Assessment in the Classroom The school has a comprehensive‚ well set out assessment-policy which I have tried to familiarise myself with during my second four week university block away from the school‚ as I sourced a copy of it during my serial weeks along with a number of other school policy documents both required for (and beyond) the school-policy professional activity exercise. I have found this has helped me get to grips with the procedures within the school and has helped me fit in. Though
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Running head: ASSESSMENT MATRIX Module 3: Assessment Matrix Valencia K. Gorman Grand Canyon University: SPE 536 April 8‚ 2012 Module 3: Assessment Matrix Assessments are a vital tool that educators use to determine empirical strengthens and weaknesses of a student’s academic and behavioral ability to function. These assessments assist educators to plan and implement effective instruction that can facilitate deeper and higher student learning. It also helps educators to
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What is meant by assessment? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment types and methods you use? How would you involve your learner into the assessment process? Why do we need to keep records of assessment? Assessments are a critical part of the education system; highlighted by Black and Wiliams’(1998) who define assessments as activities providing “information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged”. There are two forms
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Continuous Assessment is an on-going process of gathering and interpreting information about students’ learning that you use to make decisions about what to teach‚ how to teach and how well students have learned. Basic characteristics of Continuous Assessments include the following; * It is an on-going process * It comprises of a variety of assessment methods * It gives timely feedback * Its aligned with curriculum and * Its collaborative with students. Some differences between
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Introduction Community assessment refers to the process of determining the needs and resources possessed by a community in order to understand it better. It provides information as regards to the community‚ such as the needs and resources that the community has can be used to plan and deliver services to the public effectively (The community needs assessment process‚ 2004). Community assessment is done under the premise that community has both needs and assets. The needs of the community are the
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1.1 Explain the function of assessment in learning and development Why assessments are carried out? What its purpose is What it is measuring What are the anticipated outcomes? To answer this question‚ let us define assessment as evaluation or appraisal; it is about making a judgment‚ identifying the strengths and weaknesses‚ the good and the bad‚ and the right and the wrong in some cases. It is more than simply giving marks or grades‚ although that may well be a part of it. And because it involves
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Using Assessment and Feedback to Enable Learning Many of my lessons involve embedding literacy into a topic so it is more meaningful for the learners. There are various ways of assessing work which are used. One method that is used is initial assessment‚ where the learners at the beginning of their induction into our pre-16 program do an online BSKB initial assessment in Maths‚ English and ICT. This is to ensure that the learner is at the right level of learning. These tests are formative and convergent
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Assessment plays a crucial role in the education system as it is a process of evaluating or appraising a piece of work in order to determine where a child is at‚ and what further teaching needs to be delivered. It is about making a judgment and identifying strengths and weaknesses. As assessment involves making a judgment it will almost inevitably include an element of subjectivity by the assessor. However‚ we should strive to make assessment as objective‚ fair‚ reliable and relevant as possible
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Traditional Assessment Paper AET/535 Shaun Stillwell October 14‚ 2012 Instructor: Shaitaisha Winston Assessment Paper Developing an assessment for performance measurement requires determining which skills‚ concepts‚ and knowledge should be assessed. The developer must know what type of decisions‚ learning objectives‚ and information used from the assessment by asking the following questions to define purpose. Defining the Purpose Determine what type of learning skills are students
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A PERSON CENTRED APPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT MY NAME What is it I want to do What are the benefits to me in doing this? What might go wrong? What might happen if I don’t do this? DATE Can we do something to reduce the risk? (See over). With control measures how likely is it to go wrong? (Scale of 1-10). If it goes wrong. How serious will it be? (Scale of 110 x previous score). A PERSON CENTRED APPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT 1 NAME DATE WHEN REVIEWED People Present Signatures
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