Assessment is simply the act of examining anything.
We can assess the mental health of danfo drivers; we can assess how well our leaders listen to the people; we can assess the sincerity of the National Assembly.
Once we’re examining, we’re assessing.
Question: which modes of assessment do you deploy the most, and why?
Formative.. Since l’m in the education sector.And summative of course.
Assessment is integral to the learning process; it facilitates students’ learning, and improves instruction.
Assessment _for_ learning* is on-going assessment that allows teachers to monitor students during every lesson, and modify our teaching based on what the student needs to be successful.
This assessment provides students with the timely, specific feedback which they need in order to make adjustments to their learning.
In addition, it helps the teacher know where to stress further while teaching is going on based on students feedback.
Formative assessment is the one done while teaching is on. Also called assessment for learning. It occurs through out the learning process. With the aim of helping you assess the class level of understanding as regards the topic under discussion. It is interractive.
*Assessment _of_ Learning* a.k.a. ~Summative Assessment~ let’s the teacher, student, and their parents know how well each student has completed the learning tasks and activities.
It provides information about student achievement, and even though it provides useful reporting information, it often has little effect on learning.
So, while *FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT* assists teachers and students to improve learning, *SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT* is information for those not directly involved in daily teaching & learning e.g. School Admins., Parents, School Board, Inspectorate, etc.
All types of assessment are useful for different purposes, and can be used at any level – EYFS, Primary, Secondary, Post-Secondary, etc.
Yes Mrs. A. That’s the focus of this S.E.A.T.
We all need to be on the same page concerning what assessment is, its uses and purposes, and then we dive deep into the items proper.
The 3rd, *Assessment _as_ Learning*, develops and supports students’ metacognition skills. This form of assessment is crucial in helping students become lifelong learners.
As students engage in peer- and self-assessment, they learn to make sense of information, relate it to prior knowledge, and use it for new learning.
Students develop a sense of ownership and efficacy when they use the feedback got to make adjustments, improvements, and changes to what they understand.
Finally, we have *DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT* which is a show-what-you-know format. It helps educators in the planning and preparation of effective interventions or next steps.
Well designed tests are important for assessing students’ understanding of content, and their level of competence in applying what they are learning.
In setting/constructing/designing test items, we need to run the whole gamut of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
These items will assist educators in composing questions on different levels of thinking – from the lower to the higher levels of cognition.
The items will also ensure that the tests are valid indicators of achievement.
Recently, that has been tweaked.
I’ll take each one with example questions.
•Which is true or false?
•What was the main idea?
•Can you describe the similarities…?
•Do you know another instance where…?
•Could this have happened in…?
•What factors would you change if…?
•Would this information be useful if you had a…?
•If … happened, how might the ending have been different?
•What was the underlying theme of…?
•What are some of the problems of…?
•When was the turning point?
•Is there a better solution to…?
•How would you have handled…?
•How would you feel if…?
•Compose a 2-verse 8-line rhyming couplet on Friendship.
•How many ways can you…?
•Can you devise new and unusual uses for …?
Thanks a million for the lesson of inestimable value.
1. Tests must cover subject content for the assessment period.
2. Learning objectives must match test items.
3. Ideally, each item, or section should have the attainable score visible.
There’s a plethora of Summative Assessment activities which we can employ to make learning and even assessment productive, exciting, and engaging.
Now, on a final note, I’d like to speak freely from one practitioner to another.
Remove the log in your own eye, and even when you can see clearly, ignore the speck in another’s.
Teachers only grow when we collaborate, humble ourselves and learn.
I’ve had to cringe sometime when reading some grammatical structure online.
Teachers, educators, co-labourers in the vineyard, when we know better, we do better!!!
On this note, I’d like to bow out.
The next 13 minutes will be for any pertinent question.
What does your school policy say? As a teacher, you follow school policy.
How have your questions helped anyone?
How have they bettered your craft? Your career?
You have a sphere of influence in your classroom; shine there.
You’re a teacher! Teach! Teach when you play; teach when you talk; teach when you write!!!
Your name…why have you spelt it wrongly?
I am a teacher; I am a psychologist; I am a learner!
You have knowledge – use it!
You have higher order thinking skills – hone them!
Don’t just sit and complain!
No you haven’t, but you’re falling into that trap of complaining.
I don’t know you, but I love you because you’re a teacher.
Let’s go! Together we win!
Ade Fakoya is a certified Primary and Early Years practitioner with 17+ years of post-qualification experience. A current Year 6 teacher, and Deputy Head Academics in a private primary school, she is also a teachers’ trainer of in methodology, practice, and content development/enrichment using technology.
She build curriculum content, and processes for schools using her comprehensive knowledge of educational/developmental psychology philosophies, use of MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and the iTB (Interactive Trace Board).
She communicates (orally & in writing) fluently in English and Yoruba languages.
Her education background includes a B.Sc. in Psychology, a PGD in Education, and participation in various continuing-education seminars, conferences, workshops, and e-learning platforms.
In addition, she has trained companies in Team Building/Cohesion, Business Communication, Customer Service Delivery & Interaction.
This is a great forum that can help to introduce sanity in the teaching profession. A passionate teacher is one who imparts knowledge for the love and passion he or she has for teaching not just because of money. We need to get this information to the ears of everyone who is in the profession so that we can maintain the model of the profession.