The article I am reviewing is titled Formative Assessment: Assessment Is for Self-regulated Learning by Ian Clark. The article is covering the topic of formative assessments. This particular article collected information from almost 200 sources in order to decipher the “values‚ theories‚ and goals of formative assessments. The author of this article proposes that the practice of formative assessments is conducted utilizing information regarding cognition‚ social‚ and cultural theories as guidelines
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Teachers have roles; responsibilities and boundaries to which they should adhere to in order to efficiently educate a learner. The term ‘teacher’ is one of many that are used to describe a person (or persons) that educates one or more people in gaining a new skill. This new skill could be anything from curriculum in schools to learning how to drive. Other names for a ‘teacher’ are coach‚ instructor‚ lecturer‚ mentor‚ presenter‚ trainer and tutor. Whichever name is used depends on the situation the
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The Achievement Gap: Causes‚ Difficulties and Strategies This term paper is broken down into three parts. In Part I‚ I will address the causes of the achievement gap and why it is so difficult to overcome for certain underperforming subgroups. I believe that the underlying factor causing the achievement gap is money. In a direct sense‚ it is clear that having money is a big advantage for students and not having money creates a host of challenges. The economically disadvantaged achievement gap
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Providing students with continuous feedback to classroom assessments can help students’ progress to achieving daily and yearly goals (McMillan‚ 2010). In introducing positive feedback and multiple assessments both teachers and students are able to assess what has been learned and needs to be learned. Wiliam (2005) has shown that by introducing multiple measures in teaching will have a greater impact on students‚ as opposed to using the one standalone benchmark test to assess students’. The evidence
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PRINCIPLES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING Principles are lighthouses. They do not move. We cannot break them; we can only break ourselves against them. --Stephen R. Covey A. The Principle of Clarity Learning Evaluation should bebased on clearly stated objectives. An objective is defined as the statement of the expected behaviors that the student should display after instruction or teaching. These objectives serve as basis for constructing and using assessment instruments to assess
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7/06/15 Explain the functions of assessment in learning and development – include initial‚ formative and summative assessment. (1.1) The fundamental function of assessment in learning and development is to ensure that learning has taken place. The role of the assessor is to evaluate the nature‚ ability or quality of a candidate against a set of criteria (informal) or to check that legal standards have been met (formal). The first step is to conduct an initial assessment at the beginning of any programme
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Negotiating with learners‚ e.g. initial assessment‚ agreeing goals and actions Initial assessment is the beginning of a teacher/learner relationship‚ allowing the teacher to identify and discover learners with difficulties and disabilities if the learner is confident to talk about them. By recording this information‚ plans towards teaching can be made so every learner feels included and progress in their learning experience. The information will determine the learners starting point; the learners may already
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IMPROVING YOUNG LEARNERS’ READING ABILITY THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING Maria Florentine Palar LBPP-LIA PAKUAN BOGOR ABSTRACT Many students‚ especially young learners find reading activities tiresome‚ even frustrating at times. This condition have led the children to a halt in their language development. The preliminary study conducted in three Big EC classes through class observations and interviews with three EC teachers in LBPP-LIA PAKUAN BOGOR showed that teaching reading is not an easy task
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Role‚ Responsibilities‚ and Relationship in long life learning Once in a work environment you are liable for your own safety and others. You need to make sure you are aware of their rules and what the policies are. As a teacher you’re responsible for your surroundings in the classroom for example the layout of the class should be suitable for all learners‚ wheelchair users someone with crutches‚ Coat’s behind chairs and bag’s under the table. There are many guidelines for you to follow such as
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vital in the effective transfer of learning. Effective communication often relies in the utilization of language. In a school setting‚ the medium of instruction often plays a fundamental role in the success of the teaching- learning process. The K-12 Curriculum emphasizes the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction with the intent of improving the learners’ understanding. The familiarity of the language is purported to be a great factor in the pupils’ learning. A better understanding of lessons
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