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ColbyHill
AnalysisofStudentLearning

Atthebeginningofthesemester,Ichosemytwobiggestassessmentstobewithinthe
techniquesweweregoingtobeusing,thesmileytricksastheauthorreferredtothemas
andfigurativelanguage.Thetechniquesweredeterminedwithinthefirstsamplepieceof
writingtheygamemethatfollowedthecomicstheyhadcreated.Thisishowflowwas
determinedaswell.Thefigurativelanguagegoalisdissectedfurtherinthissectionandis
wherethediagnosisbelowcomesfrom.
HereistheresultsIhadfromthepreassessment:
Notpresent(NP)
Emerging/Basic(E)Studentshadalludedtothegoalorhadevencompletedaspectsofthe
goalwithoutrealizationinpractice.Studentsmayhavebeenattemptingtocompletethegoal
butwerecompletinginanincorrectmanner.

Proficient(P)Studentsaremostlycompletingthegoalinpracticealthoughitmaynotbe
usedaseffectivelyasitcouldorslightlyincorrectly.Studentsareabletoexplain/definesome
oftheaspectstothegoal

Outstanding(O)Studentsarecompletingthegoaleffectivelyinpracticeandareableto
explainmostifnotalloftheaspectstothegoa.
l
Student

Goal#1(Techniques)

Goal#2(FigurativeLanguage)

Goal#3(Flow)

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

Thefinalassessmentwiththewritingincludesanoverallincreaseinwritingflowand
usageoftheskillswehaddiscussed.Wehadtalkedabouthowusingeachofthetechniques
isnotalwaysthebestwaytowrite,buttheyarecommontechniquesthatareusedbyauthors
aroundtheworld.Still,thereisauthorschoiceandhowtheywouldliketoseetheirwriting.I
dontthinkIhaveeverseenahyphenatedmodifierinaStephenKingnovel.Inordertotellthe
differences,Ihadtousethepreassessmentsandthencreatethegradeintheformative
assessment.Thesummativeassessmentsthroughoutwereallconferences.Iconferenced
withstudentsalot,duringthewritingperiod,studyhalls,orconnections(whichisthe
homeroomtwentyminuteperiod).

PostFormativeAssessment:
Notpresent(NP)
Emerging/Basic(E)
Proficient(P)
Outstanding(O)

Student

Goal#1(Techniques)

Goal#2(FigurativeLanguage)

Goal#3(Flow)

Ithinkwhencomparingthefinalwritingandwhatledtoitwiththefirstwritingthe
studentsgavemeshowsadifference.Forsomeitmaybeminimal,othersalot.Thatminimal
stepweseemayhavebeenhugeforthatparticularstudent(andinmyopinionis).

FigurativeLanguage
Student

Pre

SummativePost

FormativePost(see
belownarrative)

2(Nodefinitions)

7(somedefinitions)

5(+definitions

2(Nodefinitions)

8(Nodefinitions)

6(+definitions)

1(Nodefinitions)

1(Nodefinitions)

5(+definitions)

4(Nodefinitions)

6(Nodefinitions)

7(+definitions)

5(+definitions)

7(somedefinitions)

7(+definitions)

8(somedefinitions) 8(somedefinitions)

8(+definitions)

2(nodefinitions)

(absent)

5(+definitions)

8(+definitions)

6(+definitions)

7(+definitions)

7(+definitions)

Blankanswersareforthosewhokepttheirpaperafter.

ThepreassessmentwaswhenIaskedstudentstobrainstormandgivemefigurative
languageexamples.
ThesummativepostiswhenIaskedstudentsthreeweekslatertowritedown
examplestheycouldrememberalongwithspecificexamplesforthattypeoffigurative
language.
FormativepostisONLYanswerthathaddefinitionsfollowingthem,notjusta
brainstormoftheexamplestheycouldthinkof.
Whatisimportanttorememberhereisthatthefirsttwocolumnsalsoaccountforfigure
languagethatwasbrainstormedevenwithoutthedefinitionsfollowingit,whilethefinal
columnrepresentsthenumberthatonlyhaddefinitionsbyit.Thisnumberalsorepresentsthe
usageoridentificationofitwithinwritingwhichistheultimategoal.Itgoesbeyondwritingit
downandgivingthedefinitionitisbeingusedinpractice.Animprovementineachone.

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