Alex Trabek, I am not.

Every week, I get to enter an SAT prep class to teach a lesson about college searching, financial aid, career orientation, etc.  While it is awesome to get into the class and teach, sometimes I don't know how effective my interventions are.  Here comes the data and assessment!  I have used surveys to measure the students' perceived comfort on various topics.  We've had open conversations about what other topics they want to cover.  They presented college profiles to their classmates to show their own understanding while teaching and exposing each other to new college options.  Today, I wanted to make the assessment process a little more fun.

I created a simple "Jeopardy"-style game to bolster some friendly competition amongst the students.  Though I didn't capture specific data on the topics addressed within the game, the students' excitement, answers, and engagement told me that they have developed an understanding for the topics we've covered.  (whoa, that was a wordy sentence...)  Regardless, I thought this was a cool way to measure their understanding of key concepts regarding college and financial aid.  Though this group focuses specifically on college-going/access, I can imagine using a Jeopardy-style lesson to measure understanding regarding bullying, financial aid, high school requirements, etc in the future.

What to test your knowledge about the SAT, financial aid, and college seeking (and a hint of Mr. H trivia)?  Follow the link here.