Artifact: Provide sample data from student results for a course within your field. The data can be entirely theoretical and written out in text form.

Create: Examine your sample student performance data. Create an action plan that you would implement in your classroom to personalize teaching and learning.  Provide both a class and individual approach in your plan.

This report below shows assessment question results. It identifies fundamental questions that most students miss at the beginning of the semester. Questions that all students answered were analyzed and when 60% of the students that answered the question got it incorrect, a review on that question was necessary.  It helped me find gaps in their knowledge that were addressed and retaught frequently before the final exam.  I provided targeted feedback as well as repeating the concept in subsequent lessons.  Games and technical exercises were utilized as well that specifically covered the concept to enhance learning.

Post in your blog: The sample data from student results, and your action plan that includes both a class and individual approach.

Answer in your blog: How could the data be referenced to identify the needs of each student?
The majority of students missed the same questions. After taking the assessment, I gave a survey on the topics. All students discussed their confusion in specific areas. This dialogue and test results were used to design lesson options to address those misunderstandings and confusion on specific concepts. Decisions on future instruction required identifying students’ strengths and weaknesses regarding learning objectives and taking this into account in planning. Students have the basics but often times miss the nuances of the software and this was uncovered in looking at the results and surveys.

How could the settings of the LMS be used to create personalized learning paths?
The LMS could be set-up so students can have choices for their learning and can be taught and encouraged to be proactive and an advocate for their own learning. This could entail creating self-assessment tools, blogs, surveys or self-guided quizzes for student access.
How would this data change your teaching plan?
This data helped guide the rest of the semester with the primary modification being changing the pace of the lessons and breaking it into more basic steps. Offering Ed Tech tools and more personalized learning is always a goal as well.