Assessment (to be continued)

 by Putra praSetyo

Well, last week was the last session with Mrs. Mima, because we all were heading over to the HOLIDAY! It was about assessment (again) and will be continued by the beginning of January next year (hope I am still alive).

Assessment is very important in every field, not just in the classroom (God also assesses us from somewhere we don’t even know, right?) So, in the classroom, as a teacher, we have to be look like the God (a metaphor). We all know that the students always seem to be diligent in doing the tasks if there is a teacher around them. Then, how if there is no teacher watching around? Chaos, is not it?

Well, I have a great idea that when we assess the students we have to make them ‘free of us’. It means that let them learn because they will, not because that their work will be assessed by us and they are afraid of making mistakes. As a teacher, we have to make a lotta ways to make various assessments. The point is, do not make the assessment as a pressure to them. The good thing that I learned from last session of PETA class was one of the ways to assess the students. The portfolio assessment.

 It is good for the teacher to make easier his work and also good for the students for their self-assessment. However, there will so many weaknesses in this type assessment. It lacks of control from the teacher. We will never know the students’ improvement by assessing their portfolio, how if their works is cheated with another students and how if them just copy paste from their friends?

I have an idea that I think will be work on this kinda assessment. The teacher should provide time to have a consultation time for the students. The students can discuss their portfolio materials to the teacher and share their ideas.

I just wanna make friends with my students, but I am the invisible assessor.

I own my class. Just like the God own this life.