TDA 3.3: Support Assessment For Learning
Rebecca Anderson
Level 3 Diploma
TDA 3.7 Support assessment for learning
1. Compare and contrast the roles of the teacher and for the learning support practitioner in assessment of learners’ achievements.
2. Summarise the difference between formative and summative assessment.
3. Explain the characteristics of assessment for learning.
4. Explain the importance and benefits of assessment for learning.
5. Explain how assessment for learning can contribute to planning for the future learning carried out by:
• The teacher
• The learners
• The leaning support practitioner.
1. The roles of the teacher and the learning support practitioner are different in that the teacher is responsible for monitoring and assessing the pupils achievement and need to know how much the children have progressed and report back to the parents/carers and other teachers i.e.: the head and heads of year/subject leaders. Teachers will plan lessons with clear outcomes that the learner’s progress can be measured against. The role of the learning practitioner is to support the teacher/ children in achieving this. We can do this by reporting whether or not children we are …show more content…
The benefits and importance of assessment for learning are that children feel empowered to improve their performance. This builds their self-esteem and gives them ownership of their learning. Effective feedback ensures that the adults are supporting the less able as well as the more able. .Assessment for learning is used to enable the children to understand the aim of what they are doing, what they need to do to reach the learning outcome and where they are in relation to it. It has been shown that there is a relationship between the process of assessment and pupil motivation. Children who feel they are not involved in the learning process consequently lose interest and become
Level 3 Diploma
TDA 3.7 Support assessment for learning
1. Compare and contrast the roles of the teacher and for the learning support practitioner in assessment of learners’ achievements.
2. Summarise the difference between formative and summative assessment.
3. Explain the characteristics of assessment for learning.
4. Explain the importance and benefits of assessment for learning.
5. Explain how assessment for learning can contribute to planning for the future learning carried out by:
• The teacher
• The learners
• The leaning support practitioner.
1. The roles of the teacher and the learning support practitioner are different in that the teacher is responsible for monitoring and assessing the pupils achievement and need to know how much the children have progressed and report back to the parents/carers and other teachers i.e.: the head and heads of year/subject leaders. Teachers will plan lessons with clear outcomes that the learner’s progress can be measured against. The role of the learning practitioner is to support the teacher/ children in achieving this. We can do this by reporting whether or not children we are …show more content…
The benefits and importance of assessment for learning are that children feel empowered to improve their performance. This builds their self-esteem and gives them ownership of their learning. Effective feedback ensures that the adults are supporting the less able as well as the more able. .Assessment for learning is used to enable the children to understand the aim of what they are doing, what they need to do to reach the learning outcome and where they are in relation to it. It has been shown that there is a relationship between the process of assessment and pupil motivation. Children who feel they are not involved in the learning process consequently lose interest and become