FS 5 Learning Assessment Strategies
FS 5 Learning Assessment Strategies
FIELD STUDY
Episode 1
MY ASSESSMENT LIST
My Target
My Map
Step 1.Observe at least three classes and make a list of the assessment methods
used by teachers.
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My Tools
As I visit the school and observe the assessment practices in at least three classes, I
document my observations using the activity forms provided for me.
Assessment Description
Tools
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CLASS 1 OBSERVATION SHEET
(To be used during the actual observation of the 2nd of 3 classes)
Assessment Description
Tools
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Question and Answer When the teacher asked a question, the whole class
answered his question in chorus. If their answer is
correct, he writes the answer on the board and gives
a brief description or explanation.
Assessment Description
Tools
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Retelling The teacher asked a student, usually a volunteer to
tell what has been discussed during the past
meetings and before the end of the period, the
teacher again asked a volunteer to tell or to
summarize what has been discussed so far.
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Multiple choice Not at all observed
Use of checklist on There were no checklist used but the teacher write
student behavior the names of the students who are misbehaving
and having them visit the principals office or the
guidance counselor and letting them make a letter
saying that they will not misbehave again.
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Products After the topic, the teacher gives a quiz or activity
to see if the students have really understood the
topic.
Self evaluation
MY ANALYSIS
questionnaire Not at all observed.
Retelling
After the discussion, the teacher let a student
summarize what has been discussed on his/her own
understanding about the topic.
Portfolios
Not at all observed.
Student logs
Every hour, the teacher checks the students
attendance to see who escaped and who is not
around.
Performance
Not at all observed.
Yes, there was a variety of assessment methods that were used by the
teacher. That is, from written response to performance type of test like
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group reports and oral recitations. The assessment methods used is very
relevant in ways that it measures and evaluates the learning skills of
students. If that assessment method is the one that makes the students
learn or improve their learning and makes them understand, then it is only
appropriate to use it.
Yes, I think that the expected students learning behaviors indicated in the
objectives were properly and appropriately assessed through assessment
methods because learning objectives and assessment methods are
anchored to each other. In the first place, one purpose of assessment is to
measure the learning behaviors of students indicated in the objectives.
Without the assessment method, the learning behaviors of students that
are indicated in the objectives will not be tested whether accomplished or
not, on the other hand, without the learning objectives, you cannot come
up with an appropriate assessment method.
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Peace
Concept
on Focus
FS 5Learning Assessment Strategies
FIELD STUDY
Episode 2
My Target
At the end of this activity, I will be able to design my table of specification and
design my pen-and-paper test.
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At the end of this activity, I will be able to know the relationship between the
teachers learning objective and the assessment tool to be used.
My Map
Designing and using assessment tools sounds interesting, especially if I
know their curricular intentions. I take calculated strides in pursuing this interesting task
through these stages:
As I visit the school, I study the teachers objectives, formulate test items, and
interpret results, make a clear documentation of my tasks using the activity forms
provided for me.
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INITIAL NOTES
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To help you prepare your pen-and-pencil test which you will soon administer in the class
you have observed, please remember to:
1. Make a two-way Table of Specification. Make sure that you focus on the current
subject matter of the class you observed, and that you target the higher levels of
learning behaviors. Please adopt the TOS format prescribed by the school where
you do your class observation. If the school has TOS templates, ask permission
to use it.
2. Show your TOS to your FS teacher, then to the classroom teacher. Get their
comments and suggestions and improve your TOS.
3. With approved TOS, formulate your test items. Write each test item in an index
card, indicating the subject matter and the desired level of learning behavior to
be assessed, among others. (Please use pencil in writing your test items to
economize on the use of index cards).
Sample Format
Key:
4. Make an Item Blank by organizing the index cards containing your test items.
Show it to your classmates for their comments and suggestions, then to your FS
teacher for checking, and finally, to the teacher.
5. Prepare a test papers for finalize items.
6. Get the classroom teachers permission to administer the test.
7. Administer the test to the class for which the test is designed. Then check the
papers and record the students scores.
8. Do an item analysis and make interference out of the result.
9. Indicate the item analysis results of each item on the index card where you wrote
the item.
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Assessment Test in Science
I. Understand each question properly and choose your answers from the
words written on the box. Write your answers on the space provided
before the number.
10 km. Troposphere
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II. Identify what is asked. Write your answers on the space provided before
the number.
_____________ 11. What do we call the light display that is observed in the North Pole
due to a charged magnetic field?
_____________ 12. What do we call the light display that is observed in the South Pole
due to a charged magnetic field?
_____________ 13. How many years before we can again observe these light
displays?
_____________ 14. What year was the light displays were last seen?
_____________ 15. These are called the rock fragments that came from other planets?
16. ___________________
17. ___________________
18. ___________________
19. ___________________
20. ___________________
21.
22. ________________
23. ________________
A. Why do the meteors burn in the mesosphere even if the temperature is cold?
B. Can you still breathe in the mesosphere? Justify your answer.
V. Label.
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70 38
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My Analysis
2. Why did you have to study the teachers learning objectives prior to
developing an assessment tool?
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My personal reflection of thought and feelings regarding the Peace Concept on
Focus.
Dictionary defines fairness as the quality of being reasonable, right and just. As a
teacher in the future, I must always maintain fairness towards my students in whatever
that is going on in the classroom. I think that being fair is one of my way in implementing
good attitudes to the students. Also, as a teacher, I must not be stereotyping so as to be
fair because stereotyping will only cloud my judgment towards my students and will
likely trigger hatred from the students that will soon trigger bad behaviors.
It also says here that fairness is not only a matter of teachers attitudes towards
students but it also involves the use of assessment tools that are appropriate, valid and
reliable. As a teacher, I will make sure that the assessment tool that I will use is
something that the students will understand and improve their learning or performance
and that is appropriate on the students grade or year level. I will also let my students
know what my learning targets are and the assessment method to be used so that they
will likely know what to do and that they will not be lost in the maze of concepts being
discussed in class. I will also inform my students about their progress so that they know
how to adjust or strategize to improve or maintain their performance. Lastly, when
assessing students performance, I must have a criteria in checking so as to have
fairness in scoring or grading students outputs and be the basis of improvement.
Peace
Concept
on Focus
FAIRNESS
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FS 5Learning Assessment Strategies
FIELD STUDY
Episode 3
LOG ME
My Target
At the end of this activity, I will be well informed and knowledgeable about the
principles of authentic assessment and its effectiveness and usefulness in the
classroom.
I will also be keen in understanding effective measures or strategies in using
authentic assessment so as to have a high students performance.
My Way
Authentic assessment is an alternative way of assessing students learning.
To be able to use it, I must first have deep understanding of it.
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Read articles on
new trends of 2
classroom Visit a class and
assessment. interview the
teacher on 3
his/her Write a reflective
experiences in journal on the
using authentic activity.
assessment.
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Definition of Authentic Assessment &
Why It Is Useful With Students With Special Needs
by Stephany Elsworth
Authentic assessment allows students to show their knowledge using real-life scenarios.
Many children with special needs have difficulty when it comes to expressing their
knowledge during assessments. For example, a child with a reading-based learning
disability might have a thorough understanding of photosynthesis but might fail the test
because he does not understand the way the test is worded or because he has difficulty
reading the questions. Traditional tests are usually timed, and rely on the student's
ability to remember isolated facts that have been taken out of their original context. A
poor score may cause teachers to make incorrect assumptions about the child's
knowledge and to plan improper learning or remediation activities.
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Authentic Assessment
Benefits
Authentic assessment is beneficial for all students, but is especially helpful for special
needs students because it incorporates social and behavioral skills necessary both
inside and outside the classroom. Students learn how to work with others during group
projects, for example, and must practice positive character traits such as honesty and
perseverance while completing experiments or conducting research. Authentic
assessments integrate higher-order thinking skills, since students must apply their
knowledge in creative ways to solve problems. This helps children build connections
with the world outside the classroom, and it builds self-worth as students learn that their
contributions to society matter. In addition, learning tasks can be simplified to meet the
child's abilities without losing the authentic nature of the assignment.
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My Tools
For this episode, I document my engagement in the task using the activity sheets
provided for me.
MY REVIEW NOTES
There are also benefits in using authentic assessment, these includes how the
students learn to work with others during group projects and practicing positive
character traits such as honesty and perseverance while completing the project. It
also integrates higher order thinking skills since students must apply their
knowledge in creative ways to solve a problem. This also helps children build
connections with the world outside the classroom and it builds self worth as
students learn that their contributions to society does matter. Also, the learning tasks
can be simplified to meet the childs abilities without losing the authentic nature of
assignment. All in all, authentic assessment is beneficial for all students because it
incorporates social and behavioral traits necessary inside and outside the classroom.
If there are benefits, there are also some disadvantages and limitations like
when the teacher is attempting to assess a broad range of skills wherein the
assessment does not work pretty well. This type of assessment is also much more
subjective than a typical pencil and paper test and it also takes longer to complete
than a regular examination which can take away from learning minutes.
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1. What were your personal strategies in choosing relevant articles to read?
2. What are your insights and feelings about the new trends in classroom
assessment?
My insights and feelings about the new trends in the classroom assessment
is that, with this new trend that I read, I have come to know the benefits and the
disadvantages as well as the limitations of using authentic assessment. I have
come to know that not all the time and not all circumstances, the teacher can use
authentic assessment. That if you use authentic assessment, you must do it at
the right and earliest possible time so that it will not be done not just for the sake
of passing but rather, it will be a great achievement for the students and the
teacher as well.
Behind all that, I think that using authentic assessment is really great and
interesting because through this, you, as the teacher will know more about your
students abilities, their talents, skills, their feelings and how far their knowledge
and behavior have reached and how strong and ready are they to face
challenges they are encountering.
My most meaningful learning from this activity is that I have learned that if
were talking about producing students who are talented, strong enough to
overcome challenges in life, strong willed, not easily give up, confident, we
must equip them with lots of authentic assessment to activate their higher order
thinking skills, to strengthen their creativity, build up their strengths and to
brighten up their weaknesses. Also, I learned that one form of authentic
assessment in which, you, as a teacher engage students in real life problems
will make their mind strong and sharp in finding ways to solve the problem and
when they are in the outside world, outside the four walls of their classroom, they
will be able to know what to do.
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MY INTERVIEW NOTES
She said that sometimes its not great because some of the students are not
participating, they are just depending on their group mates for outputs. She said that
when these students will do this every time, laziness and being dependent with other
people will be developed within themselves.
When I interviewed the teacher about her problems in using the authentic
assessment, she said that it consumes so much time in a way that sometimes lessons
are delayed because most of the students are doing their projects during class hours
and instead of students helping their parents during weekends, they spent their time
doing their projects. Also, authentic assessment needs effort, students must give all
their effort to finish their project. It also needs finance, in order for the students to do the
project, they need money to buy the things they need that must be bought and this is
the most problem of every student. Also, most of the time, students are taking authentic
assessment lightly rather than seriously just for the sake of passing the subject.
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1. How did you feel about the teachers experience in the use of authentic
assessment?
About the teachers experience in using the authentic assessment, I feel encouraged
because even though she encountered some problems during her experience, she still
managed to push through in using it. I think that its worth trying because being a
teacher, you must try everything just to make your students learn, its the teachers duty
to think about the welfare of her students. Im also blessed by her because she did
manage to make it happen because of her eagerness to assess her students physical,
intellectual, spiritual, and moral capabilities. When I will also be in the field, no matter
how many obstacles I will encounter in using authentic assessment, I will try to use it
over and over again if that will make my students learn many things. I will do the same
thing my resource teacher did.
2. What do you think have been the gains enjoyed by the teacher and his/ her
students from using authentic assessment?
I think that the gains enjoyed by the teacher from using authentic assessment is that
she was able to discover her students strengths and weaknesses and because of this,
she was able to adjust her learning strategies. Also, I think that the teacher is proud to
be a part of her students discovery of their talents and skills.
As for the students, they gain enjoyment because they were able to interact with
each other and sharing their ideas together during these activities. They were also able
to discover about their hidden skills and talents and what they can achieve through
these. They were also able to gain confidence and can now easily express their
feelings.
3. Which part of the teachers use of authentic assessment do you feel like
improving or revising?
The part about giving group activities. Instead of grouping the students with many
group members, I will group them only by twos so that all will be participating and
contributing. Also the part where in the teacher engaged the students in an on the
spot oral report where the students are forced to activate their intellectual capabilities
and how well they explain things without even writing it first on the paper. I will improve
this by making it an on the spot presentation or performance instead of oral reports
to see how fast the students think and relate the given topic to reality and also, maybe
through this, they will be forced to show how talented they are.
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FS 5Learning Assessment Strategies
FIELD STUDY
Episode 4
WORK ON ME
My Target
My Way
Now that I have deeply understood the principles and concepts of authentic
assessment, and learned lessons from teachers experiences in using it in the
classroom, I can now go through the process of designing performance assessment by
walking through these steps:
4.Develop a portfolio of
your assessment plan.
FINISH
3.Design a performance 5.Reflect on your experience.
assessment plan for
the activity you have 2.Choose one performance-
chosen. based activity and
study its processes.
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START
My Tools
OBSERVATION NOTES
The performance based activity that was given was an on the spot group
reporting.
The teacher gave each group a topic to report where in the students based their
report on their advance reading.
It was done after the teacher gave the instruction on how they will report and on
what are the important things to consider on their report or in short, the focus of
their report.
The instruction of the teacher was clear and easy to understand thats why the
students were able to execute it properly.
The activity encouraged all the members of each group to participate and each of
them gave their piece of mind about their topic.
The activity was connected to the learning objectives set by the teacher.
The activity was given to evaluate if the students really read their lesson and if
they really understood what they are reading.
The activity given is in line with the lesson for the day.
The activity was effective because it activated the students sharpness of mind
thats why they were able to reason out and answer the questions asked by the
teacher.
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Based on my observation, I make a checklist of the important things I wish to
consider in my performance-based assessment plan.
MY CHECKLIST
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After making my process-oriented assessment I write down a few notes about my plan.
It is time manageable.
It has the students full cooperation.
It has a criteria for fair judgment of students performance.
It has clear instruction for students to be able to execute it properly.
The development of the students intellectual, morale, spiritual and physical
well being while on the process of doing the performance.
The specific conditions that are necessary for a successful use of a process
oriented performance assessment design is, first and foremost thing to consider is
that it must be based on the learning objectives so that the teacher is guided on the
task she is about to give. Second, the teacher must set a standard on how to rate the
students performance. Third, the teacher must make her instructions clear so that
students will not be confused and that their performance will be executed properly.
And last but not the least, make sure that the students will do it by themselves not by
letting others do it for them so that learning will really take place.
The user should keep in mind that not all the time and not in all subject matter,
the process oriented assessment is suited and applicable.
The user must also pick the appropriate assessment tool to be used.
The rating system should be known to all so that students will do well on their
performance.
The user should also know that the learning objectives has a great contribution
on the students performance because the performance relies solely on the
learning objectives so it must have a relevance.
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Prepared by: Aliswag, Judaline S.
MY PORTFOLIO PLAN
Learning Objectives:
The students will be able to demonstrate the step by step in solving the given
problem.
The students will be able to explain their solution.
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The students will be able to show understanding on the activity and be able to
solve any given problem easily.
The students will be able to participate actively during the activity.
Learning Episodes:
Assessment Tasks:
Quality
8 6 4 2
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MY ANALYSIS
Knowledge Wide range on Excellent Average Low level of
on the topic knowledge content content in content in
knowledge knowledge knowledge.
It depends on the subject matter. With the 3 different subjects (Science, Araling
Panlipunan, and Math) that I have observed with the corresponding subject matters
(Layers of the atmosphere, World Culture, dividing of polynomials and Probability), only
the Mathematics subject with the corresponding subject matter which is dividing of
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polynomials and probability are the only ones that can use the process oriented
performance assessment because there were problem solving involved and that the
solution is required. On my originally designed process oriented performance which I
made use of dividing polynomials as my focus, I can therefore say that it can
appropriately assess the teachers learning objectives because upon rating the
performance of the students, you can be able to see if the learning objectives have
been met.
Teachers need to give a full attention to the students process oriented tasks
because for example on the problem solving part, the students tend to exert more effort
on the process so as to end up with the correct answer. Also, process oriented tasks
must be given much attention because it is better to correct the mistakes while still on
the early processes than correcting the whole process because the outcome is wrong.
It is important that teachers need to assess them because the process or steps are
highly prioritized in a process oriented performance assessment, just like in some
cases like how students come up with the wrong answer but the process is correct is
much way better than coming up with the correct answer but the whole process is very
wrong. Giving more credit on the process is a way of motivating the students to exert
more effort and to increase their level of interest and also to let them do the task on their
own, not by just copying or guessing.
Looking back, during my observation, it seems so easy for the teacher to execute
process oriented performance to the students because at that moment, I think that
they will just execute it without thinking about anything but now I realized that there are
so much to consider so as to make the performance a success. Putting process
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oriented performance assessment into writing has never been a just just because you
have a long long way to go before you can put altogether everything that concerns it.
Also, I remember my first resource teacher, Maam Jermilyn on how she put so
much effort in explaining the process when she discussed the topic about dividing
polynomials, and now I understand why. The process is more important than the answer
because without the process, you will never arrive at any outcome at all and in some
instances that you know the outcome but you never have understood the process, then
its useless. Knowing the outcome but not knowing the process is not learning at all
because learning takes place in the process.
During also my observation, there are students who are complaining because
according to them, they dont understand the process at all and they say that they cant
cope up, but I have been thinking, it must have been harder on the teacher to design a
process oriented performance assessment an easy one so that it will be levelled on
the understanding of the students. She must have felt that way because I have felt that
way when Im designing my process oriented performance assessment.
Anyway, as a student, the process of learning has never been easy, it is in the
process where you will commit many mistakes, this is where you go face to face with
failures and it is in the process where you want to give up if you cant understand and
dont know the next step, but keeping a sharp mind and never giving up, only then you
will arrive at a very great outcome.
Episode 5
BUILD ME UP
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Year: 3
rd
Course: BSED Math
Resource Teacher: Maam Jacqueline Guimong Signature:
School: Betwagan National High School
My Target
My Way
Develop a
4 portfolio of your
2
assessment plan. Choose one product
oriented activity and study its
process.
3 Design a performance
assessment plan for the
product-oriented activity
you have chosen.
My Tools
As I observe the class, I note down the significant observation of the product-
oriented activity in the classroom. Then, I make an assessment plan.
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MY OBSERVATION NOTES
My Plan
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Now that I noted my observation, I compose my thoughts and think about what
product-oriented assessment design I think is more appropriate for the classroom I have
observed.
I want the students to create their own product based on their knowledge
regarding the subject matter. And in designing my product oriented assessment, I
must consider the following:
Giving students a sufficient time in doing their activity to ensure a quality output.
Ensuring that the students will not encounter any problem concerning the
materials that they will use.
Discussing to my students the rubrics I have set so that they will have a basis in
doing their activity.
Grading everyones cooperation so that all will be working.
Grouping the students fairly so that those students who have talents will be
distributed to every group.
I will make sure the activity is an interesting one so that students will enjoy what
theyre doing to reinforce good attitudes upon them.
I will make sure that the different skills of the students will be enhanced through
this activity.
I will let the students learn something out of the activity they will perform.
Checking their activity every time for motivation, correction, and further revision if
need be and to see how far they have accomplished.
I will also ensure that the students will see the relevance of what theyre doing to
the real world situation so that they will do the very best they can.
From the procedures I have listed in the preceding activity form, I make a final plan of
my product-oriented assessment design.
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MY PLAN
Learning Objectives:
Target Skills:
Creativity skills
Communication skills
Designing skills
Knowledge and understanding skills
Skills in using art materials correctly
Assessment Tasks:
Presentation
Organization
Creativity and relevance to the topic
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NOTES ON MY PRODUCT-ORIENTED ASSESSMENT PLAN
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MY PORTFOLIO PLAN
Learning Objectives:
The students will be able to reflect on the thing they have learned about the
layers of the atmosphere and the things concerning the auroras (Northern and
Southern lights).
The students will be able to overcome problems they may somehow encounter.
The students will perform the task required of them with full participation of all.
Learning Episodes:
The students will choose one form of the aurora and make a painting of it
observing the proper colors and tell their observations.
The students will summarize the movies they have watched or the newspaper or
article or magazine they have read and give their reflections, insights and
comments.
Assessment Tasks:
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RUBRICS FOR ASSESSMENT LEARNING
Quality
Very Needs
Criteria Satisfactory Satisfactory Good Improvement
8 6 4 2
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My Analysis
Teachers need to give attention to the students product oriented tasks because
these will determine whether the students demonstrates their skills on the level of
proficiency if they are a beginner, a skilled or an expert in such given tasks and on their
learning. It also provides evidence that students can use or transfer their learning to real
life situations. It also generally represents the students learning or deep
understanding of the concepts, principles, theories and skills that are acquired during
the instructional process. It also develops students extra ordinary skills like creativity
and being artistic that will reflect their personalities.
The teachers need to assess them to measure the students progress in their
academic performance in class. Also, to know if students understand what they are
learning and if they can demonstrate their level of understanding to achieve success in
their endeavors.
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In answering this episode, I have learned that product oriented assessment
somehow mirrors and measures students performance in real life situations. In using
this assessment, students learn by themselves because they experience the task first
hand and that they apply their knowledge, skills and understanding in a real world
setting. I also learned that using this assessment is essential because students
proficiency on the task are being assessed. It is also essential because it encourages
and motivates the students to do complex tasks on their own.
So, all in all, in order for the project oriented performance assessment to be a
success, teachers need to be really equipped in planning and conducting the said
assessment so it will encourage learning to take place within the students. Also, in
planning, they must take into account all the important things that needs to be
considered in this kind of assessment.
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My Thoughts on Equity in Assessment:
The dictionary defines equity as the quality of being fair and reasonable in a way
that gives equal treatment to everyone. It was mentioned here the words equal
treatment, fair and reasonable which in fact is sometimes not applied by some.
I think that equity must be really observed in the classroom by the teachers.
Sometimes, I really observed that some teachers are not being equal to their students.
If that particular student is a slow learner or someone that triggers the teachers
patience, they tend to disregard that student which is not supposed to be. Some cases
why students fail is not because they dont know anything, its because the teacher
doesnt apply equity at all.
When someday, I will be a teacher, I will always remember this word. No matter
how slow learner or hard headed my students are. I will always apply the concept of
equity and I will try to enter bit by bit into their lives and change their perspective when it
comes to learning. I will also motivate them one by one until they will realize the need to
learn more.
I think that applying equity to all will really make their learning less miserable and
more interesting that will really increase their performance.
Peace
Concept
on Focus
EQUITY
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