Episode 3: "Log Me"

EPISODE 3

“LOG ME”

Mary Jane e. Domingo	AMALIA G. RODRIGUEZ
BSE-Student	Cooperating Teacher

ISABELA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Cooperating 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 NOTES

The interview conducted on January 19, 2015 at Library in Isabela National High School (INHS) during my Field Study 3 (FS). The following questions are based on the authentic assessment to be answered by Mrs. Amalia G. Rodriguez.

What is authentic assessment?               Authentic assessment is same as performance-based assessment. You will assess students’ skills and talent. So, usually in TLE they give performance assessment especially on laboratory, students do in hands-on. Example:      Foods- students do the baking, measuring, mixing      Handicraft- students use different materials to produce products.              In authentic assessment, we use rubrics but the very common of it is “workmanship” and product/output. But the only differ is the process usually the teacher evaluates her students via process the materials.

How did you use authentic assessment?                 As like what I’ve said, performance is authentic assessment. So, it is done in laboratory, now, there is a performance used by the teacher the same with authentic assessment which is “oral recitation” during discussion. Teacher detects whether her students will understood the lesson. So, it is done on oral recitation in discussion while hands-on in performance.

Why authentic assessment is important?                  It is already put on our criteria in grading system wherein performance has a big percentage which is 30% in grading system. So, it should have performance assessment especially in TLE. You can measure students’ skills on how far the students learn-if you need to give a remedial.

What would be the gain to the teacher and students?                   Students gain knowledge, enhance and develop skills. If they already have such skills there is a possibility that they explore more. Teacher should always be updated and not stick in one source so that he or she could teach more effective and efficient and s/he also needs to perform as well.

How did you measure the authenticity of assessment?                     Usually, it’s time-bound. If we say time-bound, there is a performance good for 1 day, 2 days or 1 week. It depends on the desired learning objective within that day because we have rubrics to be followed. In performance assessment, there is always rubrics example; students can do the output in 3 days.

Is the product alone do you assess?                      There must have process then product. There are some students having output or product but they didn’t follow the process. So, it goes hand in hand, students need to follow the process accurately so that s/he will get the good product. If there is a product, there must also a process, not the product alone. Example:      Foods..... Students have a product but the finish output of the product is not good because s/he didn’t follow the procedure correctly. Don’t just focus the product yet it is important to assess especially in Entrepreneurship. Teacher needs to assess the product that could be market.

“Final Statement” “Experience is the best teacher” Nowadays, students are very curious, they want to explore If students accomplish the task, they give motivation to do it again “If they think that they can do it via hands-on and they experience it They will repeat and apply in real life. It serve as their hobby and help them Financially and students have SELF-FULFILLMENT.

“ANALYSIS”

1. What is authentic assessment?

Authentic assessment is a form of assessment which students asked to perform real life task that demonstrate meaningful and engaging application of knowledge and competencies that gives direct evidence and it draws firsthand experience wherein students learn by doing.

“Performance and product are the highest assessment can produce authentic learning for students which its real life application of understanding as evidence by the students’ performance of authentic task”.

     2.      How was authentic assessment used? Was it used to measure learning through the product?

Teacher asked her students to demonstrate skills and competencies. Both process and product were used to measure learning, not only the actual output or product alone. It should be both because they are connected to each other but always depends on the learning competencies align for her students.

REFLECTION

      1.      What are your insights and feelings about the use of authentic assessment?

“Experience is the best teacher”, it emphasizes on real world application that favours realistic performance over out of context drill items. It requires students to generate rather than choose a response and actively accomplish complex tasks while bringing to bear prior knowledge new learning and relevant skills. Students should give opportunities to learn by doing and immerse in the world of experience. Authentic assessment draws a meaning from their first hand experience/ direct experience their level of thinking. Using authentic assessment is significant to be developed because both teachers and students will be benefited. Teacher determines whether his/her students can apply their knowledge through application, the ability to monitor and provide feedback and coaching regularly is also important. It is effective to use authentic assessment because not only students’ acquiring information but they also apply and use in real-life situation.

      2.      Describe how the teacher used the authentic assessment?

Teacher used authentic assessment through performance-based assessment (e.g. process and product). In process, teacher asked students to demonstrate understanding, skills or proficiency by performing a more complex task usually representative of more meaningful application. In product, teacher asked students to analyze, synthesize and apply what they had learned in a substantial manner by creating or producing output or product that corresponds to the learning competencies. Teacher identifies first the competency that has to be demonstrated by students with or without a product, teacher also describes the task to be performed and introduces the scoring rubrics reflecting the criteria, level of performance and score in order to be fair and avoid biases.

      3.      How did you feel about the teacher’s experience in the use of authentic assessment?

      self-fulfilment

      blissful

      encourage/ inspired to be like her

      4.      What could be gains of the students and teachers in using authentic assessment?

Students gain enjoyment while they do the task in hands-on or application using their knowledge or students learn by doing. Each student acquires knowledge, deep understanding, attitudes, enhances skills and proficiency such as problem-solving skills and social skills. It also reflects students’ learning achievement and gain motivation on instructionally relevant activities; it allows a greater expression of students’ ability, develops self-confidence and self-fulfilment; helps students rehearse for the complex ambiguities of adult and professional life. In T.L.E, students gain skills and help them financially via authentic assessment-if they know the process, do in actual performance then produce a product that can promote to the market.

In teachers’ part, she gains closure and convenience to her students through doing her role in assisting them. She also gains set of information that will guide her to know what students are bringing into learning situation, to have basis in planning for relevant instruction via information.

      5.      Which part of the teacher’s use of authentic assessment do you feel like improving or revising?

Instead of discussing the lesson and let students to draw a sample of kitchen lay-out, teacher may also asked her students to present their output orally in order to have participation also in illustrating their concepts. Teacher should always assist students’ performance while performing job to be more active and monitored. Teacher should always provide feedback and coaching.