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Month: April 2024

The Big Five

The Big Five

My learning goal for this semester was to begin assessing through observation; I chose this because I felt it was part of being a just teacher. Throughout this course, we have discussed the importance of assessing more than just the product a student puts out. As I entered my pre-internship, I was going to follow the advice from my teacher friends and mark down every time a student participated in class discussions. However, that first day I realized that my…

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Week 9 Reflection

Week 9 Reflection

Although I was not present for this week’s class I do have some thoughts I would like to share, first up is my pre-internship. During my pre-internship I learned a lot about how hard assessment really is. I think I succeeded in giving students a variety of assignments to show their learning (exit slips, role plays, research, visuals, and always leaving room for questions) but giving the actual grades was a lot more difficult. It was hard trying to identify…

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