FS 5 Journal 1: Test Preparation Reflection On Test Preparation As I have listen to the teachers answer, I observed that he really knows how to start and end about the matters of preparing a test. Since she’s up still in 2 years of in teaching, she could still recall what must be the main priority of the making test. He also added in her answer the facets of understanding. And would, we must not make a test just for the sake of making it but we have to assure that, for that little piece of paper many individual’s life would change. Though we encountered a lot of problems upon undergoing this process, we must not be discourage instead we must meet this problem accommodating, conveniently in order to make better result and our test offers to demonstrate desired understanding and more learning to developed. In making test or any assessment, we must assure that it is centered on student learning. By this, teacher must inform the students about what is the pointer key of the test to be fair. I also believe that if the teacher will accommodate and hold student’s interest will really give students an input acquire learning.
Thus, upon making test, teacher must assure that it will scope all the learning interest of the learners. Whereas, it is apply and include objectively; cognitive, psychomotor and affective, so the student will performed well. Regarding with the learners who performed poorly in a subject areas the teachers should search for a way to make student be given concern to make the student be interested, or some ways that to apply, like tutoring or remedial in particular with the subject that he performed weakly It is in that way that maybe that student on that situation did not work well in the exam or they didn’t study, or they don’t feel okay. Thus, upon making test, teacher must assure that it will scope all the learning interest of the learners. Whereas, it is apply and include objectively; cognitive, psychomotor and affective, so the student will performed well. Regarding with the learners who performed poorly in a subject areas the teachers should search for a way to make student be given concern to make the student be interested, or some ways that to apply, like tutoring or remedial in particular with the subject that he performed weakly. Journal 3: Evaluation A.ON EVALUATION OF THE ASSESSMENT
Journal 2: Checking, Marking and Interpreting Test Result 1.What types of information about student’s progress can be obtained by correcting your student’s tests? It is aligned with standard curriculum and instructions. Needs more constant encouragement in studies, assessment tools and more review or tutorial is important too. Removal examination is not necessary for me because I think it is just a waist o time for the proceeding of my other lessons. Determined the capacity of the learners with regards their comprehension. Some other students are good in memorization some are on understanding. It is possible in making test items questions, it should be in a balance way. The test item question is very difficult to them and made up in standardized form of test question. 3.If there are a lot of learners do poorly in one subject area, what will you do to respond them? Answer» Ask the students about their common problem regarding the subjects, if possible; guide them with their study habits. Tutorial is recommended to students who poorly perform in a subject area. Remedial is also applicable but in the classroom setting it is no longer applied because some of the lesson might be neglected. Review possible weaknesses of that subject area wherein the learners are slow for that particular topic. 4.How else could you have assessed you learner’s ability? Answer» It can be made through different assessment, not only focusing in their intellectual but also in their talents and values. Help them and be encouraging student’s o join different school activities that can help boost their moral as well as their capabilities to different field of areas. Giving student a chance to know what is their accomplishments in their test will be a big help for them to recognized their progress either it is good or worst but in that way they are enable t check the mistakes and enhance their strength by giving them ahead an update of their test will help them identify where or what part of the test they got wrong and why or in what part of the test they god right. This would also measure their own capability of learning in which their awareness is higher expected once more. Somehow, having 50% or more learners will get low score in your test it doesn’t mean that you didn’t work for your task. It is in that way that maybe that student on that situation did not work well in the exam or they didn’t study, or they don’t feel okay.
1.How did you evaluate the performance of your learners? Do you reflect on their responses and review their achievements? How? Answer» There are assessment evidences in evaluating the performance of the learners: recitation, quizzes, test and a lot of more that I too used. Look for examples and imagine the model and result to see the characteristic of desired and undesired result. 2.Did you use varied form of assessment for the learners? Which of this form were mostuseful? Why? Answer» It is important to use different assessment for the lessons because the performance of understanding can be measured on how students reflect upon self assess their learning. Hands-on approach is useful form of assessment because students can perform based on what they learn from the lessons. Give the students opportunity to learn from trial and error. 3.How often you use formative and summative assessment strategies? Answer» Every time, this two would not be forgotten. Formative assessment can be done through giving quizzes after the lesson proper, mid-unit test, essay, while Summative assessment is done at the end of each grading period or final exam. 4. How often do you use assessment result as a guide in further planning of you lessons? Answer» Guides teaching and learning, it is more the grades for the class records. It provides guidance and feedback. It enables students to demonstrate what they know and can do. It helps teach how to be organized and improve to sustain effective learning. It can also provide information on individual learning progress. B.ON PERSONAL EVALUATION 1.How and where do you reflect on your own teaching styles and techniques? How often do you do this? What evidences will show that you gain progress in your teaching performance? What constraints/difficulties hinder in your progress? Answer» Through observation and reading guidelines of different teaching strategies, I learned some style to be useful in teaching. Different strategies should be done every day so that students will have interest on your lesson on your lesson proper. Through student’s participations,
performance results, apply with innovations through actual behaviors. The resource materials to be used are one problem in achieving such activities.
be active in thinking immediately and by that, the teacher will also provide questions that can arouse children’s knowledge and participation. 2. What strategies do you think worked well in changing (transitioning) the lesson?
2.How often do you ask for specific feedback and advice from you mentors? In what way will you able to check on my progress and achievements? Answer It is much better to hear feedbacks and advice as much as possible. It can help s beginners to understand and learned more about teaching profession. A critique, evaluations, translates judge and insightful points of view are some ways to checked any progress and achievements. 3.To what extent do you discuss your teaching performance willing with others and respond positively to constructive criticisms? What should you do to successfully improve your teaching performance? Answer All critiques should be considered as good, for it will help us improve and gain knowledge. Trials errors as well as feedbacks are important and part of learning process. To improve our teaching performance one’s should act professionally, committed, emotionally matured, interested in teaching profession, competent and willing to adjust to any changes. Reflection on EVALUATION There’s a lot of ways to evaluate your student’s performance. This may be in actual form of assessment or into a process of written response assessment. Upon evaluating the performance of the student their achievement must be made detailed by the teacher in order to be fair to the students. The students will find the assessment of the teacher if the teachers will used different varied forms of activity in the assessment. Through these, the assessment must also introduce to the student what it is. When formative assessment needs to apply or and when to apply the summative form. Moreover, teachers must think further about every assessment him going to use. He must also ready to give feedback to her students and ready to recognized and accept the feedback from their mentors. They must also organize her evaluation. And for your personal when conducting assessment so that you can reflect the result and yourself through making the assessment.
There are lots of strategies that can be applied to the lesson, yet there’s no perfect way of what’s the best way of it. The only thing is that the strategy should be appropriate with the lesson taken. As for me, the strategies that worked well in changing the lesson were the activities like group discussion, brainstorming and individual performances. These kinds of activities can help the students to learn by sharing while working in a group. Individual performances will help the students to analyze and to do the task on their own, by this, the teacher will be able to know if how far that students learned the particular topic. 3. What would you like to improve in your transitioning from one lesson to another? I have so many things to improve in my lesson plan including the organization, strategies and the time. The part of making the lesson plan is to plan for the objectives. The objectives serve as the goals to be attained and to know the desired outcomes at the end of the lesson. As for me, it’s really hard to start with the objectives, especially in fitting all the activities in the time allotment given. I want to improve my teaching style in such a way that I could apply all the activities that are imposed in my lesson plan and to deliver the lesson to the students properly with mastery and confidence. Co-curricular and Extra-Curricular Involvement Form 1.
List some of the co-curricular and extracurricular activities that take place in your cooperating school.
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Intramurals day Buwan ng wika Reader’s theater Sci and math fair Acquaintance day
Participation Teaching in Transition Self-Appraisal Form for PST
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Reflective Questions:
What learning insights have you gained in evaluating your self-made lesson plan? The learning insights that I have learned in making my own lesson plan was how to manage the time. In making the lesson plan, it is very important that the set of activities should be acquired in the time allotment given. To start the process of organizing your time, you need to be aware of how you use your time and why. There is no need to confine time management to just one area of your life such as work. You can apply the principles to all areas of your life in order to achieve a better balance of activity all around.
1. Which particular activity will you be involved in? Why? The activity that I was able to join with was the intramurals day. It was easy for me to join that particular activity since it was held on Saturday. I did give my full time in taking pictures as part of my documentaries and watch their programs. 2. How often will you involve yourself to this kind of activity? Why?
1. After you observed the Cooperating Teacher’s lesson transition, what were your realizations?
Not all times that I can join in this kind of activity, only if the school will celebrate it then I will be able to join.
I learned so many things while I observed my cooperating teacher’s teaching style. During her lesson presentation, imparting knowledge to the students must always be paired with interaction between the teacher and the students. The art of questioning helps the learners to
3. How does this activity help student learning?
The intramurals day includes many activities like sports, search pageant and literary contests. These activities will help the students to build cooperation, team work and sportsmanship. They will be able to show their talents and abilities in many areas, in that way they will be able to know their capabilities to do such activities and learning at the same time. 4. As a teacher, which co-curricular or extra-curricular activities would you like to be involved in? Why? I prefer to choose the intramurals day, because it let the students enjoy their moments to perform and give their best in many contests. The said activity can build stronger relationships between the students and the teachers to help each other to promote learning by doing. Individual Teaching
2. What problems have you encountered in preparing your test? How can you respond to them? The problems that I encountered in making test items are giving correct instructions and the reliability of the test. To avoid errors in making test items, I make sure that the test items have basis. It must be based from the lesson or topic that had been discussed. 3. Do your test items provide for a wide range of differences in ability? How? For me, it provides wide range of student learning abilities, in such a way that it can make the students think and how well they have understood the lesson. For example, you will give a drama presentation to the students. As a group they will be able to create own scripts and roles. By presenting their characters in drama, the students will be able to identify which personality they are belong, for example they can be villains and protagonist, singers and some creatures. By that, you can see different talents and wide range of learning activities for the students.
1. How have you maintained the pupil’s enthusiasm while you were teaching? Give 2 examples. Assessment and Evaluation Yes, as a teacher, I provide activities that will always enhance their enthusiasm like games and presentation. Students are really fond of a game, that’s why I made the activities as games which are part and suitable in the lesson. Presentation like role playing, drama, etc., can motivate students to give their best on their specific roles.
2. What practices have you observed and tried out in providing for the varying needs of the learners or individual differences? How often have you done it?
The large population in a classroom cannot cater all the needs of the students by just a teacher. This is one of the teacher’s dilemmas, but as to give aid to this, the teacher must think and find activities that can enhance and develop learning and must see to it that all students can participate with it. I let the students to work individually but to present it as a group. In that way, all of them can participate and share ideas together. I have done this in every lesson and as a part of daily activities. 3. Describe 2 changes you made during the lesson. Why did you make these changes? The two changes that I made during the lesson were the set of activities and the evaluation part. It is very important to have varieties of activities which are appropriate for the lesson so that you can provide wide range of learning for the students. The evaluation part will depend on the desired results in the entire lesson. These changes help me to determine students’ improvement and development. Test Preparation 1. What measures have you taken to assure yourself that your test items were clear and simple? In making my test items, I based the test from the topic that had discussed and to the set of objectives which serves as my goals in attaining the development of the students. As a teacher, you are responsible to make sure that the tests are valid and reliable. You must be accurate in terms of giving directions and choices.
A. EVALUATION OF THE LEARNERS 1. How did you evaluate the performance of your learners? Do you reflect on their response and review their achievements? How? I evaluate the performance of the learners based on their performance skills and the traditional way which is the paper-and-pencil tests. It’s very important that you always supervise the improvements and the things that they need to be improved, so that you will know the appropriate strategies that you can apply to the learners who are advanced and low.
2. Do you use varied forms of assessment for the lessons? What are these forms of assessments? Provide 3 examples For me, if the assessment is on the performance skills of the learners, the best way is to rate them by the use of rubrics. Rubrics are an assessment tool that can rate a skills or performance by the use of criteria. There are also some summative assessment tools which are very useful in checking student’s mastery, and that will vary depending on the activity and exercises given. 3. How do you use assessment results as importation in further planning your lessons? I used a summative assessment strategy which is a performance task with Rubric or Scoring Guides. The example of it are the activities which can be applied or performed like drama, play and other presentations which can help the students demonstrate what they know and what they can do. For the formative strategy, the easiest form of information to collect or analyze about your student’s learning is their regular work in the form of homework, quizzes, and tests. This information will be richer if you include questions that require students to explain their thinking. It is especially helpful to ask questions that require students to apply their thinking to a new situation that you have not discussed in class. This requires flexible thinking on their part and should reveal how they are thinking well than questions that allow them to say back what they have memorized.
Classroom Management of the Learning Environment
B. SELF EVALUATION 1. How and where do you reflect on your own teaching and style and techniques? How often do you do this? What evidences will show that you gain progress in your teaching performance? What constraints/ difficulties hinder your progress?
1. How does your CT promote student’s self-esteem and a positive classroom climate? In what way does he/she recognize and value their interests and achievements? How does he/she reinforce constructive behaviors?
I reflect my own teaching style and techniques by the student’s achievements, if they got good score or performance in the activities it means that they understand the lesson. I often do this after the class, and the evidences that I gain progress in my teaching performance are on how I impose activities and my discussion style towards my learners. The constraints/difficulties that hinder my progress are the time and the response of the students during the lesson proper.
She provides activities that have values integration like short stories, legends and myth. She let the students to give and share their own ideas and appraise their answers. It is very important to supervise students’ behavior; she imposed rules and regulations so that the students must be aware to follow it.
2. How often do you ask for specific feedback and advice from your mentors? In what way will you be able to check on your progress and achievements? During my demo teaching, my CT observed me carefully while looking at my lesson plan to make sure if the objectives that I made were attained or not. After that she used to talk to us personally to give comments and feedbacks regarding my presentation. In that way, I can learn many things which can help me to develop my teaching skills and what will be my preparation for the next teaching that I will do. 3. To what extent do you discuss your teaching performance willingly with others and respond positively to constructive criticisms? What should you do to successfully improve your teaching performance? I’m willing to share what I’ve understood about teaching styles, methods and strategies. Peer tutoring can be useful so that we can develop cooperation and how to evaluate self works and to review our own teaching performance. In order for me to improve my teaching performance successfully, I should have constant practice and study different strategies that are appropriate in my field. I also must possess the attributes of being a teacher, because as a model of the students it is very important that you are the role model to your learners and has mastery in teaching the subject. On Test Preparation 1. What Types of Information about pupil’s/student’s progress can be obtained by marking the test? The students’ progress can be obtained in a way that what they have achieved in test results will be based on what they have learned. It also depends upon how the test items are constructed especially on its structure. It must not only focus on knowledge skills but also on how they will apply and analyze situations in real life.
2. How does the CT manage to attract the attention of the learners to the lesson? How does the CT ensure that everyone will listen, will pay attention and will work well? To attract the students’ attention, there must always be preparatory activities that are enjoyable and interesting. She maintains the art of questioning which has constant interaction and feedback to her students. 3. What happened when your CT practiced class routines and tasks? To what extent has the CT been resourceful and creative in managing the learning environment? Provide 2 examples. As I observed my CT, she practiced the students to be respectful and behave to the teachers and to the visitors. She provides variety of questions to let them think and analyze. The teacher takes complete responsibility for guiding students' actions constitutes a different learning environment than one in which students are encouraged and taught to assume responsibility for their own behaviors. She also provides rules to be followed outside and inside the classroom.
4. Provide 3 examples of effective classroom management skills that your CT demonstrated Our CT demonstrated the effective classroom management skills such as patience, determination and consistency. As teacher, patience is always a good virtue that you can have in order to maintain the relationship between the students and the teacher. You need to be determined to establish your authority in the classroom at all costs, or you will see weakening in student behavior. The teachers with the most effective classroom management skills are the teachers who are determined to follow through, and apply their rules consistently, whatever the situation. Lastly, the teacher must always be consistent in the diverse classroom and different behaviors towards the students. 5. How does your CT ensure the classroom environment is conducive for learning? Provide 3 examples?
2. If the test result shows that 50% of the learner’s get low marks, what does this tell you? It tells me that the test items are difficult and must be revised or discarded.
Public schools normally have no good facilities, but to ensure that the students are comfortable, they must have complete seats, windows and a chalkboard. It’s good to know that the classroom provided all those things which are very important in a classroom.
3. What will you do about this? 6. Comments/other Learning Insights about classroom management. As a teacher, I will talk personally to those particular learners which have poor performance in that certain subjects. The best way is to encourage them to study or have peer tutorials to help them improve in that subject area.
For me, to manage the classroom well, the teacher must be the one to supervise and facilitates the students. Treat the students motherly and teach them to be a responsible
citizens even in a little and simple way of doing good things for the community and be active participants for the welfare in the society and in school.
Adopted by: Rayan L. Castro BSED IV-Fil From: Name: Keren Grace P. Agudo Date: October 7, 2010 Course/Major Field: BSED-English Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Esterlita H. Pacal
