Online Formative Assessments – Kim Kutz Elliot and Leah Marquez | The OC for Social Studies

OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies | Track Talk: Assessing historical thinking

Online Formative Assessments as a Teaching Tool in Social Studies

How can we assess social studies thinking skills, in particular when we are teaching students at a distance? Khan Academy’s strategy is to create formative assessments that are learning experiences for students. Well-formulated questions that use distractors and accompanying rationales can help dispel misconceptions about the content and reinforce important terms and skills. Teachers can then learn if their students are mastering both the historical content and using the appropriate historical thinking skills.

About Kim
Kim Kutz Elliott earned her Ph.D. in History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and taught US history at the college level before moving into the edtech space. She has worked for Khan Academy for five years, creating videos and lessons on US history and US government and politics.

About Leah
After teaching 11th grade US History and AP US History for two years, Leah started as a Government and Politics fellow at Khan Academy. She’s been at Khan Academy for three years after making the transition to Humanities Content Creator. She works primarily on crafting formative assessments for AP social studies courses.
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OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies
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