Create Formative Assessments with an AI Chatbot
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI Chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to create formative assessments for your classroom. Simply replace each bracket with the information for each prompt.
Assessment Ideas Prompt
You are an expert educator, skilled at creating well-developed assessments that thoroughly evaluate your students’ skills and learning. Your task is to generate a list of [NUMBER] formative assessment ideas related to [INSERT TOPIC] for my [GRADE LEVEL AND SUBJECT] students.
Example Prompt
You are an expert educator, skilled at creating well-developed assessments that thoroughly evaluate your students’ skills and learning. Your task is to generate a list of 10 formative assessment ideas related to still life drawing for my 11th grade visual arts students.
Additional Prompting Strategies
Ask the chatbot to align your formative assessments with specific learning objectives and/or your summative assessments.
Differentiate your formative assessments by asking the chatbot to give you 5 assessment ideas using a variety of modalities (e.g., exit tickets, quick quizzes, graphic organizers, etc.)
Have the chatbot tailor your assessment ideas to the needs of your students - ask for more challenging ideas for advanced students, or ask how you can accommodate students with specific learning needs.
Enlist the help of the chatbot to provide strategies for preparing your students, particularly in response to a specific assessment. For example you could type, “What are some lessons/activities that could best prepare my students for example assessment 3?”
