The article that I read had to do a lot with creating assessments and how they work with the students and the teacher. Quizzes should be given throughout a lesson so a teacher can see how students are doing with the material that is being taught. If the teacher just gives a test, then the students do not have any practice, besides work from the class, about what is being taught. Also, quizzes should be planned and unplanned throughout the lesson. Students should know about quizzes and be prepared for them, but they should also not know about them, so the students should always be keeping up with the material. Tests, on the other hand, should always be planned and the students should have plenty of time for questions and practice of the material. Both tests and quizzes should be made up of all different types of problems: open-ended questions, word problems, and basic problems. The article I read focused on the open-ended questions and how those types of questions allow students to think critically. For example, if you went into a store and bought $17.57 worth of groceries, and you gave the cashier a $20.00 bill. How many different ways can the cashier give you your change? This is considered an open-ended question because there is not just one correct answer. Students will be able to come up with many different answers for the statement to come true.
Leatham, K.R, Lawrence, K., Mewborn, D. (2005). Getting started with open-ended assessment. Teaching children mathematics. 11 (8), 413-419.
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