My opinion of assessment has changed because having to learn and research about different types of assessment open my eyes to a different opinion. Reading the lecture for the week, reading Mueller’s website, learning about authentic assessment versus traditional assessment, learning about standardized test in general and in our state, and reading about different opinions of people involved in the process has contributed for my reflection. To be clear in what I want to express about assessment, I see the benefits of authentic tests and I am all for it. In my classroom, children will enjoy play time while they are learning at the same time.
First, how Mueller defines Authentic Assessment? As it stated “Authentic Assessment is a form of assessment …show more content…
It is very imperative that as educator, we learn about the child as the whole child. Morrison (2012) presents this idea with the indication that we should “make the assessment process an opportunity to learn more than just a child’s acquisition of a narrow set of skills”. We should pay attention to the child’s different domains of development. Beaty (2014) teaches us through her book how to observe, record and interpret children in six major domains of development. The six major domains she mentions are “emotional, social, physical, cognitive, language, and creative”. Each of these domains is divided into specific areas that are “self-esteem; emotional competence; social competence; physical development; cognitive development; spoken language; emergent writing and reading skills; art, music and dance skills; and dramatic play skills” (p.ix). The assessment should be an ongoing process; children should be assessed through multiple methods. The sentence in our lecture from Unit 5 called my attention and I couldn’t agree with this sentence more: “It is imperative then, that teachers provide a variety of opportunities for students to demonstrate their achievement”. It can be through
First, how Mueller defines Authentic Assessment? As it stated “Authentic Assessment is a form of assessment …show more content…
It is very imperative that as educator, we learn about the child as the whole child. Morrison (2012) presents this idea with the indication that we should “make the assessment process an opportunity to learn more than just a child’s acquisition of a narrow set of skills”. We should pay attention to the child’s different domains of development. Beaty (2014) teaches us through her book how to observe, record and interpret children in six major domains of development. The six major domains she mentions are “emotional, social, physical, cognitive, language, and creative”. Each of these domains is divided into specific areas that are “self-esteem; emotional competence; social competence; physical development; cognitive development; spoken language; emergent writing and reading skills; art, music and dance skills; and dramatic play skills” (p.ix). The assessment should be an ongoing process; children should be assessed through multiple methods. The sentence in our lecture from Unit 5 called my attention and I couldn’t agree with this sentence more: “It is imperative then, that teachers provide a variety of opportunities for students to demonstrate their achievement”. It can be through