More Understand

PETA class yesterday has made me more understand again about assessment. Before, I didn’t understand in deeply that material. Evidently, when my lecturer asks about the differences of the three kinds of the assessment are only few that I can answer. It turned out that assessment as and for learning is assessment can also be used by teacher to determine the extent of students understanding during the learning process. For example a teacher to teach using the lecture method and given the post test after learning about that topics. And the result of this assessment maybe show scored less, then the teacher can take appropriate action for the class; the students who get less scored or conduct additional classes to help these students. The results of this assessment will also be a reflection for teacher to choose teaching methods that appropriate with this topics and this class. So that, teacher need modify the way classroom teaching.

Related with above about modify the learning process. Yesterday I also learned about models of instruction and assessment. As we often discuss in class, as the teacher not only assess the cognitive of students but also affective and psychomotor of students. To make an assessment that teacher may not only be assess at the end of lesson or in the end of semester. Teacher should be considering the students process one by one and seeing their progress. So that, teacher need to make an assessment during the learning process. Conventional models are learning models that often did I see when I was a senior high school first. The most of my teacher only assess my understanding in the end of the material with a daily test or in the end of semester. Rarely discuss the exercise, so I never know where my errors in the task. Teacher does a test on every topic but I never see the result of daily test and the learning process continued with another topics. I didn’t understand and sometimes get trouble in other topics that related with this topic. Perhaps this is caused there are many material that have not been delivered whereas the final exam is imminent. So, my teacher had to teach quickly.

Standard based learning models are the learning models that lead teachers from preparation and during the learning process are also given assessment, maybe using post test or open question related with the topic. From the result of the assessment was also the teacher will continued to teach or modify the way of teaching that can help the students familiar with the material. During the process the teacher always give students motivation and a good feedback to the students. When all students are familiar with the topics, teacher can move on the next topics. Many tools can be used by teacher in assessing students understanding. For example: using portfolio, project, exercise, checklist, anecdotal records, grading, and so on. As the teacher can be combining the tools of the assessment to get a good result that can show the students understanding. To better understand about how to use these tools to assess students we wait the next meeting in PETA class. Thank you :)

By: Luh Putu Ariasih

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