Three Important Types of Assessment
The use of portfolios in my classroom is something that I
had not thought of using until reading this chapter. I believe I could make
good use of a portfolio in my classroom, because it allows the student to keep
track of everything important that we learned in the class, as well as teach
them organization and professionalism. At the end of the quarter or semester I
might have them use all of their information in their portfolios to produce a
larger scale project that demonstrates they know the materials. Just because
they put worksheets and projects into their portfolio doesn’t necessarily mean
that they can recall the information down the road. I need to make sure that I
am presenting information in such a way that they are accepting of, however.
As a student, rubrics are something that I loved and hated.
I loved that I could go through and check off everything I had done, although I
hated having to follow specific rules and regulations for a project. I think I will
probably stay away from rubrics and let the students have autonomy in their
production of projects.
Self-assessment provides valuable feedback to teachers as
well as students. It allows the students to reflect on what they have
completed, hopefully, in a truthful manner. I know for me, if I didn’t do
something to the best of my ability, I felt guilty filling out a
self-assessment and saying that I had done well (which I would never do, of
course). This motivated me to actually work to the best of my potential the
next time.
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