Summative assessment

Assessment is an informative way to gather information about student learning and provide information for further teaching toward future assessment items. “Assessment can be interpreted as two major categories for conceptions of learning: learning as attaining objectives and learning as constructing knowledge.” (Clarke & Pittaway, 2014, p. 311) The three various assignments My Story, Your Story; Persuasive writing to raise public awareness; Area of Study The American Dream all fit into the…

monitored? Student achievement of the CLO was monitored through the use of multiple types of formative and summative assessments. Pre-assessments were used as a way of finding out how much my students knew about the unit we were teaching when they were first being introduced to a new unit or topic. The pre-assessment was made up of varied levels of questions that would be used on a summative assessment at the end of unit. This was helpful because it allowed me to monitor how much progress was…

pre-assumptions, interpretations. • take proper account of the context of reflection. Since RP in Dental and Orofacial Pain Education in Chile are non-existent, I will propose a similar reflective program for both curriculums (Fig. 7), but they will differ in assessment and final tool as it has been acknowledge that UG and PG perceived this variables different (Mann). Figure 7: Reflective Practice curriculum proposal for Dental Undergraduate and Orofacial Pain Postgraduate Programs The idea of…

lets me know as the teacher that the students have come prepared and can start the seminar right away. If a student does not have a ticket prior to entering the class, they will not be able to participate in the discussion. Formative (informal) assessment- After 30 minutes give or take, the students will complete a foldable about the seminar so far. The…

aspects of both summative and formative evaluations. Summative evaluations alone do not lead to the improvement of instructional practices of teachers. Following this type of protocol in teacher evaluation can also cause negative feelings and lack of participation by teachers. It is important that the teacher evaluation process fosters trust and open communication between teachers and evaluators (Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon, 2014). Although utilizing both formative and summative…

Throughout this course, I have learned many strategies and methods for student observation and assessment. I have also learned about responding to intervention in necessary situations. The textbooks, lessons, activities, and discussions have all helped me to build upon my prior content knowledge. I intend to use all that I have learned in this course throughout my future teaching career. I plan to use assessments frequently in my future classroom. The course material and the textbook stress…

There are numerous ways assessment can be classified, constructed, performed and reported. It is of the opinion that the type of assessment will be diagnostic, summative or formative being conducted in either a formal or informal manner. The way in which the assessment will be performed can also be further divided into norm-responsive testing or criterion response testing. Diagnostic assessment is regularly used at the beginning of a new unit of study. It is also generic and In relation to…

Assessments help teachers determine what instructional approaches would be best for certain students, what the students may already know about a certain topic, and what topics may need to be reintroduced. It also provides educators with data to discover students’ success in certain skill sets as well. Some examples of assessment are: placement, formative, diagnostic, summative, and performance assessment. Test is a more specific form of assessment based off of a set of questions…

In my kindergarten classroom, we use a variety of diagnostic assessments. Diagnostics assessments are used to help us determine areas that need clarification, and help us plan future lessons. At the beginning of the year the students were assessed to determine their prior knowledge on math and reading content. Using these results we were given information on our students prior knowledge, which helps us plan instruction that is appropriate for our students. We are currently assessing students…

The TEPS affords both teacher and administrator the ability to reflect on the evidence and justify the summative evaluation of the teacher. The high level of interaction between the teacher and administrator develops a collegial relationship, if the focus is placed on growth over compliance of teacher (Glickman, Gordon, & Ross-Gordon, 2013). The development…