4. Assessment is NOT only about...
• testing
• grading
• reports
• passing/failing
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5. • Teaching is a lot
more than assessing,
and assessing is a lot
more than testing.
Henrick Oprea,
hoprea.wordpress.com
‘AboutTeaching’
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6. • Assessment should be done all the time in class
.... so that we can see our students progress
and not only the final result. (@sabridv)
• Assessment should be a continuous process.
(@Mtranslator)
• Assessment should ..... be continuous and
measure the progress of the student -
comparing the student with himself earlier in
the course, not with others. (@cecilialcoelho)
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8. • At its best assessment is for showing
students where they are, what they need
to do next, and how to do that. At worst,
it's just labelling. (@harrisonmike)
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10. • They just give
themselves top marks
for everything
(especially the
troublemakers)!
• They don’t know how
to do it properly!
The criticisms:
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11. • They can’t do it
idependently
(especially the shy
ones)!
• They are too young
to comprehend the
concept!
The criticisms:
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12. • ...we tend to underestimate the potential for
self-regulation in our children, seeing them
too often as blank sheets to be written on,
empty vessels to be filled, or wild and in
need of taming. Young children can, within
the limits of their cognitive development, be
helped to organise their resources, both
internal and material.
Cameron, L. (2001) Teaching Languages
ToYoung Learners
13. • [Self-assessment] is a teaching strategy as
much as an assessment strategy.
McKay, P. (2006) AssessingYoung
Language Learners
16. • Students should be involved in the process
..... and they should be aware of what is
expected from them. (@sabridv)
• Let your students set their own goals and
monitor their own progress. It`s tangible.
They feel in control. Nine times out of ten
they will surpass their own expectations. A
great motivator! (@miladakrajewska)
• Motivated students do much better.
(@gret)
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19. • We watched everyone's movie and gave
positive feedback and constructive criticism. I
modelled the first few comments and then let
them try it. What ensued was the most
effective feedback session I've witnessed in a
while, adults included.
Mary Beth Hertz
philly-teacher.blogspot.com
‘Effective Feedback’
22. • I truly believe that putting more emphasis
on self-assessment brings more benefits
to the learner and the learning process
than a pure progress or end-of the course
test. (@erikasovath)
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23. • ...you can easily gauge student understanding
by having each student take 10 seconds to say
one thing they learned at the end of class.
• In 2 minutes I had a snapshot of the actual
learning that had happened during the 45
minute period.
Mary Beth Hertz
philly-teacher.blogspot.com
‘More Adventures in Checking for Understanding’
24. veryday self-assessmentE
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• What did you learn
today?
• What did you like about
today’s lesson?
• What didn’t you like?
• What do you think of
your work?