Which of the following describes an informal assessment that a teacher might use to best check individual students' understanding of a lesson or unit in progress?
a. The teacher has students work in groups of three to solve a problem they have not seen before and asks them to keep careful record of their reasoning.
b. The teacher has students work in groups of four to solve a problem and has one representative of each group come to the board to write out the group's solution.
c. The teacher asks each student to write two sentences that answer a question on a topic the teacher puts on the board midway through the class.
d. The teacher facilitates a brief whole-class discussion, eliciting questions from students about a topic.
Answer: c. The teacher asks each student to write two sentences that answer a question on a topic the teacher puts on the board midway through the class.
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