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Week 2 Reflection




I learned a lot about observation and the different ways we can do that. Observation is the base of assessment and shows students' progress throughout time. The types of observation include running records, anecdotal records, time sampling, event sampling, checklists, and rating scales. I would use checklists when the students are working individually, and I can quickly walk around the room to check if they are doing a certain thing. For example, my students could be working on writing, if the student writes full sentences, then I can check off this task. I will use time sampling more so if I need to know the frequency of something happening. For example, how often a student is off task. Event sampling would be used when I want to record why a certain behavior may be happening. I would use this if I had a student who acted up a lot and I needed to know what the cause was. For example, I can have a kid who hits a lot and when observing I can write that, but then what happened to cause that as well as what happened before.  I would use rating scales when trying to observe a student’s performance on something like making a project. I would do this by having each category of the project and then marking if it was acceptable, good, or excellent. I would use anecdotal records daily. I would use this for something they say that might be funny to look back on or that shows they are learning something. Running records would be more so if I needed to know every detail and time a kid says something or does. Lastly, rubrics I would use when evaluating my students more in-depth on a project. For example, if I gave my students a project like making the water cycle, I would give them a rubric that is detailed and broken down into categories of their expectations. This then would be explained in each grade possible. There are two types of rubrics analytic and holistic but analytic rubrics are detailed and harder to make. These I feel are harder to make because you must create the categories based on what you ask them to do and then on top of that describe each grade possible for each category. This helps students to know why they got that grade. I would practice this in the future by learning from my mistake and reflecting. Overall, I would use all different types for all students to show progress in different ways. I would use certain ones though if I needed to for an issue. 


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  1. Asti BrestenskySeptember 5, 2022 at 4:03 PM

    I love how you included that you would use all different types for all students to show progress. Each student learns differently and having those different ways in the classroom will benefit all of you!

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  2. Alexa TompkinsSeptember 6, 2022 at 7:44 AM

    Hi Taylor, I really enjoyed how you gave full examples of how you would use these within the classroom. I think that each example would work really well in the classroom.

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