Assessments ELL Krystine M. Ngo Grand Canyon University ESL-223N SEI English Language Teaching: Foundations & Methodologies September 22‚ 2011 ELL Assessments Assessment is a valuable tool to measure students learning and achievement. It is an essential element for teacher to reflect on what and how they teach. To assess students is to collect evidence of their learning. Teachers use the information to modify their lesson plans and adjust their instructional methods; students need feedback
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Name Professor Course Date Support for Abortion Abortion involves the termination of a pregnancy or ending the life of an unwanted and unborn fetus. According to most pro-choice people‚ abortion means getting rid or terminating a pregnancy and not necessarily killing a fetus. They believe that the unborn child is only an embryo or fetus‚ not an actual living baby. According to the pro-choice people‚ a mother has an option of terminating or ending a pregnancy because the fetus is only in the
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment The geriatric assessment is a multidimensional‚ multidisciplinary diagnostic instrument designed to collect data on the medical‚ psychosocial and functional capabilities and limitations of elderly patients. Various geriatric practitioners use the information generated to develop treatment and long-term follow-up plans‚ arrange for primary care and rehabilitative services‚ organize and facilitate the intricate process of case management‚ determine long-term care
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time to be outside. Even on school time children do not take the grab at the physical education classes offered to them. This laziness has gotten out of hand‚ steering obesity to be one of the top factors in children and young adults. P.E. should be required in school grades k-12‚ because even the people who need it the most are not willingly active. The incline of fast food restaurants‚ lead as easy gateways for families to get good food in fast periods of time. Between the years of 2005-08‚ statistics
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Assessments Brandon Stidham 12-10-2012 ECE 354 Assessments are very important in determining how to teach our children and where they are in terms of development. There are many types of assessments that can be beneficial in helping determine how to approach the learning style of each child as an individual instead of as a whole group. While each assessment is structurally different‚ they can produce results which give us insight on where our children are during different stages of their lives
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How fundamental is assessment to the learning process? Section 1: Introduction Before embarking on a reflective journal assignment about assessment‚ it is important first of all to define what is meant by both formative and summative assessment. Following the extensive research I have done into assessments over the last half term‚ the best definition I have found for formative assessment is: “the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers
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Social Assessment Paper: (25% of Final Grade) DUE: * Copy for peer review due on 5/6/13 (bring to class for in-class peer review) * Peer feedback due in class on 5/6/13 * Final paper due on 5/17/13 by 6pm to the D2L dropbox Purposes: 1. To practice selecting and gathering relevant data for assessment. 2. To practice synthesizing and developing assessments. 3. To help address the following practice behaviors: * Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures
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The method of formative assessment was first introduced by Michael Scriven in 1967‚ and later re-introduced by Benjamin Bloom‚ who suggested that the term be applied to student learning in 1969. Bloom suggested that formative assessment would be a much more powerful tool if it were separated from the grading process and used primarily as an aid to teaching. Many believe that the practice of formative assessment is rooted in Bloom’s concept of “mastery learning.” This concept is an instructional approach
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Assessment of English Language Learners Jocelyn M. James-Fludd Grand Canyon University: 533N June 26‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the various assessments that are used for English Language Learners. There are many assessments that can be used to provide data for ELLs. The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss the English language proficiency test that is presently utilized in my school. Assessment involves teachers gathering‚ identifying‚ and interpreting information about
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ASSESSMENT METHODS What is assessment? Black and William (1998) declare that the term assessment is generally used to refer to all activities teachers use to help students learn and to gauge student progress. There are many different forms of assessment‚ however they can generally be divided into two main categories; formative and summative which can be formal or informal. Formative assessment focuses on the gap between where a learner is in their learning‚ and where they need to be. Marshall
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