This module highlighted the use of assessment and its value. I enjoyed the breakdown of traditional assessment vs authentic assessment. My biggest takeaway was that with traditional assessment, the curriculum drives the assessment, and with authentic assessment, the assessment drives the curriculum. The backward design model fits my class assessments well "as it focuses on the student's ability to perform the tasks and display the skills and knowledge required on the job."
An assessment is a process that both the student and the instructor can use. It is used to track the student's progress in addition to accountability and improvement.
This is perfect for one to one virtual education
I believe that you should use both assessment types in there proper places. I am a welding instructor who would use traditional in the theory class and authentic in the welding lab.
Assessments may be formative or summative and may consist of traditional quizzes and tests, or of lab projects, case studies, written papers, or constructive projects. Good assessments are based on the course outcomes and use authentic methods to effectively assess what is being taught.
understanding the differences, benefits and challenges with different types of assessments and how to monitor student progress with what was learned.
How important tracking students progress and what they are learning.
I really liked the layout of explaining objectives versus outcomes...this topic was always pretty nebulous in our organization. The explanation of the difference between the two was very helpful. It is important that both the instructor and the student have a clear understanding of the differences as the student experiences the content. I will reference this chart as I develop new courses in our organization.
I've been using authentic assessment for years and didn't know it. That is a new term for me
This is my first time reading about "formative" and "summative" assessments. I utilize them but I didn't know the official names.
To me, an assessment could be a comparison between how I am teaching a subject to what the student is learning from my method of instruction.
Since everyone learns differently, I believe I should develop several ways to teach the same material.
Good alternatives to consider.
In this module, I learn the distinct definition of "objectives" and "outcomes". I also learn that the authentic assessment is an ideal assessment for the career developing course.
I need to include more formative assessments in my courses in addition to the summative assessments I currently rely on. This will give me more real-time progress on my students' areas of strength and weakness, which allows me to reinforce concepts that they are struggling with. Part of my implementation will simply be asking more open-ended questions more frequently.
Assessment should be a means to evaluate whether studens have learned the course objectives and, most importantly, if they can do after instruction. I intend to determine assessments BEFORE instruction to better teach the content. My big takeway is that authentic assessments drive the curriculum.
I learned quite a bit from the developing assesments section, and I'm pleased to know I incorporate quite a bit of authentic/alternative assesments in my courses. I include some traditional assesments of course, but they're rarely the primary focus. I definitely focus on skill application in a meaningful way. That's more relevant to my field, so it works out very well!
Assessments can evaluate a student's progress and should be done frequently in many forms.
Really enjoyed the different types of assessment modules that can be used for evaluating for the desired outcomes.
Both tend to apply in the field that I teach in, but more so the alternative assessments as it involves real world applications.
Excellent module. Authentic assessments are more appropriate for CTE as we are preparing students to develop real-world skills that can be used in the job market. Also, starting with the outcomes and working backwards makes total sense. The assessment should indeed drive the instruction.
Authenic assessment is good providing the feedback.
