As a teacher it is important to know how you are going to grade and record a child’s progress throughout the year. Thankfully there are a few types of assessments that can help you. First off there is the formative assessment. This type of testing gathers information and provides feedback that can be used to improve both the way the teacher is preparing the lessons and also the way the student learns.
One of the best examples of this is computers games used for educational use such as TyperShark. The game not only teaches students how to spell basic words but it also helps them to learn where keys are located on a keyboard without hunting and pecking. If you spell a word wrong the computer will inform the student and they won’t be able to move on until it is spelled correctly.
Summative assessments are gathering information about teacher’s ability to teach in order to determine promotions and other rewards. These are the more standardized tests that students are required to take. These help to show teachers what areas they can improve in or what part of their curriculum needs more clarification. It makes it easier to cater the learning process around individual students and not just everyone as a whole.
I would use both kinds of assessments in my class in order to grade my students. I think it is important to know how you are doing as a teacher and how you can improve to make learning more fun and successful for students. I also think things such as computer or board games in the classroom that help students learn is a great idea because most the time they are having so much fun they don’t realize they are actually learning quite a lot.
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