This week's readings were on assessing student performance. Before the readings, I was confused about what the differences were between formative and summative assessments.
Summative Assessment occurs through a test, quizzes, and other graded course activities that used to measure student performances. These are cumulative of knowledge learned and help identify what students have learned throughout the course at the end of a unit. All my units plan will have a summative assessment one being my plumbing unit where students have to complete a copper square project. The project is worth 40% of their grade and is done throughout the semester and calculated in their final grade.
I learned a lot about assessments this week, and I am looking forward to unpacking my thoughts in class!
Manny, I love that you connected the formative and summative assessments to what you have planned for spring. How could a summative assessments look differently to enforce the Variability of BECOV?
ReplyDeleteManny, I like how you tie your unit plan and your knowledge of what your resources are at PV into your blog on assessment this week! Can you expand a little bit more on what the challenges and benefits of each type of assessment are? What are some of the key differences between the types of assessment and how do you know when to use them?
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