Blog Entry #1
The article “Assessment
in the Early Childhood Classroom” was very informational and insightful. Teachers
provide students with several different subjects to learn throughout a school
year. During the school year they need to be able to track and know what their
students have learned from the subjects taught. There are different types of
tools that teachers can use to track and assess their student’s educational
progress in a given subject.
An
Assessment is used to recognize current knowledge and skills of students. It
also can determine if students understand the subject material effectively,
help reinforce student’s educational needs, and provide student’s evaluated
progress in a timely manner. For example if a student is struggling with a
content area, an assessment of that child will provide data on the struggling
content area. The child’s teacher can make changes to the curriculum to address
the student needs. They also provide information to teachers that can be shared
with the student’s parents or care giver. That leads to regular meeting with
parents to explain how their child is progressing educationally or written
reports that state the student’s educational progress.
Some
of the ways teachers assess their students are by observing them in groups or
alone, artwork done by the student, performance assessment tasks, and
open-ended questions or problems. Teachers can also keep journals on their
students throughout the school year, which shows a student educational growth.
Teachers can take photos to share with the child’s family members, thus showing
different educational achievements. Like socialization skills, riding a bike,
throwing a ball or building a house from wooden blocks.
Assessments
in classrooms are as important as the subjects that are being taught, they seem
to me to go hand in hand with each other. Accurate assessment of children
educational progress from one grade to another strengthens and builds a child’s
chance on being successful in school.
No comments:
Post a Comment