Testing of Intelligence
The whole child approach is suppose to reach the challenges of education that a student needs to be responsible. The whole child approach is to ensure that the child is healthy, engaged and supported. I believe we need assessment for students so that we know how we are falling short in the classroom. When you are assessing you can answer basic questions about you and your students like are my students learning what they need to learn and is this the way to teach the lesson to promote their learning experience.
In our early childhood we assess 3 times in a school year. We test on knowledge skills like recognition of letters, shapes, colors and numbers. We do a written example to show progression of writing skills and we follow with daily reports taking during class time to see the progress of socialization and cognitive skills.
In Finland the students do a personal assessment of their work. This help the student to understand learning development. This process help the child self esteem and sense of involvement in the classroom. Finland student take national standardized test in their secondary school years if they want to continue into a higher education level. The main purpose of assessing in Finland is to improve learning.
www. mwera.org/MWER/volume/v25/issue1-2/v25nl-2-Hendrickson-GRADUATE-STUDENT-SECTION.pdf
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4 Comments:
In early childhood education we most definitley have assessments set in place for our students. I can relate to that. We also assess color, shapes, and numbers and those are the basics to learning fundementals of what school will consist from Pre-K until life lessons bascially.
Machelle, I was happy to read that you assess three times a year. I assess four times a year, just like the public schools do. But it sounds like we are assessing the same skills. How do you do your daily reports to assess social skills learning? That is an area I struggle with. I can see the progress but putting it in data form is hard for me.
I agree with your stance on how assessment helps educators as well. After doing an activity, I do reevaluate how the sctivity went and wheather the students seemed to grasp the concept that i was trying to teach them.
Our assessment tools are the Brigance, EDECA, and Galileo. We assess the children throughout the year. We use a monthly skill builder assessment to include the parents in the educating of their children. Parents are giving the opportunity to see where their child's weaknesses are and then they can help them at home.
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