ELL 393 intro

The process of adjusting to a new or nonnative culture​

• Acculturation
• Accommodation

• Adaptation

• Advocacy

These types of assessments emphasize real-world problems.

• Authentic

• Traditional

• Self-assessments

Instructional and contextual support provided in the early stages of learning, followed by a gradual withdrawal of such support as the student’s performance suggests independence

• Self-assessment

• Schema

• Scaffolding

• Socialization

The ability of an assessment to measure the knowledge or skills it is intended to measure

• Reliability

• Authenticity

• Validity

The area between a learner’s level of independent performance and the level of performance possible with assistance

• Tiers of instructional support

• Working memory

• Zone of proximal development

The use of two or more languages in the same conversation to express oneself

• CALP

• Code switching

• Cognitive dissonance

The power of an assessment to gather consistent evidence of skills

• Relevance

• Validity

• Reliability

• Visualization

A tool or strategy employed by grade-level and other teachers to measure the knowledge or skills of students upon the completion of an instructional lesson, theme, or unit

• Summative assessment

• Formative assessment

The degree to which a student’s product or performance is rated the same by different raters or evaluators

• Individualized testing

• Integration

• Inter-rater reliability

• Inquiry

A tool or strategy employed by grade-level and other teachers to determine what and how their students are learning so that instruction can be modified accordingly while the instruction is still in progress

• Summative assessment

• Peer assessment

• Formative assessment