As teachers, we write engaging lessons and labs. We implement
interest approaches and problem solving methods, while including guest speakers
and video clips. However, how do we know if all this matters? How do we
know if it is worth all the phone calls, emails, digital searches and sharing?
To know how, we must realize that everything must be purposeful to help
students grow their knowledge. To ensure
growth is occurring we assess.
From this week’s reading, I have learned that assessment is
not just about writing multiple choice questions, creating unit projects and counting
participation points. Below I have shared how we can assess students beyond the
summative assessments that provide students a grade on an exam, project or
course activities.
Formative Assessment:
Formative assessment is
not a part of the grading process, but a part of the instructional
process. It is when students receive
input and guided feedback on their relative performance to help them improve or
increase their thinking.
Check out this awesome infographic I found on formative assessment!
Since my school is not one to one, I am trying to implement this form of assessment
through non-digital sharing. I plan to create exit tickets, moments of pair and
share, and implement color cues or thumbs up and down to show understanding.
Self-Assessment:
Self-assessment is the ability to be a realistic judge of
one’s own performance.
Self-assessment can be a powerful tool to give students
ownership of their own progress. To me this means that the students are able to
reflect and have growth mindset. I plan to implement this form of assessment
through questioning. By asking questions, it sparks higher level of thinking.
Here are a few questions I had in mind to do so:
Creating- What should I do next?
Evaluating- How well did I do?
Analyzing- Where could I use this again?
Understanding- What was important about it?
Remembering- What did I do?
Peer-Assessment:
Peer-assessment allows instructors to share the evaluation
of assignments with their students
I strongly believe in creating a classroom environment where
students feel comfortable giving and receiving constructive criticism from
their peers. I want my classroom to be an environment of respect where my
students constantly work to build each other up. I also believe that this would
allow opportunity for the stronger students to help coach the weaker students.
Overall, I look forward to implementing during my student
teaching experience.
Reference:
Assessing Student Learning. (September 20, 2017). Retrieved
October 08, 2017, from
https://www.cte.cornell.edu/teaching-ideas/assessing-student-learning/index.html
