Discuss Three Different Types Of Analysis

A) Discuss three different types of assessments you saw modeled in this video. Describe each form of assessment and what each tells you about what and how a child learns?

One type of assessment is for students to keep journals. Jane Morton 2nd- 3rd grade students kept journals in order to express their thoughts through writing and/or pictures. Journals not only allow students to document their thoughts but it also helps teachers see if their students understand what was taught that day. If students have little idea of what was taught, then the teacher knows they have to reevaluate their lessons. The journals are serving as feedback for teachers. Another type of assessment is portfolios. Tim O’Keefe’s 3rd grade students kept portfolios and collected

The objective tests were created through the help of the classroom with students writing the questions for their test. Not only did they write questions, but they also decided what format to make them. For example, they will speak out about whether they believe a question should be true or false. Students are also able create their own guidelines and rubrics for their assignments. One-on-One assessments were also modeled in the video. Christine Collier’s 4th – 5th grade students were assessed through one-on-one narrative assessments. Not only is the assessment one-on-one, but there is no one else in the classroom besides Collier and the student. Students are able to show what they know through speaking, sketching, writing notes. Students benefit from this since they can get more into detail, without having to write it all down. As opposed to including a short answer question where

When I first think of assessments I think of tests and quizzes, but the video helped give me new ideas, such as the benefits of allowing children to assess themselves. Another thing I learned through Dyasi was that record keeping is an important part of inquiry-based instruction. I also learned about how to make projects more inquiry-based. Lisa Moosbrugger’s fourth grade classroom was assigned a project, but the students were able to choose what the project was going to be. All Moosbrugger did was assign assessment criteria, and the rest was up to the students’ creativity. The benefits I foresee are that I am already learning all these new techniques and assessments that I cannot wait to try out on my future students. I love how Moosbrugger’s students were able to create their own projects and how O’Keefe’s students came up with their own test questions. However, the main challenge is that I am studying to teach pre-school through 3rd grade and it might be hard to give students this young that creative freedom. I want to learn more about how to teach inquiry to pre-school and 2nd grade students, since these are the grades I want to teach the