Based on the whole class post-test data, write one paragraph analyzing the effectiveness of your instruction and your assessment: Students were required to create a time line and research primary and secondary sources to document their timeline. In the post data the class was successful in collectively constructing a timeline of historic events, and people that they studied in the Age of Discovery. The timeline prevented students from encountering problems, such as obtaining vague pieces of history, which were out of context. According to research, students don’t connect individual events to larger themes when they are provided with just a sequence of events and stories. The post-test data demonstrated that students were able to grasped the Age of Discovery much …show more content…
Based on those characteristics, select one subgroup to analyze. List the subgroup. The common characteristic of the students was to understand the chronology order of historic events and help students place current events in relation to the events that they researched on primary and secondary documents. Students used sources to identify a cause and effect relationship between dates and events, in order to activate their prior knowledge. Students recognized how historic events overlapped in time. These events were important, because it collectively helped them develop a long-range of understanding for history. I believe the way students think about time is learned through culture and different beliefs. Western society is based on certain assumptions about timeline of historical events. The timeline allowed students to create a graphical representation of how they made sense of the past, present and the future. For some students the timeline demonstrated that time proceeded in a line, rather than a circle. Some students saw Age of Exploration, which demonstrated the uniqueness about