Focus Areas

• Observes and assists with marking and recording
• Uses knowledge of student understanding and Mentor feedback from a lesson to inform subsequent lessons

Description

Complementary to my above activities, I used additional formative assessment strategies during my lessons, in order to evaluate students’ comprehension during the entire learning process and to assess their degree of understanding (Leahy et al., 2005), so that I could inform my future lessons accordingly. These additional types of assessment included custom made exercises, such as crossword puzzles and exit passes and online activities, like quizzes and Kahoot games. A particularly helpful aspect of the online games was that, by asking students to use their real name on the platforms, I could record their performance and keep track of their progress through the lesson sequences (Slider 5.3). By consulting their scores, I could detect areas where they had not grasped the new content entirely and then redirected my efforts into revising that material through additional discussion and exercises to help them fill any gaps (Pictures 5.4, 5.5).

References

Leahy, S., Lyon, C., Thompson, M. & Wiliam, D. (2005, November). Classroom Assessment: Minute by Minute, Day by Day – Educational Leadership. [online] Ascd.org. Available at: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov05/vol63/num03/Classroom-Assessment@-Minute-by-Minute,-Day-by-Day.aspx

Evidence Artefacts

Slider 5.3: Student results on Kahoot games (names were erased for privacy reasons).

Picture 5.4: Part of my lesson plan, where I demonstrated my ability to evaulate students’ understanding and used Mentor’s feedback to inform my next lesson.

Picture 5.5: Part of my lesson plan, where I adapted my teaching practice to promote students’ understanding.