Education 8 Activity
Education 8 Activity
Activities to be done individually: 1. Refer to the notes I sent. 2. Use yellow pad paper and black or blue ballpen only. 3. Make your handwriting clean and clear. TOPIC 1 THE ROLE OF ASSESSMENT IN TEACHING Answers to questions 1, 2, and 3 should be in paragraph form of 5-7 sentences. 1. What is the relationship between teacher decision making, complex classroom environments, and assessment? 2. What does it mean to say that assessment is not an add-on activity? 3. How do assessments communicate expectations for student learning? 4. Identify each of the following examples as pre-instructional assessment; ongoing assessment; or post-instructional assessment. a. giving a pop quiz b. giving a cumulative final exam c. giving students praise for correct answers d. using homework to judge student knowledge e. reviewing student scores on last years standardized test f. changing the lesson plan because of student inattention g. reviewing student files to understand the cultural background of the students h. asking the students about their prior idea of the topic i. asking students to share their ideas while discussing the topic j. giving a test after every lecture Identify each of the following quotes as referring to one of the four components of classroom assessment: purpose; measurement; evaluation; and use. a. Last week I determined that my students did not know very much about the Civil War. b. This year I want to see if I could assess student attitudes.
B. For each of the following situations or questions, indicate which assessment method provide the best match. Same choices on letter A. Write the word or term. 1. Mrs. Santos needs to check students to see if they are able to draw graphs correctly like the example just demonstrated in class. 2. Mr. Garcia wants to see if his students are comprehending the story before moving to the next set of instructional activities. 3. Ms. Manahan wants to find out how many spelling words her student know. 4. Ms. Sanchez wants to see how well her students can compare and contrast the Vietnam War with World War II. 5. Mr. Paternos objective is to enhance his students self-efficacy and attitudes toward school. 6. Mr. Andrada wants to know if his Science students can identify different parts of a microscope. C. Mr. Castro asks the other Math teachers in high school to review hid midterm to see if the test items represent his learning targets. Which type of evidence for validity is being used? Why? a. content-related b. criterion-related c. construct-related D. The students in the following lists are ranked ordered based on their performance on two tests of the same content (highest score at the top). Do the results suggest a reliable assessment? Explain your answer. Test A Test B
E. Which aspect of fairness is illustrated in each of the following assessment situations? Give your suggestion for the assessment to be fair. 1. Students complained because they were not told what to study for the test. 2. Students studied the wrong way for the test (e.g. they memorized content) 3. The teacher was unable to cover the last unit that was on the test. 4. The story students read, the one they would be tested on, was about life in the country where there is snow. Students who had been to a country with snow showed better comprehension than students who had never been on that place.