FS:5 Learning Assessment Strategies
Episode 3: Log Me

Name: Chrstian Rey C. Balingao
Course: BSE- 3A
Resource Teacher: Sir Linion Simeon
Cooperating School: Isabela National High School

My Target

At the end of this activity, you will be informed on the principles of authentic assessment and its usefulness in the classroom.

My Task

Authentic assessment is an alternative way of assessing students’ learning to be able to use it, you must have a deep understanding of it. To help you reach your goal, do the following task:

1.  Visit a classroom and interview the teacher on his/her experiences in using authentic assessment.

2.       Describe how the teacher uses the authentic assessment.

3.       Write a reflective journal on the activity.

My Tools

For this learning activity, please document the information gathered from the interview with the teacher on authentic assessment. Write your documentation using the activity form provided for you.

MY INTERVIEW WITH THE TEACHER (after class) Me: (walking towards the teacher to sign my reflection) Sir, papirma po. Teacher: re-write it in a black pen and give it to me in room 10. Ma’am Awingan doesn’t like red. M: Sir, wait. Pwede po’ng pa-interview kahit saglit lang po. T: Ok, ano yun? M: Sir, we are asked to describe how the teacher uses authentic assessment. How did you manage? Can you give example. T: Authentic assessment? M: Yes, Sir. Authentic – real world task po. T: I know. Well, assessment is form of tests, right? Example; game puzzling, just like a while, if you notice they have to restore the puzzle. Tulad din nung ginuhit nila yung trigonometric identities sa cardboard. M: Sir, last question. Your experiences in using authentic assessment. T: Sometimes Masaya, lalo na kapag i-oobserve mo sila. Malalaman mo ang ability nila based on result.

Analysis

  What is Authentic Assessment?
Authentic Assessment is an assessment that is concerned with life-like actions. Students here are expected to apply their skills/abilities that they have learned relating to real-life situations. Authentic Assessment is said to be time consuming, but on the other hand, it is enjoyable, interesting and effective.

   How was authentic assessment used? Was it used to measure learning through the product?
Authentic Assessment could either be use through process or product. In the classroom i did observed, authentic assessment used through product. Because the teacher let them graph the trigonometric identities with some set criteria’s as it relates to the product. Anyway, it was used effectively because students did well.

Reflection What are your insights and feelings about the use of authentic assessment? The use of authentic assessment is vital. Not only because it requires performance but also it blocks the hassle effect of pen-and-paper- test because students only review just to have a passing score. With authentic assessment, it has no only one answer and students are challenge to reason out the strategy they used. Describe how the teacher used the authentic assessment? Observationally, it had been presented in an effective manner. The learners are actively put themselves on task. How did you feel about the teacher’s experience in the use of authentic assessment? Seeing the teacher instructing what the students would do is inspiring. If all teachers would do the same way, I guess we could build a competitive society. I really feel inspired especially when he motivates his students with plus points. What could be the gains of the students and teachers in using authentic assessment?Authentic assessment also requires physical abilities. Both parties are benefited because it kills boredom and strengthens relationship to one another. For the teacher, she can track student’s progress using it and it also improves quality of learning. For the students, it is one way to practice their physical and mental abilities, also to overcome their pressure and boost their confidence.

Which part of the teacher’s use of authentic assessment do you feel like improving or revising? Teacher thinks what is best for her students. That’s why the teacher I am observing is doing well. But if I would ask too, I guess it would be on the process stage, instead of instructing them, why he doesn’t give them opportunity to talk and introduce their own way doing it.