As a data-driven teacher leader, I have taken to using student performance data to ensure a generalized improved performance. My strategies include collecting data on all student assessments from the beginning of the academic year. Each assessment is separated according to the subject and various student performance in different subjects are recorded. From the information obtained, I have been able to identify different areas which influence student performance…
Excerpt B Defined Excerpt B is an example of a mixed method study. Initially, data is collected to determine effectiveness of a method of teaching via achievement. To verify the data, qualitative data is collected in the form of a survey. The feedback provided by students, via the survey, will validate the data collected quantitatively. Excerpt B, as copied from the EDF 500 weekly assignment is as follows: Excerpt B - An experienced high school teacher wants to switch from the traditional…
Portfolio based assessments is an alternative to standardized testing that would focus on the students growth overtime. This is accomplished by looking at as the name suggest, the portfolio of each student and realizing how each student progressed through time. What are portfolios? The article by Priscilla D. Huffman, “''Look What I Did!'' Why Portfolio-Based Assessment Works”, discuss this exact question. According to Huffman, "Portfolios are collections or samplings of information relating to…
I am writing in regards to the proposed assessor educational changes. I feel that I am qualified to comment because I have current graduate level formal eduction experience to base my opinions and may have more experience with the MMAO program than anyone else. I am currently completing my master degree in management and have twice been a candidate in the MMAO program. Unfortunately, I have not successfully passed the MMAO class. However, my failure to pass the MMAO program does not mean I…
Throughout the course of the counseling relationship between the counselor and client, counselors will continuously use assessments in order to provide effective counseling to their client. Counselor uses assessments for a variety of reasons, such as to properly diagnose, measure the degree the problem or issue is affecting the client and to monitor any and all progress the client has made. It is important for the practicing counselor to continually monitor their client during the counseling…
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Domain 3D, Using Assessment in Instruction, gauges how the students are doing in the class. “Teachers gather what the student did not understand from evaluating “wrong” answers.” There are four components to Domain 3D: “assessment criteria, monitoring of student learning, feedback to students, and student self-assessment and monitoring of progress.” Assessment criteria refers to the way teachers create evaluations, and what types of examinations they create (refer to Domain 1F). Monitoring…
# and name of the Assessment? The chapter number is seventeen, and the name of the assessment is Personal Assessment of Communication Apprehension. 2. What was the purpose of the Assessment? The assessment purpose is to help identify personal anxiety levels about communicating with people in a variety of settings, so that I may be aware of potential areas of fear; which will help me be prepared to respond in more effective ways. 3. What was your score/result on the Assessment and What does it…
7. The quality of involvement and contribution (e.g. applying higher order critical evaluation and problem solving skills). 8. The fair share of the work (team working together to achieve the objective). List seven (7) ways in which Portfolio Assessments contribute to instruction. List seven (7) ways in which Rubrics help teachers. The contributions of portfolios to learning are numerous, such as: 1. Showing performance based on direct evidence of the quality of student usual work. 2.…
For the TAP Area of Refinement, I have spent more time reading through Arizona’s Early Learning Standards and how they are interrelated with Teaching Strategies Gold. According to the TAP rubric, exemplary implementation of TCK includes displaying “extensive content knowledge of all of the subjects she or he teachers” (ASU, n.d.). As…