IT Control work 3

It is a process in which teachers investigate teaching and learning so

as to improve their own and their students' learning

• Action research

• lesson study

• approach

• Portfolio

a powerful, professional learning approach that dramatically

improves learning and teaching and the practice and subject knowledge of teachers

• Action research

• lesson study

• approach

• Portfolio

A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality

of students' constructed responses

• Action research

• lesson study

• approach

• Portfolio

a way of dealing with a situation or problem

• Action research

• lesson study

• approach

• Portfolio

Alternative Assessment features (more than 2 answers)

• Instructions/questions/purpose

  must be known to students in

  advance.

• Includes complex tasks for which

  there may not be a right answer

• A range of skills/knowledge need

  to be integrated in order to solve

  a problem

• Requires right answer

• Easily scored

Traditional Assessment features (more than 2 answers)

• Questions must be unknown to

  students in advance

• Includes complex tasks for which

  there may not be a right answer

• A range of skills/knowledge need

  to be integrated in order to solve

  a problem

• Requires right answer

• Easily scored

Alternative Assessment Strategies

• Cognitive Map

• Portfolio

• Brochure

• Exam

• Test

This is similar to debate. A few students are selected to be in the “hot seat,” where

they respond to questions, concerns, ideas, about the given topic. Other students

ask questions and bring forth counterpoints.

• fishbowls

• memo

• poster presentation

• case study

Advantages of Analytic Rubrics ( more 1 answers)

• Provide useful feedback on areas of strength and weakness

• Criterion can be weighted to reflect the relative importance of each dimension

• Rubric can be based on relevant developmental theory

• Saves time by minimizing the number of decisions raters make

• Can be applied consistently by trained raters increasing reliability

Diagnostic assessment features (more 2 answers)

• They are given before starting a new

  course or unit

• In textbook or pre-course test

• They are administered directly during the teaching process

• They are given at the end of a unit,

  period or course