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Week 7 and 8

 I learned a lot during weeks 7 and 8. To start, during week 7 I learned about the concepts of measurement. We learned a lot of definitions. Population is the entire group of people for whom typical performance is estimated by the snstrument. Sample is the group of people actually included in the testing/study. Norming refers to the process of constructing norms or the typical performance or group of individuals on achievement assessment. We then learned about mean, median and mode. Mean is averaging, you add them and divide by how many there are. Median is the middle number. Mode is the number that occurs the most. Range is the difference between the highest and lowest number. We lastly learned about normal curve and standard divation. Normal curve is a bell-shaped curve that represents the usual distribution of human attributes. Standard diviation is the distance scores depart from the mean.  In week 8 we put these into action. We went onto excel and created grpahs off of the data pr
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Week 6 Reflection

 I learned a lot during week 6. On Wednesday we learned about alignment in the classroom. To start we talked about backward design. Backward design is when you identify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, and plan learning experiences and instruction. There are three steps for standards and objectives. Step one is to start with the standard. You then create an objective. Lastly, you create an assessment. Learning objectives should include action verbs that are observable and measurable. They should be relevant to the curriculum standards. They should be developmentally appropriate for the age and background of students. They should promote learning across learning domains. On Wednesday we also did an activity with a small group. We had to look at the standard and use the ABCD to create an objective. We created an objective based on two different versions of Goldilocks and The Three Bears.  On Friday we talked about the lesson plans we are doing in math methods. We worked wi
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Week 5 Reflection

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      It is important to work to set up learning objectives for many reasons. To start, a learning objective is a statement that describes exactly what students will be able to do at the end of a lesson as a result of instruction. Learning objectives help measure whether students are where you would like them to be during and after the lesson. While developing effective learning objectives you can use the ABCD formula. A stands for audience. B stands for behavior. C stands for conditions. D stands for degree. The ABCD formula helps identify what the students will be able to do as a result of the instruction. The objectives for behavior describe what the students will be able to do and how they will demonstrate their knowledge. The objectives for conditions describe any resources and limitations for performing the behavior. The learning objectives for degree describe the level or criteria with which success is determined. A common challenge when creating lesson objectives is the impleme
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Week 4 Reflection

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      I learned a lot about Bloom's Taxonomy and DOK during week 4. To start, Bloom's Taxonomy has 6 different levels. The levels in order from 1 to 6 are, remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Remembering is the most basic and is about the students recalling key information. Understanding involves demonstrating an understanding of the facts that students remember. Applying is concerned with how students can take their knowledge and understanding and apply it to different situations. Analyzing is about students being able to draw connections between ideas, thinking critically, to break down information into the sum of its parts. Evaluating is about students finding effective solutions to a problem and they can justify conclusions. Creating is the ultimate aim of the students learning journey. The students show what they have learned by creating something new.       Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is used to indicate activity complexity. There are f
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Week 3 Reflection

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 I learned a lot during week 3 about documentation that will help me in my future classroom. Documentation is a dynamic record of child progress. There are two different formats of documentation. The first format is documentation panels. The purpose of documentation panels is to showcase how and what your classroom children are learning. The second format of documentation is portfolios. Portfolios are purposeful and systematic collections of evidence of a child's work and learning. It is collected over time. We also learned about Reggio Emilia and the project approach.  The Reggio Emilia approach and the project approach allow for a projects over a long period of time that demonstrate the learning. The conventinal style only shows how far they have come but not their thinking behind it, The conventianal is used for the teachers and parents while the project based is used for the children. The convential documentation is more of a formative assessment while the Reggio Emilia and pro
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Week 2 Reflection

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 I learned a lot this week that will help me as a future teacher. I learned about observation and the different ways to assess students. To start, this week explained the difference between objective and subjective. I learned that objective is not influenced by emotions, is based on facts, and is measurable. On the other hand, subjective is open to greater interpretation based on your personal feelings. We also learned about checklists, rating scales, and rubrics this week. Checklists are organized lists of skills and behaviors. Rating scales are also organized lists of skills and behavior but it also has levels of performance. Lastly, there are two types of rubrics which are analytic and holistic. An analytic rubric describes and scores each of the tasks attributes separately while a holistic rubric describes all criteria for one score. We did an analytical rubric in class to show our learning.  In my future classroom, I will use the running record observation when I am observing a ch
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Week 1 Reflection

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 I learned a lot during week 1. To start, I learned about the cycle of assessment. You start off by reflecting on change and planning for improvement, then you teach, then you gather and assess student work, and then you interpret evidence and identify outcomes, and then it continues. The cycle of assessment is a never-ending cycle. I feel that this will help me when I have my own classroom because it will give me a place to start with assessments and prepares me for what will come next. I then learned about why we assess children. I never really thought about why until this class. I think it is very important that we monitor the childrens development and learning in our classroom. If we are not monitoring the learning then how will we as teachers know if the children are understadning the material or if they are struggling. I think that the main reason we assess children is so that we can help them and it also helps us as teachers! Lastly, I  learned that there are different types of
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