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New Syllabus Mathematics Seminar 5 Oct
The document outlines an October 2012 mathematics professional development workshop led by Dr. Yeap Ban Har on effective assessment strategies, including discussing the concept of assessment, designing assessment tasks, and examples of formal paper-and-pencil assessment. The workshop also covered reviewing assessment tools like anchor tasks, student journals, and a six-item homework format.
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- 1. New Syllabus Mathematics Professional Development Jakarta 5 October 2012 Dr Yeap Ban Har www.banhar.blogspot.com
- 2. New Syllabus Mathematics Professional Review the concept of assessment Development Jakarta Lesson for to facilitate assessment 5 October 2012 Dr Yeap Ban Har Examples of formal paper-and-pencil assessment Workshop to design assessment tasks Summary: Effective assessment strategies www.banhar.blogspot.com
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- 4. What is Assessment? • collecting data • interpreting data about students’ ability in and attitude towards a particular subject
- 5. Basic Skill • ability • do students know basic skills and concepts?
- 6. Familiar Application • ability • can student apply basic skills and concepts to familiar situations?
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- 8. Unfamiliar or Complex Application • ability • can student apply basic skills and concepts to unfamiliar / complex situations?
- 10. Formative Assessment Assessment for Learning Assessment to help teachers modify teaching plans so as to help students achieve learning goals. This may not result is a numerical score.
- 11. Summative Assessment Assessment of Learning Assessment to provide a summary of student learning up to a particular point. This is typically reported as a grade or numerical score.
- 12. Thee-Part Lesson Format Part 1 – Anchor Task
- 13. Explanation which is based on specific cases Explanation which is based on general case This is given to advanced learners to push their thinking.
- 15. Thee-Part Lesson Format Part 1 – Anchor Task Assessment Tools • Anchor Task • Student Journal • Can (struggling) students substitute and evaluate expressions? • Can (advanced) students propose a general method? • Can students communicate (oral and written)?
- 19. Six-Item Homework Two homework items based Format on the very same type of tasks discussed – e.g. given points, find distance. Students know that they are expected to be able to do this confidently. Two homework items which are direct applications – e.g. given the distance between two points are (0, k) and (k, 0) is 10 units, find the value(s) of k. The anchor task does not deal with this.
- 20. Six-Item Homework Two homework items which Format are unusual or complex applications.
- 21. Assessment is not limitedto Teacher Assessment Teacher Assessment Self Assessment Peer Assessment
- 22. What is important to Ability to perform assess? mathematical skills Ability to apply to various situations including unusual ones Ability to communicate Ability to collaborate
- 23. Three-Point Report John can do … but is unable to do … What I plan to do with John is … Perhaps, at home you can support by ….
- 24. Summary Today, we discussedthe use of Anchor Tasks to facilitate assessment. We also recommend the use of Student Journal. The Six-Items Homework format is another assessment tool discussed. For summative assessment, Table of Specifications ensure the design of comparable tests. The Three-Point Report provides parents with the information they need.
- 25. References http://www.edexcel.com/i-am-a/student/Pages/Pastpapers.aspx There are manypast-year Question Papers with Mark Scheme for various examinations including GCSE and subjects at this site. http://www.freeexampapers.com/ Many examples of well-set summative assessment items for use in tests and examinations. Also serve as good guide to phrasing examination questions is a clear manner.