A functional behavior assessment is a systematic method of gathering and analyzing information about why an individual engages in specific behaviors which enables the identifying the potential functions, triggers, and abating influences (Mayer, Sulzer-Azaroff, & Wallace, 2014). In conducting a functional behavior assessment an attempt is made to identify which antecedents and consequences can be reliably associated with the occurrence of the behavior. Indirect assessment methods are utilized…
formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the learner (Henson, 2009).” As a teacher it is important to use a variety of assessments to evaluate and ensure that students understand and are learning the content presented in the classroom. In addition to giving traditional assessments such as a quiz, exam or paper, alternatives that will be provided include group assessments, self-assessment, portfolios,…
instructions. Assessments help teachers know if the child is at risk for delays in literacy and learn about what children know and can do. When thinking of assessments, some teachers often use standards as guidelines. “Early childhood teachers often intertwine standards, instruction, and assessment. State literacy standards and assessment practices often help teachers pinpoint instructional decisions for students.” (Schulz, 2009) For example, when planning an instruction or using assessments for…
The Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 (BASC-2), a revision of the original BASC, is a multi-method and multidimensional assessment. In the revision of this assessment there were multiple changes “designed to evaluate various aspects of behavior and personality, including positive adaptive as well as negative clinical dimensions” (Myers et al, 2010). In 2004, AGS Publishing and Pearson Assessments published this psychological test. In hopes of creating an assessment that was useful in…
pieces that can be included in children’s portfolios include: checklists, cutting samples, drawing samples, self-portraits, writing samples, audiotapes, videotapes, logging activities, interviews and parental input (Myers, 2015, p. 3). There is also another types of portfolio assessment that is utilized in early childhood education classrooms known as the three-folio system. This type of assessment has three different portfolios that represent ongoing work, current work and permanently kept…
No student is ever the same, they are all unique and come from different socioeconomic backgrounds (Snook & O’Neill, 2010) with different previous knowledge of literacy learning from their homes or communities (Behrman, 2002). Assessments are done before teaching to enable the teacher to identify the students’ progress within a certain area and where they can challenge them effectively (Ministry of Education, 2003). Without assessing the student, the teacher is unaware of that student’s…
included in the analysis for each assessment. Each test had a protocol for comparing the test answers. The impact post-concussion cognitive scores were compared with preseason results of the evaluation to determine changes in performance. MACE shows the effect of the brain see if the concussion is still there. SCAT2 consists of three primary indexes of a symptom inventory, the SAC, and a modified balance test based on the BESS. The sign is considered as self-evaluation portion of the SCAT2.…
Learners take online or written assessments and the results ascertain their levels they are currently working on, furthermore specific diagnostic test homes in on the gaps in their skills. This method is effective and can give providers and tutors a general scale of ability, however one can argue that the results can also be misleading , for example if a learner has rushed or guessed part the assessment then the results would not be true reflection of the learners ability. BKSB is one of these…
students’ self-assessment I am going to use the European Language Portfolio. The Council of Europe proposed that learners could build up a Portfolio in order to develop plurilingualism and pluriculturalism. Thus, the European Language Portfolio was launched in 2001. The Portfolio is a document in which language learners can record their learning process and cultural experiences. This learning could be either at school or outside, and it allows students’ self-assessment, teacher assessment and…
evaluating the student learning as a whole process. It covers Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE) 2 which is monitor student learning during instruction and Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE) 3 which involves interpretations and use of assessments. These teacher performance expectations are the teacher’s guidelines that needed to follow in order to become an effective education specialist. TPE 2 consists of the following. First, monitor student work during class for adequate progress…