fs episode 5 (build me up)

Learning Assessment Strategies

Field Study

EPISODE 5

                                                                      BUILD ME UP

	Name of FS Student:    Mary Joy F. Navarro Course:      Bachelor of Secondary Education                     Resource Teacher:  Federico Nacino        Cooperating School:  Isabela National High School

My Target

            At the end of this activity, you will be skilful in designing product-oriented performance assessment.

Your Task

            Design a product-oriented performance assessment by going through the process through the following steps:

1.       Visit a class and identify product-oriented activities.

2.       Choose one product-oriented activity and study the process.

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

4.       Develop a portfolio of your assessment plan.

5.       Reflect on your experience.

OBSERVATION NOTES

Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School      School Address: Claravall St. San Vicente City of Ilagan,Isabela Date Visited: March 03,10, 2015 Grade/Year Level:9- Patience Subject Area: Electronics

Describe in bullets the product-oriented activity you observe.  ·         In this activity the students will now use their knowledge in the series and parallel circuit. ·        The students with their groups will produce their own diagram using series and parallel circuit. ·        With the diagram they have produce they will build a small house using any recycled materials they want. ·        After building a house they should put some lights on it using the diagram they have made. ·        After the project has done they will explain their work in front of their classmates. ·        The project made by the students will be graded according to their work, the effectiveness and the explanation of the group.

MY PLAN

Learning Objectives: ·        To build a small house using any recycled materials andput some lights on it using the diagram of series and parallel circuit. ·        Promote socialization and active participation within the students.

General Product-oriented performance Task: ·         To build a small house using the diagram of series and parallel circuit.

Target Skills: ·        To develop the creativity of the students. ·        To enhance their knowledge in using the series and parallel circuit.

Learning Activities (Specific tasks): ·        The learning activity that the students must accomplish is to build a small house with series and parallel circuit. ·        The layout of the final product must be presentable, organize and well explained.

Assessment Tasks: The making of the product will be evaluated through the following criteria: Criteria 1 (Poor) 3(Good) 5(Excellent) Appearance Presentation Organization

NOTES ON MY PRODUCT-ORIENTED ASSESSMENT PLAN

Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address:Claravall St. San Vicente City of Ilagan, Isabela Date Visited: March 03,10, 2015 Grade/Year Level:  9- Patience Subject Area:  Electronics

What are the best features of my product-oriented performance assessment design?   The best feature of my product-oriented performance assessment design is that the activity of the students is align in the teachers learning objective and target. The activity is not only to enhance the students mind in learning the subject but they are being enhance with their skills.

What specific conditions are necessary for a successful use of my product-oriented performance assessment design? The specific conditions that are necessary for a successful use of my product oriented performance assessment design is that the teacher should have his specific objective on why he is teaching his lesson. The learning objectives should be known by the students.                In giving such activity to the students the teacher should discuss his topic well and give the student a clear and understandable instructions and directions so that the students will know what are their specific task to do.

What basic points should the user of this design consider?   The basic points to consider in this design is the materials to be needed in the activity. The  teacher should check the materials of his students so that they will determine if they miss something.                The teacher should give attention and guidance to his students so that they will not be misled on the activity that they are doing. And considering also the differences of the students in their acquired skill.

Analysis

1.       Do you think your originally design product-oriented performance assessment can appropriately assess the teacher’s learning objective? Why? Why not?

Yes, because the instruction was explain clearly and the procedures are discussed thoroughly.

As a teacher we should have our objectives in teaching our subjects, and this objective should be discussed to the students so that they know what their specific tasks to be obtained are. Teacher should always remember that a learning target should know and can do, and the criteria for judging students’ performance. As a teacher also you need to determine if the targets or objective you have are at the right level of difficulty to motivate the students.

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

Product oriented task  needed more attention of the teacher because we provide realistic contexts that can make problems more engaging for students, and it will help us evaluate whether our students understand the given lesson and instructions. Students should be given attention in this task because this requires students to employ multiple levels of behaviour from the cognitive, motor and from the other domains. As a learning target, each product needs to be clearly described in some detail so that there is no misunderstanding, about what students are required to do.

3.       In what conditions can the product-oriented performance assessment be need more appropriately?

In using the product-oriented performance task the product-oriented method should be justifiable match for the targeted content, behaviours and conditions in the domain. The directions must be clearly define the product expected of students. And in scoring our students we must accompany it with set of rubrics. In this assessment we should involve direct examination of our students’ ability to use their knowledge that is likened to what is encountered in real-life setting. In this assessment you should let your students lean by themselves and let them expressed their self and the ability or skills they have.

Reflections

Write your reflection of thoughts, feelings, personal learning strategies, insights or new understanding from your experience in using authentic assessment. Then share your reflection with your FS teacher and classmates. Also draw some insights from your classmates’ sharing.

After answering all the questions in this field study I realized that as a future teacher we should be more observant and give more attention to our pupils/students because all of them have a different characteristics and capabilities that we should enhance through the use of different methods, strategies and assessment tools. Also, after answering this field study I understand how a teacher should be in dealing his/her pupils. And through this I have learned many things that I can use when I am already in the field of teaching. That in giving assessment is a task that we need to think and examine carefully and we should based it on the learners and the learning objectives for it to be successfully done.

            After answering all the questions in this field study I have realized the importance of assessing the students appropriately. In assessing our students we should give them the attention they need because we are dealing with different students with different characteristics and skills. As a teacher we should give or provide equal opportunities to our students in learning. As a teacher we should require our students to do some performance or project for them to be able to express their self and enhance the skills they have. And also after answering this field study I understand how the teacher affect each of the students and how to deal with our students properly and effectively, with the use of different methods, strategies and assessment tools we will be able to examine our students well.

            A good teacher engage his students to more authentic or real-life learning because I believed that “ experienced is the best teacher”.

Field Study

EPISODE 4

WORK ME ON

Name of FS Student:     Mary Joy F. Navarro

Course:             Bachelor  of Secondary Education                      

                                                                                   

Resource Teacher: Federico Nacino       

Cooperating School:       Isabela National High School

My Target

            At the end of this activity, you will be skilful 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 City, Isabela Date Visited: February 02, 09, 16 2015 Grade/Year Level: Grade 9 -Patience Subject Area: Electronics

Describe in bullets the performance-based activity you observe. The topic I have observed in this episode is “Identifying Series and Parallel Circuit”. ·        In the activity made by the student they should know the difference between the Series and Parallel Circuit. ·        The teacher gives them different illustrations and they will tell whether it is connected in Series or Parallel Circuit. ·        The teacher will now pick one name of student and he will show one illustration. ·        After the students have answered it, he will now explain or define the meaning of his answer. ·        The student will be graded according to his answer and his explanation.

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

MY CHECKLIST Here are some lists of important things I wish to consider in my performance-based assessment plan: ·        There should be a specific purpose why you are teaching this lesson to your students. ·        You should know you’re learning target in teaching to know what kind of assessment will be used. ·        We should consider the different capabilities and skills of our students. ·        The objective should target the three (3) domains of learning. ·        Instruction and procedures must be clear. ·        Let the student know the criteria you will use.

NOTES ON MY PROCESS-ORIENTED ASSESSMENT PLAN

Name of the School Observed: Isabela National High School School Address: : Claravall St. San Vicente Ilagan City, Isabela Date Visited: February 02, 09, 16 2015 Grade/Year Level: Grade 9 -Patience Subject Area: Electronics

What are the best features of my process-oriented performance assessment design? These are the best features of my process-oriented performance assessment design: ·         The assessment was used properly. ·         The objective set by the teacher was meet. ·         The instruction was clearly stated. ·         It builds up the student to learn most. ·         The learning was simple and meaningful.

What specific conditions are necessary for a successful use of my process-oriented performance assessment design? These are the conditions necessary for a successful use of my process-oriented performance assessment design: ·         Instruction must be clear and procedures should be followed properly. ·         The teacher must give the guidance needed by the student during and after activity. ·         Each member of the group should cooperate in the activity. ·         The three domains of learning should be considered. ·         The teacher should have scoring rubrics to be identified.

What basic points should the user of this design consider? The basic points the user should consider in this design are: ·         Who will be the learning target of this assessment. ·         The materials and tools should be provided. ·         We should consider the differences of each student in their acquired skills. ·         The teacher should guide the student well by giving clear instructions. ·         The teacher should give attention to the students to be assessed.

ANALYSIS

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

The teacher needs to give attention to the students’ process-oriented task to be able to evaluate both the effectiveness of the process or procedure used by the students. We also need to give attention to our students so that we will be able to identify what aspect they are in and what process they have a hard time dealing with. We need to assess our students so that we can measure the ability and skills of our students to perform such task and know whether they have understood the subject matter. We need to assess our students to provide hem opportunity to explore learning, to discover how they acquire learning to the most, and try out different approaches to solve problems, and work independently to determine the relevance of what they are learning in their lives.

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

The process-oriented performance assessment may be used appropriately if learning for the students is playful, recursive and non-linear, engaging, self-directed and provide meaningful experiences. Process-oriented performance assessment may be used appropriately when teachers first determine the purpose why they are teaching this lesson, next is to make your objectives for your learners and define instructional outcomes for the backbone of a good process-oriented performance-based assessment. This can also be used appropriately if the nature of the task and the scoring criteria used to judge the student is in fair manner.

Reflection

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

                        As I observed the class that was assigned to me, I have realize something good about teaching, in assessing our students of course we require them to do something, not simply know it or know how to do it. What’s important is that we should require our students to show what they can do, not simply tell what they know or should do. In the performance made by our students we should know how to appreciate their works, we should know that the emphasis here is on our students ability to use their knowledge and skills to produce their own work. In the other word we should give attention on how our students used such metacognitive strategies or the abilities with which learning reflect upon, evaluate and monitor their own learning process, as a necessary condition for learning and intellectual development. Someday as a future teacher we will also used this kind of assessment but in using it we need to consider things so that we will be able to use this kind of assessment appropriately and effectively.