EDUG 507
PRQ#4
February 19, 2015
How do you like to be tested?
The word test was a very frightening word for me to hear when
I was a student because I had no idea what was on the test and I would
have to suffer the consequences if I did poorly. I experienced the more
traditional styles, when a teacher took information that he or she liked
in the unit and created a high-stakes test. I want to include the
students in the assessment process to feel like they have input on their
own education. Rick Stiggins (2007) reveals, Rather than sorting
students into winners and losers, assessment for learning can put all
students on a winning streak (p. 22). I want my students to always
feel like they are on a winning streak and be successful in all that
they do. I can enlarge and enhance student learning, by building
rubrics with my students, giving students choices in assessments, and
having students analyze both self and peer work.
Rubrics are an important tool to have for students to know the
expectations. Burden and Byrd (2013) describes rubrics as a type of
rating scale used to judge students performance on a continuum
(p.293). There are many ways in which to design a rubric and having
student input is vital to the process. Andrea Guillaume (2008)
describes including the students in this process as not only
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References
Burden, P.R., & Byrd, D.M. (2013). Methods for effective teaching (6th
ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.