Chapter 4. Learning Objectives and Assessments
In this chapter, we list possible learning objectives chapter by chapter for Make: Geometry, Make: Trigonometry, and Make: Calculus. For objectives to make sense, there needs to be some means of assessing student progress against those objectives. Assessing hands-on learning requires thinking a little differently than we do when creating traditional math tests.
Assessment of Hands-on Learning
Many maker education books are focused on student learning of the technologies involved per se (electronics, coding, and so on) or of soft skills, like persistence or empathy. Although that is all well and good, there is no reason not to also teach traditional school subjects such as math through maker projects. ...
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