Field Study 5: Learning Episode 1. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Field Study 5: Learning Episode 1. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Field Study 5: Learning Episode 1. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Field Study 5
Learning Episode 1. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING,
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING and
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING:
HOW ARE THEY PRACTICED?
My Performance Criteria
My Learning Essentials
Teacher does not lose anything if as he/ she teaches he/she checks for
understanding now and then, This is to ensure that before he/she proceeds further
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or comes near the end of the chapter, unit or course or grading period, the students
understood the lesson.
It will be tragic and a waste of time if teacher just proceeds with his/her
teaching presuming that students understood the lesson only to discover at the end
of the unit or grading period that students after all did not understand the lesson.
So much time has already been wasted.
Formative assessment also includes the pretest and the posttest that a
teacher gives to ensure learning.
Why the prestest? It is to find out where the students are or determine their
entry knowledge or skills so teacher knows how to adjust instruction.
Why the posttest? It is to find out if the intended learning outcome has been
attained after the teaching-learning process. If not all students have attained it,
then teacher has to apply an intervention or remediation. Why do these have to
take place? To ensure learning, thus the term Assessment FOR Learning.
As students assess their own work (e.g. a paragraph) and/or with their
peers with the use of scoring rubrics, they learn on their own what a good
paragraph is. At the same time, they are engaged in self-assessment, they learn
about themselves as learners (e.g. paragraph writers) and become aware of how
they learn. In short, in assessment AS learning, students set their targets, actively
monitor and evaluate their own learning in relation to their set target. As a
consequence, they become self-directed or independent learners.
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My Map
I will work my way through these steps:
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My Learning Activities
Write observed teacher Write observed teacher Write observed teacher activities
activities that manifest and student activities that that manifest assessment OF
assessment For learning. manifest assessment AS learning. (Assessment at the end
(Assessment while teacher learning. (Self- of teaching).
teaches. Conduct of prestest assessment)
and posttest are included).
My Learning Activities
OBSERVATION SHEET #1.2
Write observed teacher Write observed teacher and Write observed teacher
activities that manifest student activities that activities that manifest
assessment For learning. manifest assessment AS assessment OF learning.
(Assessment while teacher learning. (Self-assessment) (Assessment at the end of
teaches. Conduct of prestest teaching).
and posttest are included).
My Analysis
My Reflections
Personal assessment is helpful for students for they can maintain or have
the idea of what they have to and want to learn.
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My Learning Portfolio
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Assessment Of Learning
Assist teachers to use Assessment For Learning
evidence of the student
learning to assess students' Students are encourgared to
achievement against be more active in their
learning goals and learning and associated
standards. assessment.
Assessment As Learning
It is a use of a task or an activity to allow
students the oppurtunity to use assessment
to further their own learning.
2. Research on:
Learning Episode 2:
GUIDING PRINCIPLES in the ASSESSMENT of LEARNING
My Performance Criteria
I will be rated along the following: .
a. quality of my observations and documentation,
b. completeness and depth of my analysis,
c. depth and clarity of my classroom observation -based
reflections,
d. completeness, organization, clarity of my portfolio and
e. time of submission of my portfolio
My Learning Essentials
The following are the principles that should guide you in the
conduct of assessment.
My Map
Group 1- Language/Science/Math
My Learning Activities
My Learning Activities
1. Make use of the varied tools for Which assessment tools did Resource
assessment data-gathering and multiple Teacher use?
sources of assessment data. It is not
pedagogically sound to rely on just one Simple Recall Type: Before introducing
source of data gathered by only one new subject matter he gave a recitation
assessment tool. Consider multiple to his class for him to assess them if they
intelligences and learning styles. still remember the topic.
2. Learners must be given feedback Give examples of comments of teacher
about their performance. Feedback must on students’ work/answer.
be specific. “Good work!” is a positive
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My Learning Activities
1. Make use of the varied tools for Which assessment tools did Resource
assessment data-gathering and multiple Teacher use?
sources of assessment data. It is not
pedagogically sound to rely on just one Observation Assessment: As the
source of data gathered by only one students make their drawings the
assessment tool. Consider multiple teacher watches them on how they
intelligences and learning styles. work.
Performance based: After the
teacher discussed their lessons, she
let the students draw orthographic
objects.
2. Learners must be given feedback Give examples of comments of teacher
about their performance. Feedback must on students’ work/answer.
be specific. “Good work!” is a positive
feedback and is welcome but actually is
not a very good feedback since it is not
specific. A more specific better feedback “Very good!” were often seen at the
is “You observed rules on subject-verb feedback by the teacher.
agreement and variety of sentences.
Three of your commas were misplaced”.
My Analysis
The most observed principle was learners must be given feedback about their
performance. Feedback must be specific. “Good work!” is a positive feedback and
welcoming but actually it is not specific. A more specific and a better feedback is
“You observed rules on subject verb agreement and variety of sentences. Three
of your commas were misplaced”. For the students are motivated after seeing
good comments on their works.
Emphasize on the assessment of higher order thinking was the principle that was
least observed.
My Reflections
We assess what we value and value what we assess. What should I do to make
assessment worthwhile?
To make assessment worthwhile, teachers must consider as well the means of how
they are going to assess their students. Teachers have their own opinion or way of how
they assess students, and the result of the assessment.
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My Learning Portfolio
The task is to make the students have a realization of the values they can acquire
behind the lessons discussed. The goal is to implant students learning.
2. Here is an intended learning outcome: “the student must be able to apply the basic
assessment principles in the teaching-learning process.” Assess the attainment of that
objective learning outcome by way of 2 multiple choice test items.
Thomas and Thorne (2009) suggest a multi-step process for teaching and learning
concepts, which includes:
1) Name the critical (main) features of the concept.
2) Name some additional features of the concept.
3) Compare the new to the already known.
4) Name some false features of the concept.
Learning Episode 3:
There are different assessment methods, assessment tools and assessment tasks
to assess several domains of learning - cognitive, affective and psychomotor.
No single assessment method /tool/task can assess all forms of learning. With
Gardner’s learner’s multiple intelligences, learning when assessed can be demonstrated in
nine (9) different ways and therefore can be assessed in nine (9) different ways, too.
Teacher, therefore, should make use of varied assessment tools and tasks. In fact, one
principle of assessment is to make use of varied methods and tools.
In this Episode, you will see which methods, tools and tasks are used for learners
with varied multiple intelligences and in different domains of learning.
My Performance Criteria
I will be rated along the following: .
a. quality of my observations and documentation,
b. completeness and depth of my analysis,
c. depth and clarity of my classroom observation -based reflections,
d. completeness, organization, clarity of my portfolio and
e. time of submission of my portfolio
My Learning Essentials
Assessment tools for the cognitive domain (declarative knowledge) are the different
paper-and-pencil tests. Basic examples of paper-and-pencil tests are shown in Figure 2.
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Selected Constructed
response response
Completion
Alternate
response
Short answer
Matching Type
Essay-
Restricted or
Multiple non-restricted
Choice
Problem solving
Product Performance
We make use of varied methods because there are many forms of learning-
cognitive, affective, and psychomotor (Bloom). For Kendall and Marzano there
are also three (3) - information (declarative knowledge), metacognitive
procedures (procedural knowledge) and psychomotor procedures (physical /
motor / manipulative skills. (See Figure 4).
Metacognitive
Information procedures Psychomotor
(declarative (procedural procedures
knowledge) knowledge) (physical, motor/
manipulative skills)
Kendall’s and
Marzano’s New
Taxonomy
Learners have multiple intelligences and varied learning styles. Students must
be given the opportunity to demonstrate learning that isaligned to their multiple
intelligences and to their learning styles. It is good for teachers to consider
multiple intelligences of learners to enable learners to demonstrate learning in a
manner which makes them feel comfortable and successful.
My Map
I will observe three different classes. I will reflect on the guide questions
given below. To hit my target, I will follow these steps:
Group 1- Language/Science/Math
My Learning Activities
Paper-and-Pencil Test Please put a check (√) on the test which the teacher used
and give at least 2 test items as examples. You may ask for
samples of past tests that your Resource Teacher used in
the past to complete your matrix.
Selected-response type
1. Alternate-response NONE
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Column A:
___ 1. Salaping tinatanggap ng tao kapalit ng ginawang
produkto at serbisyo.
___ 2. Pinakamataas na uri ng pangangailangan ayon kay
Abraham Maslow.
___ 3. Pagpapakilala ng mga produkto batay sa katangian
at kabutihan ng paggamit at pagbili nito.
Column B:
a. Kita
b. Presyo
c. Law of Diminishing Utility
Identification:
4.Others(Problem solving) __________ 1. Bilang ng tao na naninirahan sa isang lugar.
__________ 2. Agham sa pag-aaral ng balangkas sa
populasyon.
Constructed-Response type
a) Restricted None
Hanay A:
Hanay B:
Paper-and-Pencil Test Please put a check (√) on the test which the teacher
used and give at least 2 test items as examples. You
may ask for samples of past tests that your Resource
Teacher used in the past to complete your matrix.
Selected-response type
1. Alternate-response None
Column A
____1. He is known as the Father of Taxonomy.
____2. He established the concept of cell theory.
Column B
A. Gregor Mendel
B. Robert Hooke
C. Louis Pasteur
3. Multiple Choice None
Constructed-Response type
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1. Completion None
3. Problem solving
Gamit ang mid-point formula, ikompyut ang
coefficient para sa bawat aytem at tukuyin kung
anong uri ito ng elastisidad ng supply.
4. Essay
5. Others None
My Analysis
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2. Which among the traditional assessment tools/tests was/were used most often?
Paper-and-Pencil assessment.
Authentic assessment was used more often to Social Studies, English and Math.
Students had a performance at English where they performed the poem they have
written..
5. What assessment tools and tasks were used to assess learning in the cognitive
domain, and declarative knowledge?
Rubrics, Review and Reflection Tools and Graphic organizers and Checklist.
6. What assessment tools and tasks were used to assess the learning of psychomotor
skills/procedural knowledge?
Rubrics and Feedback Tools.
7. Was there assessment of learning in the affective domain? Explain your answer.
8. To which multiple intelligences did the assessment tools and tasks respond? Come up
with a Table of the intelligences which were given attention and the corresponding
assessment task used.
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