Reflection #2

A. Offering only multiple choice or chapter tests limits the abilities of the students we teach by shortening their learning abilities. This also doesn't allow the student broaden their minds to more complex thinking and further application of a given topic. In giving only multiple choice questions the student doesn't have the opportunity to express their reasoning within a question and we, as teachers, just tell them that they are right or wrong according to their answers. Another problematic issue that you encounter with multiple choice tests is students "guessing" at a question when they don't know the answer and sometime getting it right without knowing the exact reason that it is correct.

B.

• Currently in my classroom a few examples of formative assessments are: homework, quizzes, group work, and warm-up problems that are done when class begins.
• Some examples of summative assessments that I use are: mid chapter tests, chapter tests, vocabulary tests, and six weeks exams.
• I believe that it is important to use both types assessments to gauge student learning because every child is different. Just because a child does not speak up in a group activity does not mean that he/she does not have an idea or opinion of the subject matter. Some students show their strengths in essays or presentation and I believe that each student is able to exhibit what they have learned through either assessment.
• I plan to do this through using my daily teaching plan. I believe that using class discussion and presentation I will be able to give the students different view points and ideas. I also believe this will be a way to allow the students to learn creatively and this will help them better retain the lesson through practice.
• In my classroom I intend to use classroom discussion, presentations, and unit tests as a means for assessment. Every three weeks I think that I will have the students do a presentation on what they have learned up to that point brining in different perspectives to the material that might be pertinent to another students learning.