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UNIVERSIDAD MARIANO GALVEZ DE GUATEMALA

FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS

LICDA. EVELYN R. QUIROA

PROFESORADO EN EL IDIOMA INGLES

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

STUDENT: AURA SUSANA VASQUEZ DE GORDILLO

ID 0760913

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques .. 7/16/2011 Aura Susana Vásquez García ID 0760913

CLASS LOG 1

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION VOCABULARY

In our first class as introduction we knew about the class syllabus and also about Assessment and Evaluation Vocabulary, which contains the next aspects:

Action Research: we can say that consists in the information get in a research or investigation , answer some questions can help to get a better learning. Affective Outcomes: the learner show his/her emotions or feelings also values which forms personality or mood. Annual Report: It refers to the information given once a year about assessment and methods used to do it also evaluation itself. Assessment : the measurement about what student have learned or how much they have achieved or learn. This topic can also say about student’s skills. Assessment Cycle : It refers to each result gotten in each unit or semester that is formed the year. So they are analyzed in order to improve necessary aspects. Assessment Tool : Talks about different instruments used to do assessment or get and measure students acquisition and knowledge. Assessment Literacy : Those ones methods and techniques used to assess our students and also accurate forms to measure learning. Authentic Assessment It is a kind of feedback which but not by parts instead that is a whole evaluation, this can used different techniques to do assessment. The concept of model, practice, Benchmark This shows the student’s level in an specific area.

Cohort Here can be measured student’s achievement with methods or techniques at different time. Course-embedded assessment Is evaluated the learning for a method that involved some courses . Course-level assessment It refers to assess the level reached in determined course. Course mapping I consider this like a kind of syllabus, including every aspect or topic to learn. Criterion Referenced Tests The results determine student’s progress and it can be taken to compare previous results in order to improve. Curriculum Map It refers to goals reached in every topic in a course. Diagnostic Evaluation: A test done to know what is student’s level or knowledge. Direct Assessment In specific project ,task, test, or homework assigned can be assessed learner’s achievement. Educational Goals What does the learner have acquired can be showed by their abilities to solve any circumstance in his/her knowledge. Formative assessment I consider this assessment in every stage o f the student’s development in order to know weaknesses and strengthens. General Education Assessment It refers about testing students in a general or whole way to know their knowledge . Holistic Scoring Here is assigned a score to a general assessment not a specific students performance or development. Learning outcomes This can be considered as how students show abilities, attitudes, skills according if the goals have been reached or the methods have worked well. Measurable Criteria Applies criteria which has been measured on students outcome. Metacognition As a teacher I should analyze about the methodology used to teach if it really works to continue applying, otherwise look for a better. Norm Set scores in determined group according their performance.

Portfolio It is collect our students’ work to show others their work over a specific time which includes assessments, evaluation and also they should write reflections in order to reflect about over weaknesses and strengthens. Primary Trait Method It refers a checklist to asses and score specific student’s skill , attitude, and development. Process When we make something it is necessary to do step by step so a process is involved also in assessment. Program assessment Here we test our students in order to know how much they have achieved in specific program. Reliability A trustworthy result which have been tested through different methods. Rubric It refers to the criteria for specific points in the learning and how they were achieved . Self-efficacy In this point there is a students self assessment and they should reflex about their skills in the learning of specific course. Senior Project I consider this aspect of assessment as a final work which require the whole knowledge that students have acquired in every detail so it show their abilities. Summative assessment This assessment is done at the end of the course when students have acquired certain knowledge. Validity It refers to the real result of the assessment . Assessment gather information to understand individual student’s learning and needs. Evaluation the information gathered for the purpose of making decisions or judgments about students' learning and needs, often at reporting time.

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques .. 7/23/2011 Aura Susana Vásquez García ID 0760913

CLASS LOG 2

In the last class I learned that Assessment is everything done in class, such as

worksheets, short tests, reading exercises, listening activities, role plays. So these

activities reinforce our standards and also I’m receiving feedback if my students

learned and what exactly they learned.

In Evaluation I interpret the assessment results and I can see my students’

progress. Also I can take decisions if anything isn’t going well.

There are Diagnostic test which is done at beginning of the unit, cycle, or

semester; this indicates where to begin instructions, what concepts or skills to

emphasize. In this stage I can select important objectives.

In a Formative assessment we focus on the process, if the students are learning,

and comprehend what I’m teaching. The formative assessment is continuous,

inform students, parents, and teachers if the students are going on our

competences, it has a score.

At the Summative we test our students at the end of a unit, term or year to

demonstrate achievement of objectives. This assessment give information about

students’ skills, abilities, and attitudes which have developed.

Which can help us a lot in the learning process is use or think out different activities

those ones also can help to reinforce.

At last point it can not be Evaluation without assessment so they serve as support

one another .

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques .. 7/30/2011 Aura Susana Vásquez Garcia ID 0760913

CLASS LOG 3

Formal assessment: it is based on the traditional tests which be done to check

the level of academic achievement or other characteristics they can check overall

achievement, and we can find student's strengths and weaknesses.

Examples:

Debates

Speech

Essay

Worksheets

Short tests

Informal assessment: I can say that they are alternative which allow teachers to

check the ongoing progress of their students regularly and often. Informal

assessments sometimes referred to as criterion referenced measures or

performance based measures, should be used to inform instruction. For example,

running records are informal assessments because they indicate how well a

student is reading a specific book. Scores such as 10 correct out of 15, percent of

words read correctly, and most rubric scores; are given from this type of

assessment.

Some examples are:

Spelling

Role plays

Crosswords

Brainstorming

Board games


CLASS LOG 4

I can see that there are many interesting and motivational activities to do as formal

and informal assessment .

Subjects as Science are very interesting to look for practical activities which can

help students to learn and also they do not feel that we are testing them in a

manual project as informal assessment, also it can be attached a worksheet , a

speech with determined rubric to check it.

We can distribute materials among them to make some manual projects or paper

to make a poster and present a speech about specific topic.


CLASS LOG 5

There are many unknown concepts for teachers that we must differentiate, such as

objectives and competences .

I consider an objective as a goal to get at the end of a unit, semester, or a year,

they are established for the general course, so they are related to the cognitive

aspect of the learning process.

Competences make the student apply what they really have learned making them

more competent , they show results according the acquired knowledge. So

students can develop themselves in the necessary context.

Competences are based in the following aspects: learn to know, learn to do, learn

to cohabit, and learn to be, also they are based on concept, procedural, and

attitude which form the affective aspect of the student.

I meditated about that we must teach always based on competences in order

make our students use the language in different contexts.

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques .. 9/10/2011

Aura Susana Vásquez Garcia ID 0760913

CLASS LOG 6

Doing a test is not only copy or paste something in a sheet in order to pass this to

students as an evaluation without know what they really know and are able to do or

apply according to what they have learned.

Designing a blueprint for a test is like to make a plan for a building, we should

study many aspects or points. We should be careful with the students’ needs,

include in the test or evaluation contents that they already are capable or are

skillful to manage, so they can solve any situation required.

To design a blueprint we must base in Bloom’s Taxonomy or Domains as they are

called; we should analyze and ask ourselves What are they able to do? With the

knowledge they have acquired, Do they have the skills to solve any situation?

They teacher is not supposed to ask students to do something that first he has not

taught and second what if they can’t do that we are requiring to do.

Remember that the domains are based in this order categories remembering,

understanding, , applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating, then we ca not ask

them to create something that they only remembering and understanding but still

they have no practiced yet to do or make something; it must be done step by step

respecting the level or skill they have.

As conclusion we should create an evaluation that must be effective, valid, real,

and accurate, and study carefully what content we are going to include on the test.

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques .. 9/24/2011

Aura Susana Vásquez Garcia ID 0760913

CLASS LOG 7

Designing the blueprint of a test is something that require be careful taking into

account that the domains are based in this order categories remembering,

understanding, , applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating, then we ca not ask

students to create something that they only remembering and understanding but

still they have no practiced yet to do or make something; it must be done step by

step respecting the level or skill they have.

Remember that skills should be according to the content.

When we get the total of every aspect it must be calculated according the time in

periods or value in series.


CLASS LOG 8

Talking about the test creation we should think carefully in choose the best type

and items to include on that exam, We should respect every domain never skip

anything.

When we design our test, check that there are many types but we have to analyze

and place as first that one more simple to understand an gradually increase the

level or difficulty and also as I mentioned before do not forget of the skills they

managed or are able.

Instructions and items should be clear in order to get better results.

It is better start with multiple choice, so they are more simple.

We should avoid trick questions, be also careful with the structure of the complete

test.

According the type of test allow different original responses or pattern of responses

which permit students enter in their imagination to create for example original

essays.

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