Blogs 7b and 7c

Blogs 7B & 7C

7B: 269-274 & 283-287

            The beginning of the chapter talks about the purpose of assessments. We have already talked about assessments and how important they are because they help the teacher see where their students are and how their lesson plan went. There are many ways to go about creating different assessments. The next section of the reading talked about one assessment, which was testing and they talked about cheating. I believe this is another part teachers need to think about. Cheating is something teachers don’t really think about that needs to be looked at. I remember in school, the teachers would either separate us or have the dividers that you would set up creating your own space and cube looking thing.  When creating that testing environment I always thought how intimidating it was and made me feel a little more nervous. As a teacher I feel they should create a safe environment that allows students to feel a little more comfortable. Tests shouldn’t be to long and be clear, so the students don’t get confused, discouraged or restless. I was very interested in how a teacher would determine how much time to give students on a test. I was interested when they talked about allowing students 30-40 minutes to complete a test. Thinking about tests I have taken in the past that is usually how long they take, unless those who needed more time. As a teacher I will use a variety of different assessments and arrange my students in a way to separate them.

7C: PP 288-303

            There was a ton of information in this section of the text talking about different types of assessment items and they give descriptions, examples, guidelines, and advantages and disadvantages. I thought it was super interesting to read. I don’t believe one type of assessment is better or worse than another because they all have both advantages and disadvantages. What I have observed as I take tests a lot of teachers use a variety of these methods such as, multiple choice, matching, short answer, and true-false. I think this is a great way of going about creating tests because it provides a variety of different aspects for the students to think about and complete. I think it also creates the students to not feel intimidated because they may do better on one section rather than another. I feel like I have gone back and forth about doing well with matching, and short answers. I didn’t really do well on true false or multiple choice. I would always and still do second-guess myself, and always picked the wrong answer when I was down to my final two guesses. As a teacher I believe I will use a variety of different strategies on my tests.