All of us have worked with assessments in our classes last year, this year, even when we were younger as well. But now as we, future teachers, are going through the process of these different classes and assessments that come up, we begin to learn more about what we are comfortable working with and also what we can use for different types of assessments. Whether they are formative or summative, it's always good to see the progress of the students when it comes to the knowledge of any subject that is taught in school. I know for me, I always hated getting tests and quizzes. I can say that I dreaded it. But now that I am going to be a future teacher,, that testing really allows me to see the thinking of the students and also how they are adapting to everything that they are being taught to. Also another thing to consider is how they are able to apply it to their learning in schools and all in the subjects that are in school as well. I'm able to see it at my observation school and my mentor teacher does a nice way to assessing the assessments as well. Very structured and has a nice way of working things out.
My question is how do you plan on using assessment to help formulate the student's thinking? Like the way your mentor teacher does it, or with what the article says? (the article by Victoria Gillis and Ann Van Wig)
What are some of the different ways that you've seen assessments been implemented that make you want to use them in your class too?
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ReplyDeleteHi Linda!
ReplyDeleteMy mentor teacher relies heavily on tests as his way to summatively assess his students. While this is good to understand the basics of what the students know, I think there are better ways to assess students knowledge. I think incorporating projects is an alternative that has the ability to uncover some of the creative sides of students. When I have my own classroom, I definitely plan in utilizing projects as part of my assessments. I'd use tests as more of a formative assessment. However, there are times when tests are more appropriate than projects. For instance, in math it can be difficult to create a project that tests the students ability to multiply. It's easier to just give them a multiplication test and call it a day. Therefore, I think there needs to be a balance in the types of assessments given to the students.
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My mentor teacher is amazing at formative assessment. I do not even know even how she does it. She can gage the student's thinking so effectively. She is a big fan of "silent thumbs up to the heart" and assessing their turned in work. I like the idea of silent thumbs up and exit slips. I think having students think about their own thinking is very important.
ReplyDeleteI have seen alot of the same ways to assess students. Projects, tests, papers, etc. I really want to implement the students making their own math tests for their assessments with an answer key. Students would have to follow the direction of what types of problems they need to have and how many of each. I think this would be totally different for students. They get to show me that they understand what each problem is and then how to solve each type of problem.
ReplyDeleteIn my placement my mentor teacher does both formative and summative assessments simply depending on the lesson.
ReplyDeleteFor example for math students are assessed through test and at the end of each workbook lesson.
I feel that I mostly use formative assessment in the form of asking questions and gauging students responses as a whole. I would also like to have worksheets that help lay out for me where the students are at mentally throughout the course of the lesson.
ReplyDeleteHey Linda!
ReplyDeleteI honestly feel that assessments have really been changing throughout time and at least from the schools I went to. We are using formative assessments a lot more, as well as giving students more options when it comes to summative assessments. I think as teachers this is a little bit more challenging, however it is a very rewarding kind of challenging. It'll be great to see what your students come up with when you give them a variety of assessments to choose from and let them choose what works best for them!