The Before and After formative assessment is a valuable tool for student redirection as well as reflection.
Before and After asks students to tell about a misconceptions that they had going into the lesson and then correct it by writing what they now know.
With having students identify these misconceptions, they are demonstrating (at the very least) active listening skills. When we have them go a step further and counteract that misconception, learning starts to take place as students begin correctly bringing concepts together.
The most important part of using Before and After though is sharing them. In my experience, if one student has a misconception, chances are that others have jumped to that incorrect conclusion as well, so I like to use them as exit tickets. Then, I read them and select a couple to share with the class the next day (without sharing student names). This opens up a discussion and allows me to further clarify any concepts.
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