VI: CLASSROOM-BASED ASSESSMENT of LEARNING                                                                         PACES

TEACHING AND LEARNING COMPONENT

VI.B INFORMAL ASSESSMENT
Because learning proceeds throughout a lesson, monitoring and informal assessment activities should be continuous. If learners have difficulty understanding content and/or performing learning tasks, adjustments in teaching methods and learning tasks need to be made.

Sample Professional Growth Activity 1

Comprehension

  1. Identify and highlight specific Indicators in Component VI.B of the PACES Teaching and Learning Professional Growth Manual, and this Teacher Guide to PACES.

  2. Consult the Colleague Teacher and/or other member(s) of the PACES Professional Growth Team for effective strategies used to informally assess the pace of lessons, and learners’ understanding and knowledge.

  3. Based on the previous steps, develop a list of strategies that can be used for assessing the pace of lessons, and learners’ understanding and knowledge.

Practical Application

  1. Over the course of a week, implement at least three of the identified strategies.
Assessment
  1. Engage in written self-assessment of successful and unsuccessful strategies.
  2. Share results of self-assessment with the Colleague Teacher or other member(s) of the PACES Professional Growth Team.

Sample Professional Growth Activity 2

Comprehension

  1. Conduct an Internet search and select several strategies to informally assess the pace of lessons, and learners’ understanding and knowledge you feel might be effective in your particular classroom setting.

  2. Review the selected strategies with the Colleague Teacher and/or other member(s) of the PACES Professional Growth Team.

Practical Application

  1. Implement the strategies to informally assess the pace of lessons, and learners’ understanding and knowledge addressed in PACES Teaching and Learning Component V.B.

Assessment

  1. Keep a written log of the experience and identify those strategies you plan to continue using .

  2. Share the log with the Colleague Teacher or other member(s) of the PACES Professional Growth Team.

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