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Teaching Philosophy
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INTASC Principle 8
The teacher understands
and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate
and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development
of the learner.
I did not fully understand assessment until I enrolled
in teaching courses during college. While I had always had worksheets
and tests in school I rarely saw any other forms of assessment. On occasion
a teacher would assign for a group project or a paper but that was only on
occasion. Now, however, I see that assessment is just as much for the
teacher as it is for the student. As a teacher it is imperative that
I know whether or know not the students understand the material being taught.
If there is no understanding there is no learning.
But I do not believe that assessment is merely something
that takes place after a lesson or at the end of a chapter. Assessment
is continuous. While a lesson is taking place assessment can occur through
questioning the students, or listening to group discussions, or asking students
to summarize the lesson. There are a multitude of ways to go about
it. But a teacher must also make sure that their assessment is appropriate
for the subject matter. For instance you are not going to assign a
three page paper to see ho well students understand subtraction. Instead
a teacher will assign something similar to what has been done in class.
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