Chile Assessment in Primary

Dr Yeap Ban Har
Marshall Cavendish Institute
Singapore
banhar@sg.marshallcavendish.com
Seminar on Assessment in Primary Mathematics
SANTIAGO
This seminar is about assessment in primary mathematics. This interactive session will include both informal as well as formal assessment, and formative and summative assessment.
Presentation is available at www.banhar.blogspot.com
and www.banhar.com

Beliefs
Interest
Appreciation
Confidence
Perseverance
Monitoring of one’s own thinking
Self-regulation of learning
Attitudes
Metacognition
Numerical calculation
Algebraic manipulation
Spatial visualization
Data analysis
Measurement
Use of mathematical tools
Estimation
Mathematical Problem Solving
Reasoning, communication & connections
Thinking skills & heuristics
Application & modelling
Skills
Processes
Concepts
Numerical
Algebraic
Geometrical
Statistical
Probabilistic
Analytical
Singapore textbooks are based on this curriculum framework which is based on problem solving.

Example

Learning Activity
Use the digits 0 to 9 not more than once to make a correct multiplication sentence.
x

This is assessment that takes place during a lesson – informal assessment to identify if students are having difficulties, getting along fine or finding the task too easy.
This is to allow the teacher to subsequently make the right decisions – to provide scaffold for struggling students or to provide challenge for advanced students.
This is assessment for differentiated instruction to maximise learning.
This continual assessment.

Example

Focused Test
Specific
Focused on a skill or a topic
Example: Test on Addition
Example: Test on Ability to Measure Length and Mass
Written Assessment
Performance Assessment
Predict how many times is the capacity of the bowl compared to the capacity of the cup.
Find the volume of water in the bowl using the measuring cylinder.
Closed-Ended
Bella has 19 cookies. She has 4 cookies more than Dario. Find the number of cookies they both have altogether.
Open-Ended
Write a word problem that can be solved by doing 19 x 6. Solve your own problem.

Comprehensive Examination
Comprehensive: In Singapore, this is done from Grade 2 onwards called Semestral Assessment (SA)
Written Assessment
Types of Items
Multiple-Choice
Short Answer
Long Answer
Basic Skill
Grades 2 – 4 : 40% (20 items)
Grades 5 – 6 : 20% (20 items)
Direct and Familiar Applications
Grades 2 – 4 : 40% (20 items)
Grades 5 – 6 : 30% (12 – 15 items)
Challenging and Unusual Applications
Grades 2 – 4 : 20% (5 items)
Grades 5 – 6 : 50% (13 – 15 items)

A
B
F
E
Reference: Singapore Examinations & Assessment Board 2004-2008 and Specimen Paper for 2009
D
C

Grade 3 Examination Item (Raffles Girls’ Primary School 2009)
Challenging Application
Devi had some $2 notes and $5 notes.
She had a total of $76.
She had 4 more $5 notes than $2 notes.
How many $2 notes did she have?

Devi had some $2 notes and $5 notes.
She had a total of $76.
She had 4 more $5 notes than $2 notes.
How many $2 notes did she have?
$76
Number of $5 notes
4
$20
$56
8
Number of $2 notes
$56 ÷ 7 = 8
8
She had eight $2 notes.
Mark Scheme
Method – 2 points
Answer – 2 points

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