsbasedontheCSAP
data(eachstudentmustcreatetheirowngraphs)
WriteanarrativethatdescribesyourCSAPanalysis.Rememberthatyournarrativemustexplainyourgraphics
(nographicshouldstandalong).
Writeanarrativethatdescribes23strategiesthatyouwilldotohelptoimproveCSAPresults.
Usetheattachedmarkingcriteria(seebelow)tomarkorassessyourownunderstandingandlearningbased
onthekeyattributesandskills.
CompareExcelworksheetsandAdobe.pdfstoverifyresults(ifdiscrepanciesarefounddeterminewhy).You
mayneedtoprintyourspreadsheet/.pdftodothiscomparison.
CompareyourAdobe.pdfprintouts(reportscontainingbothnarrativeandgraphs).Discussqualityof.pdf
layoutandoverallpresentation.Discussstepstowardimprovementifneeded.
Usewhatyoulearnedworkingwithanotherstudenttoimprovereport.Submitaprintedhardcopyofyour
Adobe.pdfreporttoyourinstructor.
Aftermakingimprovementsreevaluateyourunderstandingusingthemarkingcriteria.Ifyoufindthatyou
continuetomarkyourunderstandasmoderateorlowcontactyourinstructor.

MarkingCriteria(bothselfandgroupmarks)

Skills
Accuracy

KeyAttributes
Formulasaccuratelycalculate
anddisplayallCSAP
performancelevels

UseofShortcuts

UseautofillfeatureinExcel
toexpediteformula
generation

Useofformulastogenerate
summativeinformationfor
analysis.Summative
informationisaccurate.

Graphicimagesareclearand
assisttovisuallydescribethe
overallstrengthsand
weaknessesofthesestudents
(bothwithinandacross
MathematicsandEnglish
disciplines)

Narrativeclearlydescribesthe
studentsstrengths.Narrative
clearlydescribesthestudents
weaknesses.Thenarrative
shouldreferencetheCSAP
dataandyourExcelgraphs.

Narrativedescribeshow
instructorwillworkwith
studentstoimprove
deficienciesidentifiedintheir
analysisofCSAPscores.

UsingMicrosoftWord
generateareportthat
containsyourCSAPnarrative
andyourExcelgraphs.Save
thisfileasanAdobe.pdffile.

Summaryinformation

Graphicsforcommunication

Writeanarrativethatclearly
describesCSAPresults

Writeanimprovementplan
basedontheCSAPresults

GenerateaAdobe.pdffile

Mark
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3Quitehigh
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3Quitehigh
2Moderate
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