E-Reflection week 9 Principle of effective teaching and assessment

Do you know about the picture?

            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

2010110030

block test

                   Tuesday, 6 December 2011, Today we learn about Formative and Sumative. Wooww.... Awesome materials i think. Because, i can determine where is the formative or sumative assessment now. And now, i want to tell about one of formative assessment, that is Block Test. like i've explain you on the class last meeting, block test is like a daily test. i think, this is good enough for students, because from this test we (as educator) will know the progress from students one by one. And also like the function of formative test (for improve teaching technique), we will improve our teaching strategy, to be better learning process. and the other important things are, don't forget to give back the result of students test to students, in order to make students improve their learning strategy.

Formative Assessment & Summative Assessments

Formative Assessments	Summative Assessments
Anecdotal records	Final exams
Diagnostic tests	Statewide tests
Lab reports	National tests
Quizzes and essays	Entrance exams (SAT and ACT)

http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/basic/basica.html

As we know, there are two kinds of assessment that is formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is “all those activities undertaken by teachers and by the students in assessing themselves, which provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged” Black and William (1998).

Summative assessment is typically used to evaluate the effectiveness of instructional programs and services at a pre determine time. Examples of formative assessment are posttest, pretest, reflection, class participant, etc. Examples of summative assessment are UAN, UMPTN, Test STAN, UAS, etc.

Actually in a test that can include formative and summative assessment that to distinguish is the goals and times. According to me, both of kinds of assessment are effective but in summative assessment if we fail in this test we feel very disappointed. Example UAN, we have three years to learn but when we failed the test we very disappointed because within three years is only determine within a week. Is not fair, right? 

So Hampuskan UAN.hhe

            

Reflection PETA in the meeting on Desember 6th, 2011

In this meeting PETA, we discuss about Formative assessment and summative assessment. But before that who late must review the material last session. And, for those who were told late last 5 must talent show. And I happened to be late, so I had to show my talent, I am confused what talent should I show, fortunately there was Dwi, so we cook fried rice together, but I think if we're not cooking fried rice but we make all of my classmate is laugh, so everyone is  laugh. I cannot read strength myself.

Then we do gallery walk about summative assessment and Formative Assessment. We dug itself all about Formative assessment and summative assessment. But I like it way, we do not get from teacher but we find alone. And I realized that the assessment is very various and we can identify any assessment that we do. Does this include summative assessment or Formative assessment? Then we need rubric for assessment, so that we do objective assessments and students know about the aspect what will be assessed, so as to enhance students' motivation

When I am in Senior high school my teacher I have never used rubric, I know the rubric since college, but I think the way assessments are carried out my teacher in senior high school was objective, because he get the score from the posttest, pretest, daily tests, mid-test, final test, exercise and homework.

Regard

Septy Cartika Sari
2010110036

Assessment in the context of Instruction

            The assessment of instruction model divide to be two kinds: those are conventional model, and standard based model. The conventional model is the model that assess between teach and move to other instruction. Below is the scheme:

Plan → Teach → Assess → move to other instruction

            On this model, assess process only the bridge from teach process to move to other instruction, without the reflect and feedback about the assessment which teacher given.

            The other of the model is standard based model. Below os the scheme:

                                   Plan → Teach → Assess

                                                            ↑             ↓

                             Reflection, Feedback, and    →   Move to other Instruction

                              Adapt to students needed    →   Provide the feedback

After teaching, teacher will give assessment to students, and from the assessment teacher will reflect and need feedback about the assessment that tetacher given. Then if the assessment not too good, the teacher will improve him assessment.

      

                                     

                   

      

Assessment purposes and processes

My reflection about assessment purposes and process. Assessment is a thing that exists at a great influence in the learning process. In the process we must have a purpose. In order for that purpose we need planning for instruction, adjusting instruction, diagnosis, expertise and evaluating, and comparing. This is done prior learning, learning takes place during, and after learning. Furthermore, in preparing the assessment stage we have to set the method, instrument, type of activity. Then we discuss the issue with other appraisers "if any". And then we discuss with the facilitator to learn for example lecturers. And the latter decided at the time of assessment. Assessment phase in the assessment of learning that provide information about the needs, providing evidence that has been collected and will be presented, the latter explains the roles and responsibilities of students.
In this learning in my opinion that assessment should be in accordance with the original purpose which can be seen from the learning process itself.

My Reflection about Assessment

                     What is assessment? Based on group one, assessment is a process to collect, analyze, and interpret the data abaout student's goal achivement. As a teacher, we must know the meaning of assesment. Assessment is ongoing process. it is different with evaluation, and test. From assessment we can measure how far the goal or learning objective was reached.  Evaluation actually in the end of the lesson. And the test as part of measurement. Before we talk about assessment, in my mind, assessment is just a process to know what the score that i have for soe subject. But after the class, all have changes. I know what is the meaning of assessment and how we can make effective assessment. Also we must based on learning goals when we build an assessment. Using the different method is a good idea, and do not forget to build it base on learning objectives...