1.  Teaching: Chapter 14

2. Assessments provide feedback about students’ learning as it is occurring and evaluates students’ learning after instruction has taken place

3. Formative  Ongoing part of instruction designed to provide feedback about students’ learning as it is occurring Summative  Evaluation of students’ learning after instruction has taken place

4.  Students’ achievement of learning objectives o Measured by tests  Student growth over time o Document and track growth and progress  Teaching effectiveness o Personal assessments, videos, feedback from peers, networking with other teachers, school review, evaluation of teachers, self reflection

5. Most widely used assessment tools are TESTS!

6.  Standardized tests assess students’ learning Formative or Summative?

7.  True/False  Multiple Choice  Matching  Fill in the Blank  Identification  Essay

8.  Write questions that match the level of the objectives  Match the proportion of questions to the emphasis placed on various objectives.  Limit the number of different types of questions to three or four.  Group questions of the same type together  Be sure that questions do not give answers or clues to other question  Provide clear directions for each section of the test  Evaluate existing tests or questions carefully before use  Format the test for ease of grading

9.  The ability to develop clear directions is a critical skill for teachers because they can affect the success of learning activities, impacting how well students learn.

10.  Writing papers  Multimedia presentations  Real-life tasks  Student portfolios

11.  Rubrics – scoring tools that list the criteria for judging a particular type of work  Checklists and scorecards – checklists are simple lists of items to be noted. Scorecards list the characteristics or factor to use when evaluating learning.  Self-evaluation and peer evaluation – evaluations performed by the students or peers

12.  Valid  Reliable  Developmentally appropriate for the learning  Not become the focal point, taking away from the learning process  Make good use of time and other resources

13. Direct feedback can play a major role in helping students improve their learning skills. The goal of giving feedback is to help individual learners know what they are doing well and what specific improvements are needed.

14.  Grading plan established before class begins and communicated to the student  Grades should reflect student learning – not behavior, attendance, etc.  Report card grades should be based on a variety of individual assignments, tests, and other work  Not every activity and assignment should be scored, especially those not part of the learning process  Student work should be recorded in numerical format  Scores for some type of work may be weighted more than others

15. Course evaluation helps teachers improve their teaching. They can identify what worked and what did not work in the classroom. They can evaluate their motivation methods, classroom management skills, classroom arrangement, schedule, or other factors that might improve teaching and learning.