Early case assessment

Word Analysis Assessments Language and word analysis assessments are important tools that educators use to help identify deficits of English language skills in ELL students. Once ELL students have been identified these assessments can be used to help determine the student’s skill level, so that they can be placed appropriately in the school. These same kinds of assessments should be readministered periodically to track the students’ language proficiency growth. Because every student comes from…

except their school hours. Playing games every time or watching TV all the time definitely diminish the knowledge of school children. So end of the day their brain have full of TV shows and Games names instead of knowledge for their future job. In this case, exams are essential in order to regulate school students and make them concentrate on studies at home. Exams also create competition among the individuals, which push them to acquire more knowledge. It also pushes the competitors to give…

Intelligence, according to British psychologist Charles Spearman, is general cognitive ability that could be measured and numerically expressed. There has been a presentable amount of research done to prove the relationship between one’s intelligence and how it affects their workplace achievements as well as academic achievements. Similarly, students’ achievements in their classrooms are also thought to be in direct relation to their intelligence. So, what of students who face various learning…

Educational improvements recently demonstrated that students should be taught concepts rather than subjects (Posner, Strike, Hewson & Gertzog, 1982). Concept learning necessitates knowing the prerequisite knowledge of the learners and developing new strategies with respect to different perceptions of those learners (Akdeniz, Bektaş & Yiğit, 2000). Similarly, Ausubel (1968) stated that existing conceptual knowledge in a target area can make the most significant impact on the conceptual learning…

Teaching and Assessment Strategies Manning and Bucher (2012) describe ‘withitness’ as a descriptor indicating that a teacher is aware of what is occurring within his/her classroom at all times and is able to multitask with competence and confidence (p. 270). In all types of teaching it is important to possess ‘withitness,’ however, it is especially important when utilizing individualized instruction (p. 167). Individualized instruction allows teachers to provide students with personal attention…

is important to run a smooth and effective classroom. I will use goals and assessments to create meaningful curriculum when teaching young children. I know about and use observation, documentation and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches to collect data. I understand and practice responsible assessment to promote possible outcomes for each and every child in my classroom. I know the importance of using assessment partnership with families and professional colleagues to build…

After critically reflecting on the following unit plan and the additional material that was developed for a school in western Sydney I was able to identify a number of issues with its development and the final product. The Stage 5 year 9 unit “self and relationships” had a number of areas that when reviewed were found to be lacking in the depth required for an effective unit outline that would promote students to meet the set outcomes of the unit. In order for students to get the most out of the…

distraction problem but has found no reason for further recommendation for assessments. She also acknowledges that the student has reached the grade level benchmark according to the Reading First program (administered by the New york City Department of Education). What should be made mentioned is the recommendations of “Thomas G., Thomas A. and Lawson C. in the 2005 article “Strategies for Managing Attention Problems; suggesting that early intervention is the key. Minimize noise and…

Although I had heard about career assessments, I never had the opportunity to take one myself. Therefore, I took great joy in experiencing these activities for the first time. Different career assessments such as the MYERS BRIGGS, True Colors, Values Game, Eureka as well as Strength Quest revealed unique qualities that I often times overlook in my persona. These different assessments contributed to a deeper understanding of my skills and personality. In what follows, I discuss my reactions to…

Introduction Assessment is the topic of domain four. It is significance that teachers should include an assessment criteria in their lesson plans. It is so because it reflects a real picture about students’ understanding and, in addition to that, it gives the teachers an authentic result which measures their teaching methods aptitudes inside classrooms. Thus, I am inquisitively wondering: what is assessment? Why is it important? How to do assessment? I find that assessment is defined by…