How to Use a Formative Assessment to Find Out What People Are Thinking

As a new teacher I just desperately wanted to know what's going on my students heads and so the first thing I tried was colored cups. Once I trained my students up in using them which took quite a long time I could look around the whole room and say well like who's happy, struggling or need help now. From there I went from there to hinge questions diagnostic questions multiple choice question where each answer demonstrates a misconception. One misconception is likely to be two-piece the most valuable we're talking young pupils here because it's the biggest as a hinge question will allow you to know exactly what your students are thinking. And then if you want the fractal element I think the same thing again