FIELD STUDY 5: Learning Assessment Strategies

EPISODE 1

 MY ASSESSMENT LIST

  Name of FS Student:         Judyan P. Macalling

Course:                           Bachelor of Secondary Education

Resource Teacher:            Mr. Melchor Abu, Mrs. Lovelita Patriarca,

                                    Mrs. Arlene Quiaoit

Cooperating School:          Isabela National High School

             My Target

                          At the end of this activity, you will be competent in identifying and naming different assessment                    methods used in the classroom.

  

            My Task

·         Observe at least three classes and make a list of the assessment methods used by teachers.

·         In my list, classify assessment methods as to conventional and authentic and alternative.

·         Describe how each assessment method was used, including my personal observations.

·         Confer with my FS teacher for the assessment list.

·         Reflect on my experience.

             My Tools

    As you visit schools and observe assessment practices in at least three classes, document your  observations using the activity forms provided for you in this reference. For your pen-and-paper test items, customize a table of specification, and prepare the test material based on the prescriptions of the school where you do class observation.

CLASS 1 OBSERVATION
Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall St. San Vicente, Ilagan City, Isabela Date Visited: November 26, 2014, 2014 Grade/Year Level: Grade 7 Tanguile Subject Area: Science
ASSESSMENT TOOLS	DESCRIPTION (Bulleted description of how the assessment method is used relative to subject matter, levels of learning behaviour, length, etc.)
Long Quiz		The most commonly used pencil and paper type of test.      The teacher gave such kind of assessment to assess the student’s knowledge and how they analyze situation.     The teacher gave a 25 item identification test to his students.     The assessment is done a day after the discussion of the topic.

CLASS 2 OBSERVATION
Name of the School Observed:  Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall Street San Vicente Ilagan city, Isabela Date Visited: November 26, 2014 Grade/Year Level: Grade 9 Prudence Subject Area: Science
ASSESSMENT TOOLS	DESCRIPTION (Bulleted description of how the assessment method is used relative to subject matter, levels of learning behaviour, length, etc.)
·         Oral Recitation		An assessment tool that enhances the reasoning ability of the students.        Assessed during the discussion.    The teacher asks the students about the concept of the topic of the day.       The teacher can assess whether the students are listening to what she is saying and she can also know whether the students can apply their learning to real world situation, and can also diagnose the weakness and strength of the student’s communicating skills.

CLASS 3 OBSERVATION
Name of the School Observed:  Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall street, San Vicente Ilagan City, Isabela Date Visited: November 26, 2014 Grade/Year Level: 4th year Azalea Subject Area: Science
ASSESSMENT TOOLS	DESCRIPTION (Bulleted description of how the assessment method is used relative to subject matter, levels of learning behaviour, length, etc.)
·         Exercise		Individual activity in naming compounds      The students are assessed if they are able to name some compounds after their discussion   The teacher writes down the chemical formulas and let the students name it.     The teacher gave the task unannounced so she can assess whether the students are reviewing their lessons even if there are no announced test, so they will be ready always.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS CLASSIFICATION SHEET
Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall Street San Vicente Ilagan City, Isabela Date Visited: November 26, 2014 Grade/Year Level: Grade 7 Tanguile, Grade 9 Prudence, 4th year Azalea  Subject Area: Science
ASSESSMENT TOOLS	DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSESSMENT METHOD WAS USED
·         Long quiz                ·        Oral Recitation                       ·        Exercise		The teacher gave a 25 item test to the students to test their knowledge and remembering, it is considered as the most common assessment tool a teacher use because it is easy to administer, and as I have observed, the students got high scores   so it means they understood well the week’s lesson.     The teacher ask the students questions to determine if they understand the lesson, and for the teacher to know if she have to adjust, or to change her strategy in teaching   the lesson of the day, and because she want to know if the students have some ideas about the topic and if there are queries that is bothering their minds.       The teacher gave an exercise to know if the students can work independently and can give her the correct answers and if they really know how to name different chemical compounds.

               

          Analysis

      1.       Was there a variety of assessment methods used by the teacher? How relevant was/were the assessment method/s used?

Yes there were varieties of assessment methods used by the teachers testing the students’ knowledge and ability by giving them different test to assess how far did they already learned and how can they acquire more than what they already know. They train students by giving them the chance to learn by themselves with the guide of the teacher and they give them motivation to enhance their study habits so they won’t be behind the class. The teacher give students tests and quizzes to assess their academic performance and to know what adjustments are necessary to improve learning, the assessment tools are used by the teachers to assess students learning time by time so they will know the aligned strategy to use to their learners.

      2.       Do you think the expected students’ learning behaviours indicated in the objectives were properly and appropriately assessed through those assessment methods?

  Student’s learning behaviours indicates that the assessment methods properly assessed the students, like in the oral recitation, students participated and answered the questions of the teacher, and even the queries of their other classmates, their reasoning skill were enhanced during the assessment. They were exposed to different ideas and opinions of others, diverse learners. They have been aware of different notions about the concept and the theories of the lesson. And as an educator, the teacher should always aligned the assessment methods she will use to the objective of the topic she will discuss.

My Reflections

                             

            Assessment is a very important tool used by teachers to determine if the lesson they have presented is well transferred to their learners, in education, assessment plays a vital role for it measures and tells whether a teachers teaching strategy is effective or not, and it gives signal if the teacher has to adjust and to improve his/her skills and strategies in teaching diverse learners. In assessing our learners, a teacher should always be fair and free the assessment from bias and assess objectively, not subjectively or what others usually call ‘favouritism’. A teacher should make rubrics and criteria in judging the learners since every learner have different learning styles and multiple intelligences, some students are good in pencil and paper exam, and some are good in expressing what they have learned orally, and as a teacher, your role is to determine your learners weakness and strengths so all of the students have equal opportunity in expressing their potentials and enhance their weak points through the help of the teacher who should be always considerate and patient to each and every learner that he/she have to mold. So, the basic action for all of this is for the teacher to use appropriate and proper assessment methods to different kind of learners.