Using Assessment in Instruction
What is component 3D?
Assessment is not just taking a test at the end of a chapter, but rather a teacher actively monitoring student understanding and providing students with feedback based on this. When a teacher is checking student understanding throughout the lesson, they will be able to pace appropriately, clear up misconceptions, and challenge understanding. When there is a written assessment or assignment, the teacher should be providing timely and helpful feedback to students. Teachers should also be teaching students skills that allow them to self-assess their work and understanding.
Why do you need it?
Active assessment allows the teacher to cater the lesson to the students' needs in order to optimize learning. When assessing students during a lesson, the teacher may realize that the pace needs to slow down, or they may even need to go back and review prior matter. When teachers provide students with feedback from assessment, they are able to increase in understanding and learn how to improve. It is also important that students know how to assess their own work, so that they are able to know if they need to study more or put in more effort. With both teachers and students assessing student understanding, lessons will be able to engaging and meaningful.
What are the elements?
Assessment criteria: Students should have a general idea of what the assessment will look like and how they should be preparing. A teacher might even elect to have students help in developing criteria for an assessments.
Monitoring of student learning: A skilled teacher will be able to find methods that accurately and efficiently portray student understanding. This takes careful planning, and be incorporated in lessons. There are many different ways a teacher can assess understanding, and assessment should be varied.
Feedback to students: Students should be gaining feedback in order to understand how they are performing and how they can improve. This feedback needs to be timely to make it meaningful, and should be positive and geared towards growth.
Student self-assessment and monitoring of progress: Students should be acquire learning skills, and being able to reflect on their understanding is an important part of this. They should be learning how to check their work against the criteria and how they can improve.
In the classroom:
*For a project, a teacher could sit down and walk through grades with each student. The student could say what grade they believe they deserve, and the teacher could agree or show why they think differently.
*Students are writing an essay, and the teacher provides them with the grading rubric. This allows students to know what the teacher is looking for, and gives them an idea of how they can show competency in their response.
*A couple days after taking a test, tests should be returned to students. The teacher should also take the time to review answers and trouble spots with the students. The teacher can also encourage students to approach them with any questions or concerns not covered in the test review.
What is component 3D?
Assessment is not just taking a test at the end of a chapter, but rather a teacher actively monitoring student understanding and providing students with feedback based on this. When a teacher is checking student understanding throughout the lesson, they will be able to pace appropriately, clear up misconceptions, and challenge understanding. When there is a written assessment or assignment, the teacher should be providing timely and helpful feedback to students. Teachers should also be teaching students skills that allow them to self-assess their work and understanding.
Why do you need it?
Active assessment allows the teacher to cater the lesson to the students' needs in order to optimize learning. When assessing students during a lesson, the teacher may realize that the pace needs to slow down, or they may even need to go back and review prior matter. When teachers provide students with feedback from assessment, they are able to increase in understanding and learn how to improve. It is also important that students know how to assess their own work, so that they are able to know if they need to study more or put in more effort. With both teachers and students assessing student understanding, lessons will be able to engaging and meaningful.
What are the elements?
Assessment criteria: Students should have a general idea of what the assessment will look like and how they should be preparing. A teacher might even elect to have students help in developing criteria for an assessments.
Monitoring of student learning: A skilled teacher will be able to find methods that accurately and efficiently portray student understanding. This takes careful planning, and be incorporated in lessons. There are many different ways a teacher can assess understanding, and assessment should be varied.
Feedback to students: Students should be gaining feedback in order to understand how they are performing and how they can improve. This feedback needs to be timely to make it meaningful, and should be positive and geared towards growth.
Student self-assessment and monitoring of progress: Students should be acquire learning skills, and being able to reflect on their understanding is an important part of this. They should be learning how to check their work against the criteria and how they can improve.
In the classroom:
*For a project, a teacher could sit down and walk through grades with each student. The student could say what grade they believe they deserve, and the teacher could agree or show why they think differently.
*Students are writing an essay, and the teacher provides them with the grading rubric. This allows students to know what the teacher is looking for, and gives them an idea of how they can show competency in their response.
*A couple days after taking a test, tests should be returned to students. The teacher should also take the time to review answers and trouble spots with the students. The teacher can also encourage students to approach them with any questions or concerns not covered in the test review.
Resources:
Exam. (2006). [image] Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306 [Accessed 07 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 07 Nov. 2017].
Exam. (2006). [image] Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306 [Accessed 07 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 07 Nov. 2017].