An Introduction to Formative Assessment as a useful support for teaching and learning.

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An Introduction to Formative Assessment as a useful support for teaching and learning

Suggested Assessment of Students using PARSEL modules Section 4, Page 6, of the PARSEL booklet indicates that the suggested assessment strategies within PARSEL concentrate on formative assessment, sometimes referred to as ‘assessment for learning’. The booklet indicates that, in the modules, ideas for assessment are given in three styles: 1. Assessment centred on competencies to be achieved within the intended goals of education. 2. Assessment related to the learning outcomes to be achieved, per lesson. 3. Assessment based on selected, teacher-chosen procedures – by teacher marking written work; by teacher observing students; by oral communication with the teacher. These notes are intended to give further explanation for teachers wishing to make use of the suggested strategies given in the Assessment Section of the module.

Introduction For those teachers unfamiliar with formative assessment, PARSEL introduces this approach to gaining feedback from students. It is powerful because assessment is immediate, specific to the occasion and able to cover all attributes of learning. Formative assessment is viewed as part of teaching and is carried out by the teacher in the classroom (laboratory). It is intended to: –Help students by providing indicators of progress towards the targeted learning. –Support the teacher in teaching the module by providing the teacher with suggested ongoing measures of student learning. –Enable the assessment to focus on the intended learning across the whole of the ‘education through science’ spectrum. Such type of assessment is only possible with the understanding and interest of the teacher. Formative assessment is teacher guided and therefore structured and operated, based on the needs perceived by the teacher.

Why Formative Assessment in PARSEL? In striving for popularity and relevance, PARSEL modules involve students in learning on an ongoing basis, with learning at one stage dependent on prior learning. Measuring the learning gains during the teaching can facilitate progress, enable learning to focus on achieving the outcomes and for teaching to move on where outcomes have been acquired. The foundation on which the promotion of popularity and relevance of science teaching are based, pay attention to learning beyond that which can be recorded by pencil and paper (for example, cooperative skills, argumentation skills, experimental skills, leadership skills). This calls for assessment strategies, which can focus on a variety of procedures. The procedures have been identified as assessment undertaken by the teacher by: marking student work presented in a written format (text, graphs, tables, symbols, etc), or observing (including listening to) student activities (discussions, inquiry planning, experimental procedures, oral presentation of work), or asking oral questions to students as individuals, as a group, or as a class.

When can the teacher carry out such assessment ? The teacher is able to decide when formative assessment is appropriate, how often it is carried out and what is actually assessed on each separate occasion. With this in mind, it is clear that formative assessment may, or may not occur every lesson. And within a lesson formative assessment, may, or may not assess each student on a particular occasion, and may, or may not assess all aspects that were targets for the lesson.

How is formative assessment undertaken with students? As with all assessment measures, feedback to students can be given through a written mark for each assessed component (each question or learning outcome), orally, or through a global written mark, or grade (more often this is summative i.e. given at the end of teaching).

What form of mark/grade should be awarded ? This is for the teacher to decide. However, as the assessment takes place in the classroom, on an on-going basis within the teaching, it is important for the assessment strategy to be simple. The simplest approach is to measure whether the competency has, or has not, been achieved by each student during the teaching of the module (2-point measure - yes/no) Some teachers may want additional measures and these can be added but they increase the complexity. (The examples given use a 3-point measure - x – competency not attained; √ competency is attained to the satisfaction of the teacher ; √√ competency is not only attained, but the student has exhibit learning beyond that expected by the teacher). Some teachers may wish to use a 5 point scale – 1,2,3,4,5. For this it is important teachers assess each competency separately and not use a summative, global measure; combined measures will not be so helpful in guiding students in their learning of specific competencies. Where a teacher is unsure of any measure given (reliability concerns), formative assessment techniques allow the teachers to assess more than once and take an average of (or ignoring one) assessment measure.

Examples of assessment strategies Three main approaches are suggested for formative assessment as indicated in the PARSEL booklet (page 6). These are suggested strategies for the teacher to consider. It is not expected that the teacher will attempt to utilise them all at the same time. It will be a teacher decision how assessment is undertaken. The section in the PARSEL module headed ‘Assessment’ is intended to guide the teacher and assist the teacher wishing to carry out formative assessment in a particular way.

Approach 1 - Assessment based on learning competencies given for the Module Able to award a social values grade (objective 1). The teacher listens to the discussions within the groups and the presentations to the class xNot able to contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way √Participates in the discussion and is able to record the decision and the justification for this √√Not only participates in the discussion and puts forward a point of view but is able to do this with persuasion and can offer counter-arguments to points made by others. Able to award a science method grade (objective 2). The teacher marks the student questionnaires before the students begin collecting data from the community xNot able to suggest appropriate items for the questionnaire. √Able to suggest items for the questionnaire and to put these into a useful sequence. Able to suggest how to use the questionnaire to collect relevant data. √√Able to suggest key items for the questionnaire which are suitable and relevant for the community and is able to put forward a sampling plan that reflects the need for sampling of the community for a fair result.

Approach 2 - Formative Assessment carried out, per lesson.

Approach 3 – Formative Assessment, based on the selected procedure for assessing chosen by the teacher