This video session was extremely informative and enlightening. The basis of this session was to analyze the ways to use assessment to create more effective instructional activities. Assessment in the video was considered consequential because the teacher that is assessing the student is using that information for the basis of their future instructional activities. This is important because then you can further assess how the student is progressing with the new instructional activities. In the video session many teachers demonstrated the way they assessed their students, which included kid watching ( where the teacher would watch two children every other week). The great part about this particular assessment is that the teacher uses that assessment to create instructional activities for the class. I believe this assessment gives the teacher a better idea of what levels of reading his/her students are on. Another assessment tool used was jobs within the classroom . In this assessment the teacher can see how the students interact with one another while completing their given task. I believe this tool can be useful for a teacher to learn about his/her students strengths and weaknesses. Another assessment tool was monitoring. In monitoring students, the teacher can see where the student needs extra assistance.
I have learned a great deal from this video session. I learned how to assess a students reading skills using 5 main points which include; word knowledge, fluency, comprehension, writing, and language. The main point that I got from the 5 main points was that having teacher/student conferences can make a tremendous difference because the teacher begins to know and understand his/her students which in turn leads to better instructional activities.
Vanessa,
ReplyDeleteGood job on capturing right on focus! We are trying to emphasize the use of assessment and diagnosis for instructional decision making, and stress the use of informal assessment techniques to keep track of students' learning progress.