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Assessment of learning in the classroom
1. Session Four:
Assessment of learning in the
classroom
Short Course in Learning and
Teaching in the Classroom
Janet Holmshaw and Jeff Sapiro
Middlesex University, London
2. Session Aim:
To provide an overview and some
practical suggestions about how
assessment of learning can take place
within the classroom
3. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session you will have been
provided with opportunities to:
Reflect on your own experiences of assessing
learning in the classroom
Discuss types of assessment and their purposes
Consider different ways of assessing learning in
the classroom
Identify the dimensions of providing feedback to
students on their learning
5. Exercise: Purpose of assessment
Motivation
Creating learning opportunities
To give feedback
To grade
Assessment should be an integral part of the
learning process rather than something that is
“tacked on” at the end
(Chris Rust,
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/asses
; Accessed 9.10.08)
6. Types of assessment
Formative assessment:
activities that students and teachers undertake
to get information about students’ learning
giving students feedback which they can use to
improve their performance
Summative assessment:
Judgement made on work that results in the
student being awarded a grade, may include
formative elements
Assessment designed to be used to determine
grades or marks
7. Classroom Assessment- what is it?
Classroom assessment is both a teaching
approach and a set of techniques. The
approach is that the more you know about
what and how students are learning, the
better you can plan learning activities to
structure your teaching
Tom Angelo (1993)
8. What is the purpose of classroom
assessment?
Classroom assessment is usually
formative – rather than summative – i.e. it
is aimed at improving learning rather than
at assigning grades
The goal is to better understand your
students learning and in turn improve your
teaching
9. Exercise:
Work in pairs to come up with a list of ways
in which you have seen or used formative
assessment used in the classroom
Choose 2 of these to feedback to the rest of
the group
11. Methods for formatively assessing
learning in the classroom
Questions and answers
Report back from group work
Questions students ask
Peer assessment
Self assessment
Specific techniques e.g. minute papers, chain
notes, directed paraphrasing, application cards
12. Feedback
Feedback plays a central role in student
learning
How does this link with theories of
learning covered earlier?
13. Methods of feedback
Feedback can be
Written/ oral
From teacher to students
From students to students
What methods have you come across?
Choose one of these methods and
discuss its advantages and
disadvantages
14. What do you think makes good quality
feedback?
What sorts of things are important?
15. High quality feedback is….
Supportive and aimed at improvement
Yet also analytic and critical
Relates explicitly to the goals of the
activity/ assessed task
Timely….the quicker the feedback, the
greater effect it has
16. How can we most effectively give
feedback?
Give the good news first – find something
good about the activity/ assessed task and
comment specifically on this
Give specific pointers for improvement –
don’t overwhelm: concentrate on most
important points
End on a note of encouragement
17. Let’s practice giving feedback....
Consider what you would like to feedback
to Janet and Jeff about today's session.
Over to you!