Friday, January 27, 2017

INFORMAL ASSESSMENT



Informal Assessment is a procedure for obtaining information that can be used to make judgment about children’s learning behavior and characteristics or program using means other than standardized instruments.

TYPES OF INFORMAL ASSESSMENT
1. Test and Quizzes. Typical way students are evaluated for their acquisition of knowledge usually consisting of elements. (e.g., multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blanks, short item questions)
2. Grading. How teacher normally assign value to a student work.
3. Portfolios. An assessment tool that is great helping student as well as their parents and teacher to see their progress over short period of time.
4. Written Sample. This entails any type of written sample that student create to show their comprehension of materials. (e.g., essay)
5. Project based Assignment. Type of assignment that is usually quite extensive and allow student to show his/her comprehension in various ways.

SAMPLE OF INFORMAL ASSESSMENT

o   Homework. Any written work students do alone and can be gathered and used to assess students progress.
o   Games. Provide students  with a challenging method of increasing their skills in various areas such as math, spelling, naming categories of objects/people, and so on.
o   Brainstorming. This technique can be used successfully with all ages of children to determine what may already know about a particular topic.
o   Checklist. Specify students behaviors or products expected during progression through curriculum.
o   Story Retelling. Provides information on a wide range of language-abilities.
o   Anecdotal Record.Used to record behaviors and student progress. It should have written carefully and avoiding those judgmental words.
o   Logs and Journal.An individual method of writing.
o   Writing Samples. When students write anything on specific topics, their products can be scored using one technique.
o   Questionnaire.A self-report assessment device on which students can provide information about areas of interest to the teacher.




REFLECTION
                Informal assessment is very important for the teacher to monitor the growth and progress of her pupils. It should be never underestimated just because it is informal. In fact, this will be your bases in conducting a formal assessment.
                Just by sitting and watching the performance or behavior of your pupils will give you insights on what should you assessed and how would you do it. This will also be your measurement if your pupils are doing well in your class, if they really progressed and if they acquired knowledge or abilities.
                Different types of informal assessment will also help your pupils review and evaluate their own work. They can also do it with their own capacity and ability. Your comments and recommendations in their works will also be a great help for them to know if they did well or they needs improvement.

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