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April Dailey
MED/560March 17, 2013
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5 Connections between Globalization and education
#1 ChallengeView of teaching as a Profession
Informal Assessments
The main types of informal assessments include
teacher observations, teacher questions, and student
reflections.
The majority of assessments used in classrooms are
informal.
Assessents occur in an ongoing, continuous manner.
Teacher Observations
Teacher Observations: watching and/or listening to students as they perform an activity, or judging a product they have produced.
• purpose is to record and describe student behavior as it naturally occurs
• can provide information with respect to:the quality of student performancesthe processes and procedures students use to
complete assignmentsthe processes and procedures teachers use in
providing instruction
Teacher Questions
Teacher Questions: informal, unplanned,
spontaneous oral inquiries posed by teachers to
students.
• useful as a means of monitoring student
understanding during instruction
• both lower- and higher-order questions can be
posed
• can also be used as a form of student self-
reflection
Student Reflections
Student Reflections: brief narratives or self-reports
written by students concerning the subject matter
being studied.• variations of journals or learning logs• completed periodically throughout a unit• may consist of summaries of material,
questions raised during class, characteristics of a project, etc.
• provide opportunities for teacher and students to discuss comments and questions
Validity and Reliability of Informal Assessments
Validity• can be adversely affected by prejudging or anticipating
student behaviors• inappropriate indicators of student characteristics are
sometimes selected
Reliability• affected by lack of adequate sampling of behaviors• inferences drawn in one setting may not extend to others
Advantages and Limitations of Informal Assessments
Advantages• are efficient and adaptable• can be built into flow of lesson (no interruption)• can be used to monitor instruction and learning
Limitations• observations are limited only to those behaviors
that occur naturally• teachers observe only a fraction of student
behaviors• many informal observations go undocumented
and, therefore, are likely forgotten
Formative Assessments…….
are assessments FOR learning that measure a few things
frequently.
Formative AssessmentA A formative assessmentformative assessment, like a physical examination, , like a physical examination,
can provide both the “doctor” and the “patient” with can provide both the “doctor” and the “patient” with timely information regarding the patient’s well-being timely information regarding the patient’s well-being and can help with a prescription for an ailing person and can help with a prescription for an ailing person or assist a healthy person to become even stronger.or assist a healthy person to become even stronger.
Formative Assessments
Common formative assessments represent the most effective strategies for determining whether the guaranteed curriculum is being taught…….. and more importantly, learned !!!!
What happens when you move to formative assessment too quickly?
SOME FINAL THOUGHTSFormative Assessment:Formative Assessment:
Refers to what happens on a daily basis in the classroom
Provides teachers with information about specific next instructional steps for students:
Assessment Drives Instruction.Assessment Drives Instruction.
Students know where they are at instructionally and where they need to go
On-going assessment provides continual feedback that helps students progress over time