Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Playing Catch-Up! Part Three: In my field placement, which of the assessment tools would I like to use? Why?
In my field, I would mostly like to use observations done with checklists. This would allow students to learn but not have to show their learning through worksheets. I've realized that often when I plan lessons, I feel that I must do my assessments with worksheets. I really hate this. I feel like the kids can show their knowledge without doing a worksheet. I'd like to have the students play a game or do something fun where I can see that they have learned the material.
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I know what you mean about having the children show their knowledge on worksheets. I will be honest though, I taught my math lesson yesterday and I made a worksheet for the students to complete after a Smart Board activity on simple subtraction with bug counters for a manipulative. One reason why I liked the worksheet was because I made it, and it allowed the students to write the answer to the problem and they also had to color the answer by coloring the correct amount of bugs. This allowed me to see who had really grasped the subtraction concept. I will also admit that my cooperating field teacher gave me the advice that I should have included more problems on the worksheet. So I guess they can be beneficial sometimes...
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