A sentiment that really resonates with my own views on teaching is when Anne Davies, in the article “Involving Students in Communicating About Their Learning” writes, “Student involved communications arise from classrooms in which students are involved in the classroom assessment process – they do not flourish in teacher-centered classrooms” (50). As explained here, students
Month: January 2020
Week #3 Post
In this week’s readings, I was able to unpack the importance of multimodal assessment tools and why it is necessary to bring technology into the classroom. In order to increase the literacies of your students, it is beneficial to introduce aspects of technology. Technology can provide a lot of different skill building tools that have
Week #2 Post
The first article by Dr. Louis Volante was a very interesting read and offered excellent suggestions about how to properly assess students. An interesting aspect of assessment that I had not previously considered was reducing biases in assessment methods. I had not previously considered the way bias might play a role in assessment choices,
Assessment Philosophy
Assessment is a means to identify a student’s progress and abilities within a course or a specific assignment. Assessment should be fair to all students and should not be unnecessarily difficult. The assessment should, however, challenge students to display their knowledge that they learned. As the assigned text explained, assessment “should motivate students to learn