Self-Assessment in the Classroom
Self- Assessment is process by which students monitor and evaluate the quality of their thinking and behavior when learning and then identify actions that could potentially improve their understanding and skills. Furthermore, self-assessment occurs when students check the work they’ve accomplished and identify discrepancies between current and desired performance (McMillan & Hearn, 2008). Self-assessments can be used by the student and the teacher; a student would use it as a way to know if they understand the information the teacher taught; the teacher can use self-assessment in order to better the course or teaching techniques. When students self-assess their performance, it is important that we know what techniques to apply and with effectiveness. I will be exploring how students self-assess their work, and how you can encourage better self-assessment technique. This paper will also review studies that relate to self-assessment and what has been done to enhance their use. In all studies used, only English as a first language students and students that are not going through special education were able to participate in the study. This method of assessment can be integrated into various classroom activities as well as traditional assessments. The ability to self-assess one’s learning will encourage independence as a student, where you do not to rely on the criticism of others in order to improve yourself.
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Assessment is carried out to evaluate that learning has taken place. It measures the learner’s attainment of knowledge and skills in their particular learning area. Assessment encourages learners to ask questions on anything they have not fully understood, as learners know that they will have to prove their knowledge and understanding during assessment to the standards of the awarding body.
When I think back to the time right before we started writing our essay I realize that in order to come up with any ideas for the paper we had to chew on one thought for over ten minutes. For example when I read the sentence that we wrote about fast-paced live of professionals that reside in the city, I remember that just that one sentence took us about fifteen minutes to finally use it on our paper. It seems like we should have done some free-writing before we started this assignment. When we started to write this essay we didn’t have a clear visual on our thesis. We had lots of information that was scattered and had no connection between the Robot, the Jeep and the advertisement that was being talked about. In this essay I included lots
2. GIVING FEEDBACK = Verbal feedback, Written Feedback.{Try to be positive, Don’t be negative candidates find this demoralising}
Describe, use and evaluate two different assessment activities used to check the learning of either individuals or a group of learners. Analyse the purpose of assessment and produce a written justification of your chosen assessment method. Use an extract from your teaching practice portfolio and reflect on how your feedback has informed your learners progress and achievement and how feedback from others has informed your own professional practice.
For this task you are required to determine the risk context associated with establishing a new business outlet, within the existing business structure. They will be required to review internal and external environment factors and liaise with all stakeholders to generate a list of risks.
The second language learner that I have chosen to assess in my case study is an international student from Korea who is now attending year 11 and does the ESL course at my school, the Hills Grammar School. I will refer to my student with the name ‘John’ for confidentiality reasons.
Self-assessment is a natural progression and grows out of peer assessment. It allows the students to examine their own work and discover strengths and weaknesses for themselves. This can be carried out through reflective practice through a diary of learning or learning log that allows the student to see progression and reflect upon the journey. It's important to incorporate some aspect of self-assessment every day, if possible, in order for students to take responsibility and interest in their abilities. Another way of using self-assessment is by asking the students to give themselves a grade on the work that they have completed before handing in the work to the marking criteria set, or for student looks at their assignment and marks green for questions that they feels confident about, yellow for questions that they are unsure of and red for questions that will require help.
Do standardized tests really improve the quality of public education? For years they have been used to judge schools' academic performance and assess the needs of students. No longer can illiterates be graduated from high school. No longer can teachers pass a student from one grade to another without having taught that student anything (Spellings). While these advances are beneficial, standardized exams often hurt already disadvantaged schools, promote states to lower their standards of education, and cause schools to focus more on the exams themselves rather than on their students' actual learning (Karp).
The paper will examine and appraise a teaching session that I planned and implemented as a nursing student on a cardiology ward, in the form of a reflection what? So what? Now what? (Bortons, 1970). The aim of the teaching session is to provide up to date and relevant information to enable individuals to make an informed choices on there nutritional intake.
Understanding assessment takes the knowledge of knowing the historical and theoretical bases for assessment techniques, understanding the importance of reliability and validity, what results of assessments mean to a counselor, and the ethical principals of assessment. Assessing a student or client can take on many forms, one example may be a student taking a state test and another example could be observing human behavior. There are important components in developing assessments and important rules to follow to obtain the correct information and not to skew the answers to unfairly label a student or client. In helping a student or client, assessment should be based on what is appropriate to test
Assessment in Early years settings plays an essential part in aiding teachers to recognise children’s development, understand their learning ability and to plan lessons and activities around this. The idea of assessments is evident through the EYFS document because of the seven areas of learning and developmental outcomes. These are split into three sections that are Physical Development (PD), Social and Emotional development (PSED) and Communication and Language (CL). These three different areas are applied through, Mathematics, Understanding of the World, Literacy and Expressive Art and Design. Ongoing assessment and observations is an integrated part of the child’s learning journey.
Discussion on the Determination of Self In every day life we experience causality and order, which would suggest that everything is ordered and caused by something outside ourselves. However it is hard to believe that we have no free choices when presented with a decision to be made, surely if we were unable to make choices concerning the direction and outcome of his own life, is a slave. However many philosophers and thinkers have pondered this over the years, and some believe that when we believe we are presented with choices we are being deceived, and as B.F Skinner said, ‘human beings.. are not free, because all men are really puppets or robots. Man is a meat machine.’
Awareness of one 's strengths and weaknesses is a critical antecedent to human need fulfilment and therefore to adjustment. In the process of identification and implementation of learning activities, it becomes obviously imperative to identify the goal or purpose of a learning effort (based on a need or weakness) and the resources immediately available (strengths) to reach that end. While there are many obstacles such as psychological defence mechanisms, an established self-concept, the level of motivation necessary to pursue such an exercise, etc that hamper completing this task, a sincere effort cannot be undertaken without first addressing the issue of assessment. Therefore, the need for self-assessment stands out as the first action to be taken, and perhaps the most crucial, insofar as it establishes not only the desired outcome, but also the nature of the means by which it will be realized. This paper attempts to analyse various views available to us based on the research done till date and to assess feasibility of introducing self-assessment in Indian context with reference to communication skills in English. The thrust is laid on the various possibilities of introducing self-assessment in formal education in Indian context wherein communication skills are taught to students in all the professional courses. The passing ratio is good but the complaints recruiters have is that the students lack communication skills. There are multiple reasons for the inadequate
Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development (Palomba & Banta, 1999). Educational assessments are carried out to measure the efficiency of the program, the quality of instruction and progress of a child’s learning. The purpose is to determine the growth and development.
The development of self starts at a very young age. When a preschooler is asked how are they different from other children, they usually look at their self concept. Self concept is their identity, of their set of beliefs about what they are like as individuals. Most preschoolers give inaccurate statements about their self concept. They usually overestimate their skills and knowledge. Preschool-age children also begin to develop a view of self that reflects their particular culture considers the self. An example of this would be to look at the different views as self between the Western culture and the Asian culture. Western cultures believe that an individual should seek attention of others by standing out