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SystematicAssessmentessay...1.pptxSystematic Assessment
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Definition Age group
Development milestone to be assessment The area to be assessed
Type of Assessments.
Systematic Assessment
A systematic assessment is an act of monitoring students learning throughout the course and making necessary adjustment to improving learning.
Systematic assessment is key in the manner that it provides a better way in which the teachers will be in a better position to assess the students. It is key in the manner that the teachers will be in a better position to create adjustments where necessary and ensure that learners have a better chance of imporving in their studies.
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Age Group
The age group I will be working with is kindergarten children aged 5-8yrs.
The developmental milestone I will focus on is cognitive developmental skill.
Cognitive skills I will focus on are; children’s level of understanding, problem solving skills, reasoning and remembering.
For this age group, the area of content I will focus on is mathematics.
In this case the age groups trhat I will enstirely focus on is that aged 5-8. theye are little children who require much attention and they are developing theuir cognitive skills. It is one of the ways in which I will identify various issues, and how the children get to reason and understand different things. I will basically focus on mathematics.
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Area to be Assessed
For this age group, the area of content I will focus on is mathematics.
Most children encounter challenges while solving mathematics problems.
Assessment in this area is very important in helping them overcome their challenges.
Assessment helps to identify what children know and do not know.
Mathematics is the subject area on which I will focus my efforts for this age group. The majority of children have trouble when it comes to arithmetic problems. Assessing their abilities in this area is critical in assisting them in overcoming their difficulties. Assessment is useful in determining what knowledge and skills children have and do not have.
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Types of Assessment that could be used for mathematics
The appropriate assessment for this developmental milestone is formative and summative assessments.
Formative Assessment Summative assessment
The most appropriate forms of assessments for this developmental milestone are formative and summative evaluations.In educational settings, there are two forms of evaluation: formative and summative evaluation.
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Formative Assessment
Formative assessment refers to the ongoing process students and teachers engage in when they focus on learning goals.
The best formative assessment involves both students and teachers in a recursive process.
This types of assessment helps to identify students weaknesses and strengths.
In formative assessment, a teacher can use standardized tests. This will help students will help understand students understanding in mathematics.
It will help identify the level of understanding and the areas they need more assistance.
While focusing on learning goals, students and teachers engage in formative evaluation on a continual basis. Both students and teachers are involved in a recursive process that culminates in the most effective formative assessment possible in the end. With the help of this kind of assessment, it is possible to identify the weaknesses and strengths of students. Teachers may choose to utilize standardized examinations as part of their formative evaluation process. This will, among other things, aid students in better understanding their classmates' grasp in mathematics. It will aid in determining their degree of comprehension as well as the areas in which they need further guidance.
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Purpose of Formative assessment
The purpose of formative assessment is to identify children’s weaknesses in mathematic subject.
This will help the teacher identify the areas that need more attention to help the child improve on the area.
It will also help the teacher identify the area the students are struggling in and address the areas (Banerjee, 2013).
Identifying the children weaknesses will help in building up the strengths of the child.
Formative assessment is used to identify children's deficits in mathematic subjects with the purpose of detecting and correcting these shortcomings. Using this information, the instructor will be able to determine the areas in which the student need further focus, allowing the teacher to help the student in improving in those particular areas.Thus, identifying and intervening in the areas where kids are having difficulty will be much simpler for teachers to do (Banerjee, 2013). If a child's weaknesses are identified and addressed, it will be much easier to assist him or her in developing their strengths.
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Cultural responsiveness of Formative Assessment
Formative assessment is cultural responsive since it builds up on the children’s interests and experiences.
While conducting assessment, the educators collaborate with other educators and community members making assessment culturally responsive.
It encourages group work rather than individual work.
The educators use community resources such as libraries during the process of formative assessment.
Examples of culturally appropriate assessments include formative assessment, which takes into account the interests and life experiences of the children who are being assessed. As part of the assessment process, teachers interact with other educators and people of the community to ensure that the assessment is culturally acceptable. Instead of encouraging employees to work alone, this method emphasizes collaborative interaction. Educators seek support from community resources such as libraries in order to guide them through the process of formative evaluation.
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Summative Assessment
Summative assessment determines what the children know and what they do not know.
Formative assessment can also be associated with standardized tests to help identify what students know and don’t know.
In most schools, formative assessment is used in grading process.
The information gathered from this type of assessment is important in helping the educators know when the children do not know and hence identify the strategies that can help to improve the students learning (Howlin, 2013).
Summative assessment is used to determine what the children know and don't know based on their responses to a series of questions. It is also feasible to employ formative assessment in combination with standardized examinations to get a better understanding of what students know and don't know about certain topics.Formative assessment is used in the majority of schools as part of the grading process. In order to aid educators in detecting when children do not know something and, as a consequence, in finding solutions that may be employed to improve the students' learning outcomes, it is vital that they get information via this kind of evaluation (Howlin, 2013).
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Purpose of Summative Assessment
The objective of summative assessment is to evaluate children’s learning (Howlin, 2013).
It compares learning with some benchmarks and standards. The types of summative assessments have high point value.
Some types of summative assessments that can be used to assess children’s progress in particular subjects such as math are;
A test paper Midterm exam
Cultural Responsiveness of summative Assessment
Summative assessment is culturally responsive since it provides support for all students and incorporates their strengths.
It uses assessment methods that are valid to assess the learning progress of all children.
In summative assessment, cultural examples from all ethnic groups are incorporated
Family and community members are always involved in summative assessment of children.
As a result, summative assessment is culturally relevant in the sense that it gives assistance to all students while also identifying and using their individual talents. An assessment technique that is rigorous and age appropriate is utilized to analyze the learning progression of all the children in order to determine their overall progress. Including cultural examples from a range of ethnic backgrounds in the summative assessment is critical when completing the final evaluation. Families and other members of the community are encouraged to participate in the summative evaluation of children wherever feasible.
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In summative assessment, the data collected or gathered is used consistently to inform effective instructional practices.
The educators can refer child’s performance from the standardize test taken by every child to determine whether there is any progress.
Summative assessment data ensure that the teaching practices or styles used can help build the children’s strengths and help them overcome the challenges.
Children’s culture is also incorporated in summative assessment process.
Summative assessment is a kind of evaluation in which the information gathered or received is used on a regular basis to develop effective educational practices. The results of the kid's performance may be compared to the results of the standardised exam that is given to all kids in order to determine whether or not there has been any progress. Using summative assessment data, teachers may guarantee that the instructional techniques or styles they utilize are conducive to the development of the children's strengths as well as their capacity to overcome hurdles. Furthermore, the children's cultural background is taken into account throughout the summative grading process.
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References
Banerjee, R., & Luckner, J. L. (2013). Assessment practices and training needs of early childhood professionals. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 34(3), 231–248.
Howlin, P. (2013). Authentic assessment for early childhood intervention: Best practices. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(2), 181.
