Reflection about formative and summative assessment

Last Tuesday, my class learnt about assessment again exactly formative and summative assessment. From discussion with my group, I found that formative assessment used when for improve our learning and did on going process in learning, whereas summative assessment used on the end of learning and for determine grade of students.

At this session I learnt more about kinds of assessment for learning. For examples presentation, gallery walk, post test, pre test, essay, exhibition, UAS, UN, quiz, 2 stay 3 stray, etc. Many kinds of assessment give us easy of assessment. It can make students like assessment.

On this session, I also learnt about how to makes effective rubric. As we know that rubric important in assessment because avoid of subjectively. I like Mrs. Lidya’s method when learnt rubric. It was really nice activity where we made a rubric for clapping competition.  From the activity, I conclude that effective rubric must have clear criteria, detail and appropriate with score.

Ok, I think enough from me,,,,  See you in the next reflection.

Assessment purposes and processes

I’m sorry, because I’m very late to posting my reflection because my mother was sick, so I’m must  go back to my home town, no connection internet in my house and I couldn’t do anything . So that, last midnight I arrived to Jakarta.

In the last meeting, my class learnt about assessment again. At those meeting, each group discussed about different topic of assessment and after that we did 2 stay 2. In my reflection, I’ll share about the purposes and process of assessments.

As we know that assessment is an important thing in learning. So, we must know about what the purposes of assessment. It are planning for instruction, adjusting instruction, diagnosis, expertise and evaluating, and comparing. From the purposes, I concluded that assessment used before, during and after learning.

The processes of assessment are preparatory phase and do the assessment. In preparatory phase have 4 stages. First, we arrange the method, instrument, activities, type and evidence for learning. Second, discuss with other assessors if we have partner in our class. Third, discuss with learning facilitator if we didn’t do assessment in our class. And the fourth, decide on the timing of assessment. Whereas in the assessment has 3 stage. First, inform the learner about the requirement. Second, evidence collected and presented. And the third, explain roles and responsibilities of the learner.

The topic is very important to me as the next generation of teacher because assessment is a part of learning which help us to evaluate our learning.  I think is enough,, see you in next reflection........ J

The 8th Reflection of PETA

In the last meeting, my class learnt about assessment. Assessment is very important thing in learning. As a teacher we should to be objective when assess students. I have an experience when I was study at Junior High School. Sometimes a teacher was more tolerant to mistake of students who diligent and clever in class than students who usually make mistake in class. Although the teacher never teaches in the classroom before. This problem was happened to my friend in 8th grade. He was my friend in 7th grade before. He was one of naughty students so it made another teacher knew about him.  When new school year, I had a same class with him again. When he tried to answer a question in front of the class, he could not answer it. So the teachers said that he was never serious and no attend to study but actually the case was happened in the first learning. How the teacher knew about his characteristics? I think this case was often we see. Where a teacher was judge students because their attitude. This is what we must avoid as a teacher. Besides that, I think that assessment should be open. By the openness assessment, students know where they get the score.  It made students easier to evaluate their work. By the openness assessment, the assessments’ subjective can be avoid.  Reflect in my experiences at SSE, I know that a lot of assignments that we can use in learning besides paper and pencil test. I really like assessments which use in SSE and openness assessment. This openness can be seen from the assessments’ rubric for every assignment.  It make we can know the criteria to get good score. I think is enough, See you in the next reflection .....:)

Seventh PETA’s Journal Reflection

On the last meeting, I was very interest participating in PETA class. At the beginning, we shared about our experiences at school experiences program. It was very nice because we knew the different experiences from each other. We knew that each school had different students’ background, vision, mission, and regulation. After that we discussed about the implementation our lesson plan when school experience. Many discussions we did, Mrs. Lidya always made us thought how to answer her questions. I thought that the best session was when we discussed about the useful of using lesson plan. We compared the teacher who used lesson plan with the teacher who did not use lesson plan in different situations. From these discussions we knew the kind of lesson plan, the useful of lesson plan, how to make effective activities in lesson plan, and many other. These lesson helped us to improved our skill in teaching and hoped we’ll be great teacher.

Second PETA’s Journal Reflection in The First Week of School Experience

by : Iis Rosita

On the first week of school experience, I observed learning activity at mathematics class in XI IPA SMAN 54 Jakarta. After that, I interviewed the teacher on the second week. According to teacher who teaches mathematics in XI IPA, he explained that he used group discussion on him class by made groups to presentation. He used this method because it made students more active and prepared for presentation, although it made delivery of material slower.

Based on my observation on first week, I found that teacher made groups for students with heterogenic characteristic. So each group had a leader and members with different level of intelligence. It means that students made peer tutorial by group work. For the assessments, he used individual and group assessments. Individual assessments used when students answering the questions, post test, daily test and homework, whereas group assessments used when students made presentation and short paper of material in presentation.

Based on my observation, I found that teacher could adaptable times and learning material. He adapted learning material with students’ skill. So I found that each class had different times for delivery of material. In class XI IPA 1, the material of probability finished faster than another class.

On the second week, I also had an opportunity to do team teaching with my friends. Actually, I did it on first and second week. We arranged the lesson plan for team teaching activity. The material was trigonometry for first meeting in class XI IPA with 90 minutes duration.  

The basic competence was used the formula sinus and cosinus of two angles, the difference of two angles, double angles to calculate the sinus and cosinus of the angle, whereas the indicators were applied sinus and cosinus formula of the sum and difference of two angles. From the basic competence and indicators, we determined the learning objectives. The learning objectives were students able to prove and use cosinus and sinus formula of the sum and difference of two angles.

For tasks in my lesson plan were students did group discussion to make two examples from the formula of trigonometry and they could answered the questions about trigonometry used smart cards games. We used 2 stay 3 stray to show the result of students’ discussion and a games for answered question.

Based on our lesson plan, we did team teaching. I thought that our lesson was succeeded, although we still over times in learning activities. From the activity, I learnt how to adapted with new students, how to managed times for learning activities and many others. In the next times, I would more attention to manage times and more prepared than before.

First PETA’s Journal Reflection in The First Week of School Experience

On September 17^th 2011, I began school experience in SMAN 54 Jakarta. In this semester, I’m not only observe learning activity in the class in the first week but also be a teacher by teaching assistant in second week. In the first week, I observed four classes of XI IPA; they are XI IPA 1, XI IPA 2, XI IPA 3, and XI IPA 4. I observed mathematics class with probability subject. Based on my observation, I saw that each class has different level of intelligence. It means that XI IPA 1 more diligent, more discipline, cleverer than another class. It was proven when I observed them. I saw students in class XI IPA 1 more active and critical when some students made presentation and the materials of probability done quickly. 

From the learning activities, I found the teacher used direct interaction and group discussion. Teacher made groups which consist of four or five students. One group made a presentation of subtopic for each meeting. They used power point for presentation which material from their textbook and LKS (students’ worksheet). When a group made a presentation, every student must pay attention because sometimes teacher gave some question from the presentation. After one group made presentation, another student wrote down the presentation slide to their books.

From the learning activity, I found that teacher just used group discussion to made presentation. Teacher did not continue to real group discussion.  It made some students have lack of understanding. Teacher just added him opinion when a group presentation and gave them homework at the end of the class.

I think it can be different and more effective if when one group made presentation, another group pays attention and made interaction with a group who presented by give opinion or protest their arguments. Students not only used their textbook for materials of presentation but also used internet or another books to made materials richer.Teacher also gave them times to discuss their homework or assignments on their worksheet so students can more understand the materials. 

The Fourth Meeting of PETA

 At the last meeting, each group conducted microteaching. From this activity, I found that each group used different methods of learning.  We used two or more methods of learning. This activity made me know that the effective methods important to make effective learning. Reflect to my experience when I am studying in SSE. Every lecturer use different methods for each meeting. It make effective learning and students aren’t bored. It’s different with my experience in senior high schools. There use conventional methods, it made one way of learning. Sometimes, I feel bored and don’t understand the materials. So, I concluded that I am as the next generation of teacher need to change the conventional methods with the effective methods like group discussion, lecturer discussion and direct interaction. So that effective learning will be done and every student understands the materials.