This is a site for use by Chatham University students working in the course Assessment and Technology. Materials provided here relate to aspects of creation of an effective performance assessment. I want you to review the following materials and provide responses for the questions related to creation of performance assessments: 25 points total
Videos dealing with performance assessment
This site is labeled a toolbox for authentic assessment / this term is often interchanged with performance assessment / it will provide examples, information, and vocabulary related to performance assessment
I want you to review the materials in the videos and also review the various sections of the toolbox and provide a brief posting for the following questions:
1. Why invest the time to create a performance assessment
2. What advantages do you see to utilizing this type of assessment approach
3. How do projects and research fit into the performance assessing process
POST YOUR COMMENTS AND EXCAHNGE RESPONSES WITH EACH OTHER AT LEAST THREE TIMES / Oct. 27-29
Review the site for the assessment tool box and discuss some of the support it gives you in terms of creating your won performance assessment / which you will complete with at least 4 tasks and an evaluation system for each of the tasks - I will need a hard copy for class on Nov. 3rd and you will present your performance assessment in class on the 3rd.
POST YOUR COMMENTS AND EXCHANGE RESPONSES WITH EACH OTHER AT LEAST THREE TIMES / Oct. 29-31
ALSO CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS BLOG WITH QUESTIONS AS TO YOUR FINAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
13 comments:
1. Why invest the time to create a performance assessment?
Although creating a performance assessment may take a lot of time and effort, it is very worth it. Students can learn a lot from performance assessment. It gives them the hands on experience that a paper test does not. Instead of just reading in the text book about a subject, the students are actually experiencing it. Performance testing also shows the teacher that they are capable of performing tasks learned and not just identifying them. This type of assessment is also good because it gives students who are poor test takers a chance to show what they can do. Just because they do poorly on tests, does not mean they are not learning anything.
2. What advantages do you see to utilizing this type of assessment approach?
There are many advantages to assessment testing. It motivates the students to become more interactive in the classroom. In many cases, they may have to work together. It allows for the students to be creative. They can put their own twist on things instead of just sitting there answering questions. Assessment testing gives students a chance to think outside the box. They have to put their mind to work and actually complete a task.
3. How do projects and research fit into the performance assessing process?
Projects can be a type of performance assessment. Projects force students to build, or put together something. They are a way for students to show what they know and also be creative with it. Depending on how much a student knows and how much time they put into it, they can really show a lot. To complete a project, students are still required to learn. Projects force them to learn to complete the project.
Research is also a very good way to use performance assessment. Students can be assessed on how well they performed their research. Research can be a very successful learning tool for students if its done correctly. Students can show their research by writing a paper or filling out worksheet questions about what they have learned from their research. The can be assessed using a rubric. Research allows students to learn for themselves on their own. It is a great form of performance assessment because after the research, they must somehow show what they learned. This is good, because there are many ways to show what they have learned. They could write a paper, give a presentation or do a project.
I like the idea of how performance assessment forces students to "think outside the box." I feel this truly tests how much the students know and how well they understand the information that they were taught.
1. Why invest the time to create a performance assessment
It is important to invite time to create a performance assessment because it allows the teacher to evaluate the skills of the students and the knowledge that they have gained. It could also explain what the students understand well and where they are confused. It allows students to apply their knowledge and see how it applies to real life situations. They are not only able to learn the concept, but they are able to apply it, which makes it more memorable.
2. What advantages do you see to utilizing this type of assessment approach
It makes the experience and lesson more memorable. A lesson that is fun and educational is one that students will never forget. Students will also be able to apply the lesson instead of just learning the concept/lesson to learn.
3. How do projects and research fit into the performance assessing process
Projects and research allow the students to apply the information that they have learned, therefore assessing their performance. Projects and research are a great way to get students to think and use the information that they have learned.
To: IT
Good insights in relation to the use of performance assessments to see how effective performance assessments can be in allow students to display understanding in various ways
1. Why invest the time to create a performance assessment?
Although creating a performance assessment can be a grueling task for a teacher, it is very important. Performance assessments allow students to be creative and explore what they are learning rather than simply memorize and regurgitate facts. It gives the student a real life experience that is more likely to reflect their future tasks rather than taking a traditional test.
2. What advantage do you see to utilizing this type of assessment approach?
There are many advantages to performance assessments. By using them teachers can evaluate students on many tasks in many subject areas at one time. Also performance assessments allow students to be creative and show their strengths while not focusing on their weaknesses.
3. How do projects and research fit into the performance assessing process?
A project is a type of performance assessment. Projects allow students to apply their skills and creativity to their work. Research can also be used in a performance assessment to help students think of ideas, utilize outside sources of knowledge, and develop projects.
just as a side note, i found it very interesting that the students participated in making their class rubrics.
To:EF
Good insights as to why the process might be worhtwhile also many call for the students to be involved in the rubric making process
To Katy:
I agree that there are so many methods of performance assessment. If we are to be bogged down with standards for the next 8 years, then I do believe that schools should align performance assessments with these standards. This would have to be more effective than teaching to the test.
When students create rubrics, I think that much of their anxiety, concerning the completion of a project disappears, since they know and understand what they must do to achieve the maximum amountof points.
Having the students involved allows the students to set their own goals and should motivate them to achieve these goals and possibly go well beyond the goals they gave themselves.
To:
Caitlin
Do you feel students should be involved in the creation of performance rubrics??
I think its a good idea for students to help create rubrics. This means they will know exactly what is expected of them. It also will help them understand the grading process.
i think its a really good idea for students to help develop the rubric, however shouldn't the teacher have final say?
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