E-Reflection week 9 Principle of effective teaching and assessment

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            Hemt,,,maybe some of us didn’t know about the form of this assessment. People tend to call this informal assessment technique as anecdotal record. So, what is anecdotal record? Based on American Association of School Administrators (1992, p. 21), it is a written record kept in a positive tone of a child's progress based on milestones particular to that child's social, emotional, physical, aesthetic, and cognitive development. It is such a formative assessment. In this case, the teacher just observes and then records a child's actions and work throughout the day while the activities are occurring. It is done only when appropriate and is not forced. Wow,,,it seems cool, actually. Although I don’t have any experience using this assessment technique and haven’t seen my teachers use this assessment technique yet but I think it is positive in tone. Teachers can see students’ progress, their skills and achievements over the time during the class. 

            This assessment technique may be similar manner as we will conduct performance assessment in group discussion. But when I’m trying to compare with the other formal assessment technique such as the performance assessment technique, I found the difference between them. Anecdotal record is more detail and need not a rubric to assess students. Teachers can record as many details as possible. It might their eyes and ears act like a video camera. Hahaha,,,,am I right? So that, they can record how student communicate both verbally and nonverbally then figure out how students look and what they do. They also can make a note about students’ physical gestures and their movements. By using this assessment technique, teachers will get information that can’t be obtained using the other methods of assessment. It is objective observation and not judgments. 

            That’s my opinion about anecdotal record as the means to assess students’ progress and achievement informally. However, both formal and informal assessments are really important to support teaching and learning process. It can improve their behavior especially their motivation to learn, and their attitudes to be more likely active during the class.

Himmatul ‘Aliyah

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