Classroom Assessment Essay

Knowledge Throughout this practicum experience I gained many insights into classroom management, organization and instructional strategies. I would like to begin with classroom management, my facilitating teacher utilized the clip system and reward ticket system in her classroom. While the clip system is an excellent system in theory the success of it can be determined by how the teacher utilizes it. While in the field I found the clip system to be more of a threat to be leveraged against…

A. Room set-up Criterion 1: “Democratic schools value collaboration and cooperation rather than competition”. (Pugach, 2009, p. 309) Discussion: Mrs. C does not meet this criterion since, although the desks in her classroom are arranged into pairs, some students sit alone. While every other student is sitting down next to a classmate they can interact and collaborate with, there are three students who sit by themselves. One student is not separated completely from the rest, but he does not have…

Assessment: Assessment for this lesson would come from informal observation of students during the group work and a whole class discussion, from assessment of their individual work (worksheets), and from assessment of their homework. Classroom Management: Try to interact with all students. Walk around the classroom and assist students who need additional help. Remind students to stay on task. Use encouragements…

Mica Auguste Mr. Alvarez Intro to education, Period 5 19 October 2017 Case study #5 In a classroom environment, there are many different interruptions and distractions. These distractions can range from people in the classroom to the problems that occur out side of the classroom but are brought inside of the classroom environment. Most of the class time is used defusing situations and giving the class instructions instead of the class actually being taught new information. In this case study…

day with my LP and the majority of the time spent together was in the classroom setting. The six things I observed about my LP include her physical presence, relationships with others, activities and interests, modes of thinking and learning, strengths and assets, and vulnerabilities. To begin, I observed my LP’s physical presence. I noticed that she is very much an extrovert and loves attention. Throughout my time in the classroom, I noticed she enjoys when the spotlight is on her, whether it…

order to improve and become successful in the classroom. In this paper, I plan to analyze the many aspects of my participation and explain how it has affected my me throughout the first half of this semester. By analyzing my personality and explaining my participation during Political Science, I will reflect on some achievable solutions for my weaknesses that will help improve my personality and participation in the classroom. When you walk into the classroom you must be fully prepared. All…

learners, or learn best by reading and writing the information. The VARK Learning assessment was an interesting tool that informed me of the exact type of learner I am. This assessment placed me into the kinesthetic learner group. This explains many issues I had in the past with finding myself drifting off in class while the teacher would be in the middle of a lecture. Also, the information I received from this assessment gave me a multitude of techniques for effectively studying. Now that I…

After the initial student interest and reading survey the Pre-Professional Teacher administered all assessments in the library, as the classroom was too distracting during centers. The first assessment that the Pre-Professional Teacher administered was the Sight Word Assessment. This assessment assesses the student ability to recognize words that are used frequently in reading and writing. These words are used often so it is necessary…

to help me prepare and better understand my students. Our classrooms today are very diverse with students of different nationalities, religions, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds. To be at my best, I need as much information I can get from my students. Being able to observe a student that comes from a different culture, socio-economic background, and geographic region, as well as seeing how that student interacts in other classrooms and with peers, will better prepare me as an educator.…

Assessment So, the last couple of weeks have been eye opening. Being in a classroom has allowed me fully understand what teaching is going to be like. This last week the students took a district test, this test was created by teachers throughout Albany County. My practicum teacher was not involved in making this quarters test, she was responsible for quarter twos test. During one of the math sections the class as a whole went through the test that they took. My practicum teacher stated she…