Formative assessment

Formative Assessment Using Technology in the Math Classroom Monique Chatman University of St. Thomas Research Professor: Sonia Vasan, Ph. D. September, 2012 Chapter 1 Introduction Today’s school system is in transition. Some of the changes are due to economic pressures and a need for graduates who can function in society as good citizens (Franklin & Peat, 2002). The demand for students to perform well on standardized tests is another reason for the shift. Technology has been used in…

Assessment is an essential part of teaching and learning. Assessment informs me how I teach, and how I should design or change the curriculum to meet with the students’ needs to support their learning. Assessment is also useful for me to provide the students meaningful feedbacks on their learning progress so that they know where they are and what they should do to develop their learning. Assessment can be formative and summative (Griffin, 2014). In my previous placement, I had the opportunities…

“The logic of these ongoing assessments systems, or what is called formative assessment systems, is that they provide teachers with ongoing information regarding their students that can help teachers diagnose specific areas of need and thus teachers can modify instruction” (Goldring, 2009, pg. 77). As a current teacher, I use formative assessments in my physical education class and health classroom routinely. The data I gather from using these assessments helps me understand what areas of…

My assessment is a formative assessment, to see how well the students have picked up on the ideas that the ending sound of a word (rime) is the base for creating rhyming words. Since this is the first lesson on onset, rime, and rhyming words giving them a formative assessment would be difficult especially since it is the end of the day, and they may not be entirely focused on their work. I choose to do such an assessment because it allows for immediate feedback from the teacher to the student,…

Assessment is an important aspect of instruction and should be performed frequently. Not all children are the same, and we need to evaluate them in order to help them and teach them. The term of Assessment, different from the term of evaluation means to gather information. Formative assessments and summative assessments will create a documented history of a child’s performance. Assessing academic, physical, and social behaviors of each child will provide the teacher with knowledge regarding…

Finley’s article describes the difference between assessment methods with a focus on alternative formative assessments. Alternative formative assessments are defined as an assessment that “is not a traditional quiz” (Finley, 2014, p. 1). Finley defines observations as the key practice for alternative formative assessment. Observations, such as a running records or checklists, can help teachers identify learning needs and adjust their instruction appropriately. Finley suggests that by “watching…

Friday9/25 Formal Formative Assessment #3 Formative Assessment #3 – 3 days into this unit Time: 20 minutes (/discuss) Present point of view/ 1 hour - individual evaluation (Occurs after assigning the writing task and students have developed a tentative thesis statement) At the this point, students will draft a statement addressing the “biggest concern” they have about writing this particular paper. Allow students to discuss in small groups while teacher circulates to assess what is needed to…

into teachers’ beliefs of formative assessment. General results from the interview showed that all of 4 teachers have positive attitude towards formative assessment. They strongly agree that formative assessment have positive effect on teaching and learning process. For example, teacher A said that: I strongly believe that using formative assessment is good for my teaching as well as my students’ learning. Teacher B also stressed that: In my opinion, formative assessment can benefit both…

Formative Assessment Analysis My host classroom, is second grade classroom in a private school; my host classroom has a total of 23 students; 11 boys and 13 girls. On November 10, 2015 I performed a formative assessments to the classroom. After carefully reeving the formative available assessments, and thinking back on my school experience. And also considering the way I learn which is through hands-on experiences. I used the formative assessment probes pushes and pulls. This probe is the one…

This form of assessment provides information and feedback upon which decisions and adaptations can be made and provides students with directions for future learning. Research has shown, (Petty, 2004) that this feedback while you learn has more effect on student achievement than any other factor. It gives students an intrinsic motivation to learn rather than extrinsic, therefore doing something or learning something because they want to not because they have been told they have to. Generally the…