their strengths and weaknesses‚ different styles and the importance of record keeping in education‚ linking these with current practice and theories. 1.1+1.2 Types of assessment fall under three main categories‚ namely initial‚ formative and summative depending on when they are used in the learning process. Initial assessments such as course applications or individual learning plans‚ can be used at the beginning of a course as a way of finding out that learner‚ if they have prior experience or
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What is assessment and what makes it “good?” Assessment is gathering information to ensure teachers make informed decisions about student progress. Five key components of good assessment are: classroom assessment‚ authenticity‚ formative‚ special needs intervention‚ and benchmarking. These enhance and improve student learning‚ and are outlined below. Good classroom assessment involves ‘of‚ for and as’ of learning. This practice involves teachers using inference and evidence‚ while students
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Quality assurance assists in maintaining high standards of the service such as room settings etc. Finally‚ evaluation‚ which has two main categories: formative and summative. Formative evaluations feedback continuously to inform and modify the service as it develops which is especially useful for enhancing new services‚ whereas summative evaluations are more useful for evaluating existing services to summarise how the service is doing at that time‚ (Barkham and Barker‚ 2003). Donabedian (1980) combined
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To establish a balanced assessment for your classroom you must align your curriculum and pacing through your professional learning community to be sure the focus will be on learning. In doing this I must provide clear instructions and targets to motivate students in a way that we are working together to improve learning. This is by compiling a variety of assessments and using the data‚ from these assessments‚ to continue to guide planning and instruction for differentiation and flexibility in our
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Assignment 4 – Supporting Learning Activities and Assessment for Learning QUESTION 1 1a) Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities Introduction Helping in activities would be delivery‚ if you pass on ideas‚ observations or suggestions that would be contributing to planning. Do you give feedback to your teacher about how the sessions went? The teacher use s that information to inform their planning‚ so you contribute
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Queensland University of Technology QUT Business School School of Management MGN409 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW In addition to the Official Unit outline found on QUT Virtual this document will provide specific information about the unit as it will be offered this semester. MGN409 Management Theory and Practice Semester Semester 1‚ 2014 Unit Coordinator Name: Assoc Prof Paul Davidson Phone: 3138 1248 Fax: 3138 1313 Room:Z950 Email: p.davidson@qut.edu.au Consultation Times By appointment
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Kyle Scanlan English 10 Block 2 Mr.Esposito 28th March 2013 TKAMB Summative Assessment Essay The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was a story about how Atticus was defending Tom Robinson who was a black man. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech took place on August 28‚ 1963 in Washington‚ D.C.. Martin Luther King and Atticus both believe in a nonviolent resolution to problems‚ standing in someone else’s shoes before judging them‚ and they both want the races to be equal. Martin
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This film is an incredibly rich teaching resource that lends itself to enhancing the visual literacy of senior students. It has won numerous awards‚ including two for cinematography‚ and as such has great merit for teaching students about effective uses of visual techniques and film conventions. The Italian director‚ the auteur Salvatores‚ has made a film that is extraordinarily compelling: in terms of cinematography‚ almost any random pause of the film would depict an incredible use of camera angle
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1). What is community organizing? Community organizing is when communities are helped to identify common problem or goals‚ mobilize resources‚ and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set. 2). What are the assumptions (identified by Ross) under which organizers work when bringing a community together to solve a problem? There are seven assumptions that were outline by Ross. 1) Communities of people can develop the capacity to deal with their
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My Understanding of the roles and Responsibilities of a Teacher The roles and responsibilities of a teacher are far more complex than many would realise. You are never simply just someone standing at the front of a classroom delivering information about a particular subject. The role is varied and ranges from therapist‚ to coach‚ to tutor to assessor. Through the course of this assignment I will endeavour to explore the different roles and responsibilities that combine to form ‘a teacher’ I currently
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