What have I learned about assessment that will help me to improve student learning? Fundamental Principles I have learned that the purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. The 7 fundamental principles create a foundation for challenging practice. When these principles are understood by teachers, they will guide the collection of information that will help inform instructional decisions, promote engagement, and improve learning. To ensure that assessment is valid and reliable and that it leads to the improvement of student learning for all students, teachers use practices that support students, including those with special ed needs and those who are ELL. Teachers also use practices that are carefully planned to relate to the curriculum expectations and learning goals and the interests, learning styles and preferences, needs, and expectations of all students. Learning Skills and Work Habits I have learned that the development of learning skills and w...
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Primary/Junior/Intermediate Lesson Plan (Abbreviated Template ) Consecutive and Concurrent Programs Unit/Topic: Math Number Sense and Numeration Grade: 2 Lesson What is the focus of this lesson in relation to the unit? The focus is to find the different ways to make $1 with coins. Curriculum Areas: What are possible connections to other curricular areas? Connections to other curricular areas include using math language to describe their solutions. Curriculum Expectations: What Overall and Specific Expectations will be addressed? OE 1– read, represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 100, and use concrete materials to represent fractions and money amounts up to $1.00 SE 1.1- represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 100, including money amounts to 100 cents, using a variety of tools Learning Goal(s): What are students expected to know, do and understand? We are learning to…. We are learning t...
Record One Question/Concern for each of the 8 policies Growing Success Grades 1 to 12 Policies Choose 3 policies you want to learn more deeply about Curate 2 resources for each of the 3 policies Write a Brief Summary of each resource, explaining how it contributes to your understanding of that policy How will I use assessment and evaluation to improve student learning? Fundamental Principles How will I evaluate learning skills and work habits? Learning Skills & Work Habits (2017, January). Learning Skills and Work Habits. York Region District School Board. Retrieved from http://www.yrdsb.ca/AboutUs/ReportingStudentAchievement/Documents/LearningSkillsandWorkHabitsBrochure.pdf (2013). Learning Skills and Work Habits at School. DDSB Ignite Learning. Retrieved from https://www.ddsb.ca/Parents/HelpingYourChildSucceed/TheProvincialReportCard/Pages/Learning-Skills-and-Work-Habits-at-Schoo...
What do I want to know about assessment? I want to know about the knowledge and skills required to gather information about student achievement. I also want to know how to use the assessment process (planning for assessment, gathering evidence of learning, applying professional judgement) and its results effectively to promote success. In addition, I want an understanding of the principles of sound assessment. I want to know how to use, from a variety of sources, information that accurately reflects how well as student is understanding the curriculum expectations in a subject. Furthermore, I want to know how to know how to use assessment to improve student learning. I want to know about the different types of assessments and when to use them (anecdotal, rubric, checkbrics, rating scales, tracking sheets, mark recording). I also want to know how many sources and what kinds of sources I can gather information from to assess how well as student is doing. ...