Reflective Essay
Reflective Essay
Jazmine Caballero
Walden University
Dr. Paul Trautman
EDUC 6731: Assessment for Student Learning
June 28, 2015
Reflective Essay
I can give faith that my assumptions about assessment have been changed throughout this course. Dr. Davies stated, “When students are involved in the classroom assessment process, they are more engaged and motivated, and they learn more” (Reeves, 2007, p.31). Therefore, when creating are lesson plans we should establish appropriate learning goals and assessments that motivate students. Before this course, I was a failure in creating assessments that tied up with standards and the course content. This course has really helped me in developing assessments and knowing the importance in engaging and motivating students.
Reflecting on what I have learned, made me change the assessments unit I developed on the Fibonacci sequence in a positive way. For example, now the group task of interpreting the Fibonacci sequence allows them to work together to determine the definition of optical illusions and to identify examples of what they collectively interpret are illusions. Also, they promote student involvement. It includes group presentations and elections. For the other group task, I will distribute a variety of samples of the seven basic types of illusions to each group. Students will have time to discuss and evaluate what they are seeing. In the end, each group make a presentation about the classifications of their samples.
I believe that now the assessments included in my unit plan promote student involvement. For example, giving them the opportunity to create their own definition of optical illusion makes them feel that their opinions matter and promotes discussion in the class. Also, making them do presentations allows the presenters to be very engaged with the material.
Furthermore, I learned how can teaching skills with curriculum content improves learning. Silva (2009, p. 630) stated, “An
Jazmine Caballero
Walden University
Dr. Paul Trautman
EDUC 6731: Assessment for Student Learning
June 28, 2015
Reflective Essay
I can give faith that my assumptions about assessment have been changed throughout this course. Dr. Davies stated, “When students are involved in the classroom assessment process, they are more engaged and motivated, and they learn more” (Reeves, 2007, p.31). Therefore, when creating are lesson plans we should establish appropriate learning goals and assessments that motivate students. Before this course, I was a failure in creating assessments that tied up with standards and the course content. This course has really helped me in developing assessments and knowing the importance in engaging and motivating students.
Reflecting on what I have learned, made me change the assessments unit I developed on the Fibonacci sequence in a positive way. For example, now the group task of interpreting the Fibonacci sequence allows them to work together to determine the definition of optical illusions and to identify examples of what they collectively interpret are illusions. Also, they promote student involvement. It includes group presentations and elections. For the other group task, I will distribute a variety of samples of the seven basic types of illusions to each group. Students will have time to discuss and evaluate what they are seeing. In the end, each group make a presentation about the classifications of their samples.
I believe that now the assessments included in my unit plan promote student involvement. For example, giving them the opportunity to create their own definition of optical illusion makes them feel that their opinions matter and promotes discussion in the class. Also, making them do presentations allows the presenters to be very engaged with the material.
Furthermore, I learned how can teaching skills with curriculum content improves learning. Silva (2009, p. 630) stated, “An
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