1. ASSESSMENT IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
TOPIC: ASSESSMENT
METHODS

2. What are assessment
Methods?
Assessment methods can be defined
as the way the teacher chooses to
assess her students in order to
collect information.

3. Types of Assessment Methods
 Assessment methods include:
 Journal Entry
 Self and peer assessment
 Classroom conferences (Teacher and student)
 Portfolio
 Observation Checklist
 Rubrics

4. Description of Assessment
methods
 Journal Entry-allows the students to be
creative while they share and brain storm their
ideas. Thus also encourages metacognition
and reflection on learning over time.
 Self and Peerassessment plays an important role
while providing the opportunity for students to
think metacognitively about their learning.

5. Peer and Self Assessment
(Adapted from You Tube)

6. More Description of Methods
 Classroom conferences- Teacher sits with
students individually and dialogue about their
strengths and weaknesses.
 Portfolio – allows the students, teacher and
parents to look at how the students learning
are progressing over a period of time.
Portfolios also permit students to reflect and
include samples of their work.

7.  This instrument allows the teacher to observe
the students as they perform a research and
to assess their creativity skills.
 This encourages the students to develop a
sense of self direction, self collaboration and
meta cognition.
 It is also a great instrument to aid with the
monitoring of the students development.
 It can be used during conferencing to identify
a specific behaviour or by students in self and
peer assessment.
Observational Checklist

8.  Rubrics can be used throughout a unit for a
variety of purposes especially collaboration
and self direction, monitoring progress and
checking for understanding and encouraging
metacognition.
Rubrics

9. Procedures/Lecture Slide
 Add procedure here
 Step one
 Step two

10. Conclusion
 To conclude there is a variety of assessment
methods that can be used in the 21st
century
classrooms which will assist in the progressing
of students skills and development.
 These methods will also enable teachers to
zoom in on the skill or skills the student(s)
need(s) to develop.

11. References
 OAS virtual classroom module 3
 You tube