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• initial assessment
• The Initial assessment
• This assessment is arguably the most important one which I as a teacher am likely to action. Simply put if I as a teacher get this wrong then it will skew the whole process, and potentially render the entire exercise worthless.
• The factors which I need to consider are:
• The Current Level of Prior Knowledge (PK) or Prior Qualification (PQ).
• What is the student’s motivation for attending this course?
• Age, as this impacts on how people learn.
• What potential they have to achieve.
• What is the individual’s personal investment in the subject?
Is it? o Financial- Emotional- Emotional- Physical. Are there any learning barriers, or learning difficulties? o General health / physical limitations.
• Social – economic background Religion- Language- ICT access- Finance
• What are the student’s expectations?
• Once I have addressed all of these factors I should now be in a reasonable position to teach the class, or individual.
• formative assessment
• Formative assessment is the process in which the assessment takes place during the actual learning sequence itself. In this instance it is used to gauge and continually monitor the learning progress towards the chosen objective.
• It is especially useful for giving continual feedback to both learners and their teachers, so that the learners are aware of their performance, and indeed those areas which they need to attend to are improved.
• In this is probably the best
The purpose of the formative assessment is to monitor and guide the learner through a process while it is still in progress rather than assessing the learner when the project is complete. The formative
In my point of view feedback is an essential tool for learners’ progress. If the student is not assessing their work then they are not learning and given feedback are vital to ensure best practice is maintained and the learners are achieving to their full potential.
The term ‘formative assessment’ is used to describe the activities and processes used by teachers and learners to gather information that informs future teaching and learning. Assessment becomes formative if the information gathered is used as feedback to adapt and modify teaching and learning (Black and Wiliam, 1998, p.2). There are a variety of different methods and techniques that can be used by teachers and learners that can contribute to enhancing learner progress. These include
Formative assessment, or assessment for learning as it is often called, is the assessment that
A formative assessment provides informal feedback and information during the teaching process. This assessment measures student progress and performance thus allowing further improvement and development. It can also assess the teacher’s progress as an instructor, enabling the teacher to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching methods.
Through the identification of these assessment methods, I will analyse their purpose and the role that they play in my learner’s development; and how these are used to identify learner progress and confirm their knowledge and understanding. I will explore theories and principals of assessment, covering formative and
Assessments are the process of evaluating an individual’s learning. They involve generating and collecting evidence of a learner’s attainment of knowledge and skills and judging that evidence against defined standards. Formative Assessments (quizzes and practical tests) are used to
Secondly, during the basic skills assessment I test the learners’ Literacy and Numeracy skills and feedback goes hand in hand with this assessment because this is where I tell them about their potential as well as their weaknesses and how I can cater for their needs. The effectiveness of this form of assessment is also affected by the applicant’s state of mind at the time. A lot of them may fairly be intimidated by the whole process of assessment this is where positive feedback comes in, to raise the learner’s self esteem.
Giving children regular feedback help them understand what they need to work on. Also, the self assessment process helps children recognise difficulties and focus on what
Initial assessment can be described as set of procedures we go through to determine what previous experience, skills and abilities a learner has. The process may include skills scan screening for numeracy, literacy and language as well as learning styles and skills abilities, and recognise any prior R.P.L .The results of initial assessment should form individual learning plans so that training and support are delivered that will meet the needs of each learner .Formative assessment is the on-going assessment made in order to adapt to learners needs and respond to learning. Formative assessment helps you keep record of learner’s progress and
Formative Assessment- The formative assessment is the annotated passage reading assigned on the first day. If students read and took notes, answering the five w’s of who, what, where, why, when they will receive the full ten points. The other formative assessment will be the participation and note sheet handed in at the end of day four regarding Aaron Huey’s photos. If students took notes, wrote their opinion and joined in class discussion at least once they will receive the full ten points.
The first thing to learn about formative assessment from the video "Unpacking Formative Assessment" is that it is a complex process, consisting of five major strategies, such as fixing and adjusting learning intentions, questioning, providing regular feedback, activating self, and activating peers. Another major learning form the video related to the formative assessment process is the importance of setting individual goals for students as they tend to think in different directions. Another important thing that I learned is that the majorities of teachers tend to spend their time designing methods and strategies of formative assessment and do not take into consideration the fact the formative assessment is not the most important aspect of learning
Students want and need work that enables them to demonstrate and improve their sense of themselves as competent and successful human beings. This is the drive toward mastery. But success, while highly valued in our society, can be more or less motivational. People who are highly creative, for example, actually experience failure far more often than success. Biehler (p. 225) claims that studies show that when CAI used in conjunction with a teacher's lessons, is particularly beneficial for low-achieving and young students.