Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Assessment Blog Post 2
My goal is for my kindergarten students to be able to look at a picture of an animal and name that animal and what sound it might make. The learning theory I will use to structure my teaching of this goal is the social cognitive theory because of its emphasis on modeling. I think the best way to teach students the sounds the animals would make would be to model what I want to see the students imitating. While teaching the lesson I would make sure to keep the performance summative assessment I plan for the end of the lesson in mind so I can monitor whether the students are correctly identifying the animals in class. When I feel that the students have seen a sufficient amount of modeling to correctly identify the animals and their sounds I will call each student individually to a secluded part of the classroom with me and have show them pictures of animals and have them tell me the name of the animal and the sound it makes. This material requires a performance assessment because kindergarteners have not become proficient enough in spelling to demonstrate their knowledge in a better way. I would say this is an semi-informal assessment as well because the students will not have the pressure of being in front of a class to demonstrate their knowledge. This is a summative assessment because it will be used at the end of the lesson to assess whether or not the students actually achieved the learning goal.
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I wonder whether IP theory would be more effective in teaching your learning goal, as it involves different modalities (senses) and connecting that information? Modeling is definitely POSSIBLE as well, but think about the benefits each theory would provide.
ReplyDeleteI like that you are choosing performative assessment because of developmental limits--this makes a lot of sense. It also fits best with your learning goal, since your goal is an action. Any other kind of assessment would be less effective because it would be further removed from your stated goal. You did not explain it, but I think this also aligns your assessment with Social Cognitive Theory, as it requires students to imitate (and demonstrate their learning). You might also work on identifying relevance and working on self efficacy during the lesson to further align with the theory. Nice.