FIAE+B1+Chapter+4

Abstract (Amanda Martemucci)
Chapter 4 focuses on three important types of assessment: portfolios, rubrics, and student self-assessment. Portfolios can be used to record students' improvement overtime. Anything that reveals student's work can be put in the portfolio and students themselves can even choose what to put in their own. There are both holistic and analytic rubrics. They are both helpful in assessing student papers or projects, and can be revised over and over again to fit a teacher and student's needs. Student self-assessments allow students the opportunity to reflect on their work and find what areas of learning are strong or weak for them.

Synthesis (Amanda Martemucci)
We all agreed that self-assessments are great tools for both the teacher and students. Students get to reflect on their own work and skills and the teacher is able to see the students outlook on the work and may even learn more about how the student learns. Some of us even think that rubrics can be given to the students to fill out as well, and they can be placed in their portfolios. We all agree that [|rubrics] can be difficult to create for a first time teacher, but practice and constant revising will help. We also believe that [|portfolios] are a great tool for analyzing a students learning in the long-term. We can even put rubrics and self-assessments in them.

Bridget toc
Chapter 4: Three Important Types of Assessment Portfolios, rubrics, and self-assessment are all essential in a differentiated classroom. Portfolios provide a long-term look at a student’s work and progress throughout a period of time and can be valuable to help see improvement. Rubrics, either analytic or holistic, are great for assessing papers and projects that can go into portfolios. Rubrics are a learned skill and are never perfect and can always be revised and reused. Student self-assessment is wonderful because it allows the students to reflect on their progress, their strengths, and their weaknesses. I am partial to all three types of assessment and will likely be happy to use all of them in my teaching. I’d use analytic rubrics to grade assignments and allow students to use the same rubrics to assess themselves and then put all the works and filled in rubrics into a portfolio for later review.

Amanda Martemucci
FAIE-Chapter 4: Chapter 4 discusses three important types of assessment: portfolios, rubrics, and student self-assessment. Portfolios allow for a “big picture” (p. 43) of a student’s development over time because it includes several pieces of a student’s work to analyze. Students as well as the teacher can have say in what goes into their portfolios, giving them a chance to reflect on their work as well. Both the teacher and students can make rubrics as well. Rick Wormeli suggests that teachers think hard of what the task is they want their students to be graded on from a rubric and then examine the rubric for content, clarity, practicality, and technical quality/fairness (p. 45). I think these are essential for a rubric, particularly the fairness. Students should be graded equally no matter what approach they take in completing the task. Student-self assessments are important because it provides feedback for the teacher, helping them to set individual goals for the student. Self-assessments are a possible option when I teach. I think they would help me see how students feel they are learning and connecting with the lessons.

Moe
My favorite type of assessment talked about in this chapter was the student self-assessment because it requires them to actually think about they are going to do, how they are going to do it, and in the end reflect on how successful they were at learning the material. I thought of the personal belief statement that Dr. Grace had us do at the beginning of the semester. It helped us outline what we intend on understanding throughout the course of the semester, where we will reflect on any changes in it at the end of the semester. At my high school, they kept a working writing folder from freshmen to senior year. Before graduating our writing/English teachers sat down with us and looked at how we had grown throughout the years as writers. I found it extremely helpful because I could physically see the change in my writing and it gave me insight as to how I could continue to improve. I think that this would be a great thing to do in my own classroom, as I look to incorporate a true writer’s workshop into my classes.

Jesika
Chapter 4: Three Important Types of Assessment Portfolios are a great way to assess students for mastery. Rather than trying to see it from one assignment or exam the teacher can see over a span of time how the student has progressed into their current understanding of the topic being taught. Also teaching with a rubric can help to focus the student in their learning. By knowing what is expected of them the student is more likely to succeed the firs time they complete a project. Allowing the students to self assess their work helps them to see what they are doing and how they can improve the next time they have to tackle a similar assignment.I will gladly implemental of these factors in my classroom. They are effective; I know from experience.

Kristen
The first type of assessment discussed in FIAE is a portfolio. Portfolios provide “big picture” samples of what the students have learned (p. 43). The second type of assessment discussed is a rubric. Rubrics, though difficult to create as a beginner, are worthwhile because they help to provide direction for the student as well as give specific things the teacher can look for. Lastly, the third type of assessment discussed is the student self-assessment which helps teachers create individualized goals for students to reach with assignments and provides a clear direction for each student to grow and understand how they work. I plan to use the idea of both portfolios and student self-assessment in my future classroom that way each student grows to his or her potential and I can see their growth by having a portfolio of their work.

Christina
The main focus of chapter four was portfolios, rubrics, and student self-assessments. Each of these serves as an important assessment tool when it comes to the student. In a classroom of my own, I could have my students keep a record of all important skills that they have learned in each area of math in a portfolio. Therefore, if they would ever be unsure of how to solve a problem, they could look through and find the skill necessary. Rubrics are a great way to provide feedback on projects or tasks. I would have students first use the rubric themselves to assess their project and find any areas in which they lack proficiency. They would then revise the project and be formally assessed. Student self-assessments are a great way for students to be critical of their work and a great opportunity for feedback.

Chelsea
The first type of assessment that the book talked about were portfolios. Portfolios are good because they allow students to reflect on their own work, and they allow students to create goals for their learning. Most importantly portfolios are flexible in they can be consisted of anything. I think portfolios are a good way to track learning and progress by students because students are required to think and justify why they have included things. The second type of assessment the book talked about was rubrics. Rubrics focus on what students should achieve, but it rather dependent upon how well written the rubric is. I think it is important as a teacher to learn how to make a good rubric because otherwise, students will not know what they are suppose to be achieving towards. The last type of assessment that the book talked about was student self-assessment. By allowing students to self assess themselves, students are able to see what areas they need improvement. Self assessment can be done in a variety of ways, such as with rubrics, checklists, and writing prompts. I think all three types of assessment are important because they all allow students to judge their own work and the areas that they need improvement.

Kevin
Chapter 4 is about portfolios, rubrics, and student self-assessment. The author says portfolios are a good way to evaluate student work because they do not require teachers to make inferences about mastery based on a single test or project. Instead portfolios provide the teacher with the bigger picture and what kind of progress the student has made. Rubrics are another assessment tool that Wormeli finds to be important. The important thing about rubrics is to make sure that they are specific enough so students know exactly what criteria they need to fulfill. As a student I had never thought about the time it takes for a teacher to put a rubric together, it never seemed like it would be difficult. But in fact it turns out that to put together a good rubric requires a good amount of thought.