week 3 discussion

 

Exploring Assessment Tools 

When you document children’s learning and collect important data, you create real evidence that you can share with families, interventionists, and administrators. There are many ways you can record and document children’s learning. In this discussion, you will explore four common assessment methods that you can use as a regular part of your current or future observations.

 Prepare

To prepare for this discussion,

• Read Chapters 7 and 8 in your course text.
• Review this one-minute video, The Essential Role of Observation and DocumentationLinks to an external site..
• Read Chapter 1 of the book, Observation and AssessmentLinks to an external site..
• Read the webpage, Checklists and Rating ScalesLinks to an external site..
• Read the webpage, Different Types of Observation Methods in Early Years of EducationLinks to an external site..

Please note your assigned observation tool based on your last name:

• Last Names A-F use anecdotal record or running record.

 

Initial Post

In your initial post of at least 250 words,

• Explain the procedures for conducting your assigned type of observation.
• Describe the reasons for using this observation strategy.
• Discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of your assigned strategy.
• Design and share your own model of this type of tool, for a fictional student or group of students of the age you hope to work with.
• Explain a scenario in which you believe this tool would be useful to gather information of the student(s) you would like to observe.