As I have listen to the teachers answer, I observed that he really knows how to start and end about the matters of preparing a test. Since shes up still in 2 years of in teaching, she could still recall what must be the main priority of the making test. He also added in her answer the facets of understanding. And would, we must not make a test just for the sake of making it but we have to assure that, for that little piece of paper many individuals life would change.
Though we encountered a lot of problems upon undergoing this process, we must not be discourage instead we must meet this problem accommodating, conveniently in order to make better result and our test offers to demonstrate desired understanding and more learning to developed. In making test or any assessment, we must assure that it is centered on student learning. By this, teacher must inform the students about what is the pointer key of the test to be fair. I also believe that if the teacher will accommodate and hold students interest will really give students an input acquire learning.
Journal 2: Checking, Marking and Interpreting Test Result 1.What types of information about students progress can be obtained by correcting your students tests? It is aligned with standard curriculum and instructions. Needs more constant encouragement in studies, assessment tools and more review or tutorial is important too. Removal examination is not necessary for me because I think it is just a waist o time for the proceeding of my other lessons. Determined the capacity of the learners with regards their comprehension. Some other students are good in memorization some are on understanding. It is possible in making test items questions, it should be in a balance way. The test item question is very difficult to them and made up in standardized form of test question. 3.If there are a lot of learners do poorly in one subject area, what will you do to respond them? Answer Ask the students about their common problem regarding the subjects, if possible; guide them with their study habits. Tutorial is recommended to students who poorly perform in a subject area. Remedial is also applicable but in the classroom setting it is no longer applied because some of the lesson might be neglected. Review possible weaknesses of that subject area wherein the learners are slow for that particular topic.
4.How else could you have assessed you learners ability? Answer It can be made through different assessment, not only focusing in their intellectual but also in their talents and values. Help them and be encouraging students o join different school activities that can help boost their moral as well as their capabilities to different field of areas.
Giving student a chance to know what is their accomplishments in their test will be a big help for them to recognized their progress either it is good or worst but in that way they are enable t check the mistakes and enhance their strength by giving them ahead an update of their test will help them identify where or what part of the test they got wrong and why or in what part of the test they god right. This would also measure their own capability of learning in which their awareness is higher expected once more. Somehow, having 50% or more learners will get low score in your test it doesnt mean that you didnt work for your task.
It is in that way that maybe that student on that situation did not work well in the exam or they didnt study, or they dont feel okay. Thus, upon making test, teacher must assure that it will scope all the learning interest of the learners. Whereas, it is apply and include objectively; cognitive, psychomotor and affective, so the student will performed well. Regarding with the learners who performed poorly in a subject areas the teachers should search for a way to make student be given concern to make the student be interested, or some ways that to apply, like tutoring or remedial in particular with the subject that he performed weakly
It is in that way that maybe that student on that situation did not work well in the exam or they didnt study, or they dont feel okay.
Thus, upon making test, teacher must assure that it will scope all the learning interest of the learners. Whereas, it is apply and include objectively; cognitive, psychomotor and affective, so the student will performed well. Regarding with the learners who performed poorly in a subject areas the teachers should search for a way to make student be given concern to make the student be interested, or some ways that to apply, like tutoring or remedial in particular with the subject that he performed weakly.
Journal 3: Evaluation
A.ON EVALUATION OF THE ASSESSMENT
1.How did you evaluate the performance of your learners? Do you reflect on their responses and review their achievements? How? Answer There are assessment evidences in evaluating the performance of the learners: recitation, quizzes, test and a lot of more that I too used. Look for examples and imagine the model and result to see the characteristic of desired and undesired result.
2.Did you use varied form of assessment for the learners? Which of this form were mostuseful? Why? Answer It is important to use different assessment for the lessons because the performance of understanding can be measured on how students reflect upon self assess their learning. Hands-on approach is useful form of assessment because students can perform based on what they learn from the lessons. Give the students opportunity to learn from trial and error.
3.How often you use formative and summative assessment strategies? Answer Every time, this two would not be forgotten. Formative assessment can be done through giving quizzes after the lesson proper, mid-unit test, essay, while Summative assessment is done at the end of each grading period or final exam.
4. How often do you use assessment result as a guide in further planning of you lessons? Answer Guides teaching and learning, it is more the grades for the class records. It provides guidance and feedback. It enables students to demonstrate what they know and can do. It helps teach how to be organized and improve to sustain effective learning. It can also provide information on individual learning progress.
B.ON PERSONAL EVALUATION
1.How and where do you reflect on your own teaching styles and techniques? How often do you do this? What evidences will show that you gain progress in your teaching performance? What constraints/difficulties hinder in your progress? Answer Through observation and reading guidelines of different teaching strategies, I learned some style to be useful in teaching. Different strategies should be done every day so that students will have interest on your lesson on your lesson proper. Through students participations, performance results, apply with innovations through actual behaviors. The resource materials to be used are one problem in achieving such activities.
2.How often do you ask for specific feedback and advice from you mentors? In what way will you able to check on my progress and achievements?
Answer
It is much better to hear feedbacks and advice as much as possible. It can help s beginners to understand and learned more about teaching profession. A critique, evaluations, translates judge and insightful points of view are some ways to checked any progress and achievements.
3.To what extent do you discuss your teaching performance willing with others and respond positively to constructive criticisms? What should you do to successfully improve your teaching performance?
Answer
All critiques should be considered as good, for it will help us improve and gain knowledge. Trials errors as well as feedbacks are important and part of learning process. To improve our teaching performance ones should act professionally, committed, emotionally matured, interested in teaching profession, competent and willing to adjust to any changes.
Reflection on EVALUATION
Theres a lot of ways to evaluate your students performance. This may be in actual form of assessment or into a process of written response assessment. Upon evaluating the performance of the student their achievement must be made detailed by the teacher in order to be fair to the students. The students will find the assessment of the teacher if the teachers will used different varied forms of activity in the assessment. Through these, the assessment must also introduce to the student what it is. When formative assessment needs to apply or and when to apply the summative form. Moreover, teachers must think further about every assessment him going to use. He must also ready to give feedback to her students and ready to recognized and accept the feedback from their mentors. They must also organize her evaluation. And for your personal when conducting assessment so that you can reflect the result and yourself through making the assessment.