Do These Coins Do You Need To Make A Dollar?
LaTricia Dickson-Battle
EED-364
October 13, 2013
Ronald Clutter
Assessing A Student
In education the main approach of an assessment is to determine what students have learned in a course or program. By determining what and how students learn teachers can oversee student progress, clarify student’s strengths and weaknesses, and keep a journal of these results to better help students. Second grade students are assessed to simply find the areas of struggles in their learning. I created and conducted an assessment on a second grader; the results were to my opinion normal. Creating an assessment based on the common core math standards for a second grader proved very informative. Many second graders are tested on the knowledge that they …show more content…
already know or have learned from their previous grade, I found that in doing this assessment most of the information was familiar to the student, and for the most part much of it was understood.
As the assessment continued the student began to show little signs of weakness towards counting money, but he showed strengths of being able to recognize each coin and the value of those coins. Conducting assessments helps teachers to remove the guesswork out of how their students learn and allows them to begin to put together methods and strategies to be able to reach these students and help them stay on top of their learning.
In creating the assessment chart I was able to identify the common core standards and compare what level the student should be on and what level that actual student is on in their learning abilities. The standards help with keeping the teacher and the student on a focused path. Being able to chart the results from the assessment gave me the idea of creating a journal for students; this will help with learning progress and minor set backs in the individual student. Setting goals in learning is most important for each student and the teacher, the journal will help both teacher and students stay on top of these goals. I learned that it is very helpful, and important for teachers to conduct review sessions, these sessions will help struggling students build strength in their weak areas of learning.
In conclusion, learning assessments are necessary for both student and teacher, and good idea must first start with a plan and I believe this is what a learning assessment will accomplish. Students need help in being guided in the right direction towards being successful in their learning career, teachers need plans to help be able to guide students in positive learning directions, I believe that the solution to both of these directional paths are conducting assessments and gathering the results of these assessments. Understanding and comprehending taught lessons are key elements to students, and the more a teacher knows about how their students learn the better prepared they can be to teach their students.
References
Common core math standards
Assessment: Ratio, Proportions and Measurement
1.
Fill in the table. Complete the numbers up to 10:
6
7
8
9
2
5
3
2
0
8
2. What part is colored? Write the Fraction (Ratio)
3. You have these coins, which coins do you need to make a dollar?
4. You pay $1.00 to buy an envelope costing $0.25. You receive the following change:
Is this the correct amount of change?
Yes
No
5. Which is a better estimate for the length of an earthworm?
6 yards
6 inches
6. Which tool would you use to find out how long it is until a movie starts?
watch
teaspoon
tablespoon
measuring cup
7. At the children's clothing shop in the mall, polo shirts are 15 inches long. T-shirts are 1 inch longer than polo shirts. Which shirts are longer?
Polo shirts
T-shirts
Answer Key
1. 4, 3 ,2, 1 / 5, 7, 8, 10
2. 3/4 , 1/6 , 2/4, 4/5
3. 1 nickel two pennies = .7 cents
4. Yes $1.00-.25= .75cents
5. 6 inches
6. Watch
7. T-shirts
Results of Assessment
Standards Georgia Math Standards
Problem Number Correct/Incorrect
Objectives and strategies of
instruction
Areas of Support needed
Differentiation Options
Objectives and strategies of instruction
Areas of Support needed
Learning Objective: Apply
Appropriate Assessment: use procedures to solve or complete familiar or unfamiliar tasks
Learning Objective: Evaluate
Appropriate Assessment: Activities such as journals, diaries, critiques, problem sets, product reviews
2.1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
2.MCC2.MD Measurement and Data
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Students has knowledge and understanding of assignment, students comprehends and process basic skills to perform ratio, proportion and measurement math problems operations
Differentiation instructions will be helpful in proportion.
2.5 Use appropriate tools strategically
2.5.1 In second grade, students consider the available tools (including estimation) when solving a mathematical problem and decide when certain tools might be better suited. For instance, second graders may decide to solve a problem by drawing a picture rather than writing an equation.
Student demonstrated skills and utilized tools to complete math problems.
Student showed signs of very little weakness with currency proportions
EED-364
October 13, 2013
Ronald Clutter
Assessing A Student
In education the main approach of an assessment is to determine what students have learned in a course or program. By determining what and how students learn teachers can oversee student progress, clarify student’s strengths and weaknesses, and keep a journal of these results to better help students. Second grade students are assessed to simply find the areas of struggles in their learning. I created and conducted an assessment on a second grader; the results were to my opinion normal. Creating an assessment based on the common core math standards for a second grader proved very informative. Many second graders are tested on the knowledge that they …show more content…
already know or have learned from their previous grade, I found that in doing this assessment most of the information was familiar to the student, and for the most part much of it was understood.
As the assessment continued the student began to show little signs of weakness towards counting money, but he showed strengths of being able to recognize each coin and the value of those coins. Conducting assessments helps teachers to remove the guesswork out of how their students learn and allows them to begin to put together methods and strategies to be able to reach these students and help them stay on top of their learning.
In creating the assessment chart I was able to identify the common core standards and compare what level the student should be on and what level that actual student is on in their learning abilities. The standards help with keeping the teacher and the student on a focused path. Being able to chart the results from the assessment gave me the idea of creating a journal for students; this will help with learning progress and minor set backs in the individual student. Setting goals in learning is most important for each student and the teacher, the journal will help both teacher and students stay on top of these goals. I learned that it is very helpful, and important for teachers to conduct review sessions, these sessions will help struggling students build strength in their weak areas of learning.
In conclusion, learning assessments are necessary for both student and teacher, and good idea must first start with a plan and I believe this is what a learning assessment will accomplish. Students need help in being guided in the right direction towards being successful in their learning career, teachers need plans to help be able to guide students in positive learning directions, I believe that the solution to both of these directional paths are conducting assessments and gathering the results of these assessments. Understanding and comprehending taught lessons are key elements to students, and the more a teacher knows about how their students learn the better prepared they can be to teach their students.
References
Common core math standards
Assessment: Ratio, Proportions and Measurement
1.
Fill in the table. Complete the numbers up to 10:
6
7
8
9
2
5
3
2
0
8
2. What part is colored? Write the Fraction (Ratio)
3. You have these coins, which coins do you need to make a dollar?
4. You pay $1.00 to buy an envelope costing $0.25. You receive the following change:
Is this the correct amount of change?
Yes
No
5. Which is a better estimate for the length of an earthworm?
6 yards
6 inches
6. Which tool would you use to find out how long it is until a movie starts?
watch
teaspoon
tablespoon
measuring cup
7. At the children's clothing shop in the mall, polo shirts are 15 inches long. T-shirts are 1 inch longer than polo shirts. Which shirts are longer?
Polo shirts
T-shirts
Answer Key
1. 4, 3 ,2, 1 / 5, 7, 8, 10
2. 3/4 , 1/6 , 2/4, 4/5
3. 1 nickel two pennies = .7 cents
4. Yes $1.00-.25= .75cents
5. 6 inches
6. Watch
7. T-shirts
Results of Assessment
Standards Georgia Math Standards
Problem Number Correct/Incorrect
Objectives and strategies of
instruction
Areas of Support needed
Differentiation Options
Objectives and strategies of instruction
Areas of Support needed
Learning Objective: Apply
Appropriate Assessment: use procedures to solve or complete familiar or unfamiliar tasks
Learning Objective: Evaluate
Appropriate Assessment: Activities such as journals, diaries, critiques, problem sets, product reviews
2.1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
2.MCC2.MD Measurement and Data
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Students has knowledge and understanding of assignment, students comprehends and process basic skills to perform ratio, proportion and measurement math problems operations
Differentiation instructions will be helpful in proportion.
2.5 Use appropriate tools strategically
2.5.1 In second grade, students consider the available tools (including estimation) when solving a mathematical problem and decide when certain tools might be better suited. For instance, second graders may decide to solve a problem by drawing a picture rather than writing an equation.
Student demonstrated skills and utilized tools to complete math problems.
Student showed signs of very little weakness with currency proportions