Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Assessment, Evaluation & Grading

      From my personal point of view, assessment and evaluation are alike terms that make reference to the companion we as teacher bring to students in the learning process. For example in my experience, I ask my students if they are following me in any explanation or activity we are in, and if it is not happening then different kinds of explanation I must provide to clarify their doubts. Obviously, it is not always about providing different kinds of explanations but sometimes it concerns the way I approach the topic. While reading those documents, I realized that the evaluation or assessment I do while teaching, are composed with the three components stated in the readings. First, I gather information about what is making students’ life difficult. Then, I analyze what is going wrong and finally I decide what I should do to make things go in the right track. When this process finally takes a positive turn, it means when students have understood what is needed, I proceed to grade what they have done throughout the process.

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