Using a digital flip camera: a useful assessment tool in mathematics lessons

Ann Downton

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73748-5_5

Using a digital flip camera: a useful assessment tool in mathematics lessons

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Abstract

This paper describes how two early career teachers in Australia used digital Flip cameras as an assessment tool as part of their regular mathematics lessons to improve their assessment practices. Both teachers taught Grade 1/2 and identified formative assessment in mathematics as a challenge as they had trouble collecting data that captured students’ thinking and reasoning during a mathematics lesson. The purpose of this study was to identify the ways in which early career teachers utilized technology as a tool to enhance their formative assessment practices within a mathematics lesson. The findings suggest that the use of Flip cameras enabled the teachers to capture authentic assessment data and improve their documentation and analysis of the students’ learning, and better cater to the students’ learning needs when planning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Classroom Assessment in Mathematics
Subtitle of host publication	Perspectives from Around the Globe
Editors	Denise R. Thompson, Megan Burton, Annalisa Cusi, David Wright
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	5
Pages	63-76
Number of pages	14
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319737485
ISBN (Print)	9783319737478
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73748-5_5
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Formative assessment
Digital flip camera
Primary school mathematics
Teachers’ use of technology

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10.1007/978-3-319-73748-5_5

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Using a digital flip camera: a useful assessment tool in mathematics lessons. / Downton, Ann.
Classroom Assessment in Mathematics: Perspectives from Around the Globe. ed. / Denise R. Thompson; Megan Burton; Annalisa Cusi; David Wright. 1st. ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 2018. p. 63-76.

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