Summative assessment

Performance-based assessment is an assessment which ask students to demonstrate that they have mastered a specific skills or subject. For example, designing experiment, writing essay, work in group to accomplish a specific task, demonstrate proficiency in a technique or topic, use maps, write short stories or poems, be skillful in playing on music instruments…. Performance assessment measure skills and abilities to integrate knowledge and develop plan. The educational benefit of performance…

Assignment: Professional Goals Statement The effective science teaching will help students foster and develop conceptual understandings as science learners for the rest of their life. It emphasizes engaging in and learning about scientific practice [1]. By understanding these perspectives can help educators providing more meaningful science teaching environment. The goal of this professional goal statement is to enhance the science and pedagogical knowledge of professional science teachers to…

Section 4: Differentiating Instruction through Technology When considering the importance of a student-centered classroom an educator must remember that “it is not about what the teacher is doing or what the teacher has done; it’s about what the students are doing and what the students can do in the future”. (Tarte, 2013) Education within school has certainly changed quickly these days. The way an educator once believed that students should be sitting quietly as the teacher stood up in front of…

Parents participating in their National Dialogue project stated assessment reporting fell far below other concerns they prioritized such as lack of funding, discipline, drug use, and overcrowding. The focus on assessment reporting was neglecting other things they felt should be…

During my observation hours teachers used a number of different ways of assessing the understanding of the students from formative to summative assessments. One assessment that I saw work well is think-pair-share. The teacher had the students think about a particular question, then talk about it with their partner, and finally the students shared their answers in a class wide discussion on the question…

facilitating engagement and motivation, and through the strategic use of assessment. Emotional well-being is central to student learning, as it is often found that engagement and motivation hinge on student well-being. Negative emotions act to sabotage the learning process, and it is for this reason that teachers should wholeheartedly attempt to promote safety and well-being within their classrooms. Additionally, assessment is a valuable tool for supporting the learning process, and provides…

begin to emulate them as they mature. I will assess student learning through two different forms of assessments, formative and summative. Formative assessments assess students’ knowledge before or during instruction through activities such as: homework assignments, in-class assignments, quizzes. Summative assessments assess students’ achievement after instruction in the form of cumulative assessments, such as final exams. I will engage students in constructive discussions of one another’s work,…

In the United States, formative, and summative assessments play a large role in the education of today’s students. Summative tests are typically the biggest assessments of the year for students, teachers, and the district. In order to find out more information in regards to formative, and summative assessments, I interviewed Colette Alonge-Watz, a high school chemistry teacher. Colette has been teaching chemistry for 21 years in various schools, and for the past six years has been at Millbrook…

Formative/Summative Assessment Explain and clearly label all forms of formative/summative assessments and describe what is being assessed. The assessment for this lesson will be conducted by teacher observation and teacher created checklist. The teacher created checklist will evaluate if each of the lesson objectives have been met…

how formative assessment may impact on pupil’s progress. In either early mathematics or reading. Support analysis with observations and evidence from school experience. In this study I will critically analyse how formative assessment may have an impact on pupils’ progress in early reading. The first part aims to expound my knowledge and understanding of the perplexing term ‘formative assessment’ and its affinity to other assessment practices, theories and concepts such as ‘Assessment for…