We can teach until we are blue in the face but, how do you know if your students are actually retaining and understanding the material? This is were assessments come into play. There are so many different ways to assess students these days but, picking the right one can be hard.For my future students:
How do you like being assessed? Do you prefer a written exam, project or hands on way of showing me the skills we learned over the past few days or week?For my university supervisor:
How do you weight the different assessments appropriately to give a final grade?
If given a written exam what can we have students who finish first do while everyone else is still working? In an 80 minute class do you provide a time limit?
What is your view on allowing retakes of assessments or fixing the assessment based off feedback and receiving half the points back for every correction that is right?
Assessments can be a tricky thing. We need to provide variability when designing our assessments in class and create an environment that all students can be successful in!
Assessment is always a challenge, but the best advice I can give is to allow students an option (when possible) on how they want to demonstrate learning. I sometimes allow students to record their responses verbally, demonstrate using an online recording (Flipgrid) or take a traditional paper/pencil exam. They choose what best suits them and it gives students ownership of their learning for that unit. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteUsing a variety of assessment methods allows students to show how they thrive-some students prefer to write wheres other would prefer just having multiple choice tests, and others prefer projects. As far as the ability to offer points back and re-tests, it will depend on many factors, one being your schools policy. However you are the professional in the room and always have the options to offer a re-test for a student you feel is deserving ( fair is not always equal)
ReplyDelete100% recommend a "flex" item on test days. You can sometimes provide them an exploratory assignment for the upcoming unit to help pave the way!
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