Teach Like a Champion Technique 18 - Check for Understanding Part 1 

Technique 18 is about effectively checking for understanding. This technique teaches us how to gather data constantly and act on the data quickly. We should be seeking constant opportunities to assess what our students can do while we’re teaching and using that knowledge to inform what you do and how you do it.
It is easy to look at what happens in our classrooms through a descriptive lens; however, seeing students answers as data allows us to look at their responses neutrally, through an analytical framework, to assess answers, without allowing our own narrative of why they are correct or incorrect to cloud our judgement of what is happening.
Part 1 is about Gathering Data.