EPISODE 4

	Learning Assessment Strategies

 

Field Study

EPISODE 4

WORK ME ON

 

Name of FS Student:   Vanessa Joy B. Nera 

Course:                      Bachelor of Secondary Education

                                                           

Resource Teacher:     Mrs. Irene Alamon

Cooperating School:   Isabela National High School

My Target

            At the end of this activity, you will be skillful in designing process – oriented performance assessment.

My Task

            After your observation experience you now have a deeply and principled understanding of the concepts of authentic assessment used in the classroom. You can now go through the process of designing performance assessment by the following these steps:

1.       Visit a class and identify performance-based activities.

2.       Choose one performance-based activity and study its process.

3.       Design a performance assessment plan for the activity you have chosen.

4.       Collect samples of performance-based assessment tools.

5.       Reflect on your experience.

My Tools

            In observing a class, take note of important observations of the performance-based activity in the classroom. Make a checklist of the important things you want to consider in your assessment planning. Use the activity form provided for you. You may use format of process-oriented assessment that you have taken in your assessment 2 class. The rubrics are part and parcel of this assessment plan.

  

OBSERVATION NOTES

Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall St. San Vicente Ilagan Isabela Date Visited:  February 5,2015 Grade/Year Level: Grade VII- Ipil Subject Area:  Polygons(Mathematics)

Describe in bullets the performance-based activity you observe.           As I observed to Grade VII-Ipil Class  The teacher gave a task to her students through an activity entitled” Sum and Interior Angles of a Polygon.  In the activity sheet the instruction or procedures and materials are specified for students needs to follow properly the given task. As the teacher explained what to do the students start the task given. Some are distracted because that time the class environment is not effective and conducive to learners because they held the discussion in the gymnasium because  The teacher go around act a facilitator and assistant the learners to help if they do not know to do . Because they are Grade VII they act like still elementary. The students show the eagerness and enjoyment in doing the task, while the teacher acts as a facilitator and assists the learners to help if they have question and quires.

Based on your observation, make a checklist of the important things you wish to consider in your performance-based assessment plan.

MY CHECKLIST Geometrical skills and abilities Yes No Draw the different classifications of polygon Identify the vertices of the polygon Identify the diagonals of the polygons Compute the sum of interior angles of the polygons

NOTES ON MY PROCESS-ORIENTED ASSESSMENT PLAN

Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address: Claravall St. San Vicente Ilagan Isabela Date Visited:  February ,2015 Grade/Year Level: Grade VII- Ipil Subject Area:  Polygons(Mathematics)

What are the best features of my process-oriented performance assessment design? The best features of my process-oriented performance assessment design effectively evaluate complex cognitive skills and students’ behavior/ performance. It has a clear and specific learning target, competencies that consider the different domains of learning, it measures the intended to measure and specific set of criteria.

What specific conditions are necessary for a successful use of my process-oriented performance assessment design? The conditions would be they do the task individually ,should always have a clear instructions for students to understand how the task should be done and a fair scoring rubric that will serve as a guidelines for a accurate, consistent, fair judgment for the task outcome/product.

What basic points should the user of this design consider? The user of this design should consider  first is the assessment objective or what to assess, followed by the competencies to be evaluated, careful planning for the assessment context with which the task effectiveness depends, specific scoring rubric and its limitation. In addition we need also to consider the LEARNERS because the accomplishment of a task is on their hands whether it is effective on their part or not.

ANALYSIS

1.       Why do teachers need to give attention to the students’ process-oriented tasks? Why do they need to assess them?

To monitor the ability and behavior of the students in a given task. This can be used in actual performance, knowing the behavior of the learners with regards to their character which is in the form of checklist. The teachers need to give attention to the students’ Process-oriented task to see how students perform the given task and if they need assistance or questions about the given task.

They need to assess their students not only to assess what they learned or knowledge they acquired but also the behavior of the students during the assessment.

2.       In what conditions can the process-oriented performance assessment be used appropriately? 

Process Oriented Performance task is used appropriately by applying what the students learned or the knowledge they acquired.Clear defined instruction outcomes (objective) 

Assessment is more appropriately if the conditions are settled enough like the environment and assessment tools used by the teacher and also the mood of the teacher. And if the interest of students were attain

Reflection

Make reflections on your feelings and thoughts about the observations made in this FS.

During my observation in the class to Grade VII-Ipil Class

The teacher gave a task to her students through an activity entitled” Sum Interior Angles of a Polygon.

 In the activity sheet the instruction or procedures and materials are specified for students needs to follow properly the given task.

As the teacher explained what to do the students start the task given.

Some are distracted because that time the class environment is not effective and conducive to learners because they held the discussion in the gymnasium because 

The teacher goes around act a facilitator and assists the learners to help if they do not know to do.

Because they are Grade VII they act like still elementary.

The students show the eagerness and enjoyment in doing the task, while the teacher acts as a facilitator and assists the learners to help if they have question and quires.

I learned that learning environment takes big role in learning of students that day the classroom because the athletes for CAVRAA stayed there.

They stayed at gymnasium, the place is not effective and conducive for learning because it is open field, too noisy and they are lot of distractions.the teacher tried to cope up with the students and the surroundings.

The teacher should use different variety of assessment tools in assessing the students help the teacher to have valuable information that provides data on how the learners reached the set assessment objectives/learning competencies.

Performance-based Assessment should be plan carefully for an accurate, consistent and fair judgement. Should provide opportunity t all students to demonstrate, applied and perform the task. Should have a clear instruction for the students follow and understand how the task should be done.