Hello Everyone!
Assessment is the "what" the "how","when" and "where" and developing skills to think "why." Their are two parts to Assessment which is summative and formative. I like formative because it helps teachers to better understand students. Like before the teacher starts a new subject you have them write a couple sentences about what they know, then you teach from what you think the students know. The benefits of assessment are strenuous and I just gave one example. Another is something called the muddiest points and the students give the teachers feedback with what they thought were the toughest points in the recently learned material. Their is a wrong way to use assessment, but the right way is proven to work and be the most reliable way to teach students.
Sesheni,
ReplyDeleteYou make some good points about assessment. As the semester progresses, you will find out much more about this topic.
Thanks for posting!
I agree with you as well, I think that formative assessment is the best way to get students to participate and engage in conversations about the lesson at hand.
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