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Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece

2019-01-28 11:38:30 UTC

The best way, for me , to collect useful information about my students' interests is to pay attention and listen carefully to what the say and how they behave in school's everyday life.

Ayşin/Turkey

2019-01-28 12:32:10 UTC

I think I can use the internet and some applications for this.fter this training, I'm sure I'll have more ideas about it.

ÖZNUR/TURKEY

oznurcamkesen — 2019-01-28 12:38:35 UTC

I can take advantage of some practicies to support the permanent learning of my students , and in the whole process I take into consideration the age and developmental characteristicsof my students.

Mirela, Croatia

2019-01-28 13:10:11 UTC

For me, the best way is to pay attention.
I work in elementary school and i think that we cal learn a lot about our students just watching them when they don't know that they are being watched.
I assess student's learning not just by their grades but also by improvment and devotion from each student.

mariaelena_tozzi68 — 2019-01-28 13:24:40 UTC

We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring.

Maria,Italy

mariaelena_tozzi68 — 2019-01-28 13:26:19 UTC

I teach in Primary School I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening, reading, writing

Carla, Portugal

carlasfs — 2019-01-28 13:26:50 UTC

Being attentive to the behaviors and attitudes of the students, being able to listen to them and to be at their side

Dimitra, Greece

2019-01-28 13:32:36 UTC

I could try some applications or some programmes through which every student can create their own learning profile and i will check these profiles to find out what's been understood or not, what are the difficulties of the students, what goals does every student want to obtain and what are the goals that they have already been obtained.

Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey

2019-01-28 13:35:40 UTC

To me, we can be clear and negotiate with the students about their interests. We can ask their suggestions about the learning. When they see that their ideas are taken into account, it would make them feel precious. Throughout the whole process I assess every student specifically. I take into consideration their level at the beginning and compare it with the present. I always give immediate feedback to inform them . There are a lot of ways to asses their learning such as playing a board game about the subject, reading, speaking, creative writing, web 2.0 tools etc.

Lucía, Spain

lucia_marase — 2019-01-28 13:52:20 UTC

I try to apply all the knowledge to the real world and I use the phones in class through a virtual classroom where I post the homework and presentations that we do in class.
Then I ask you to carry out these activities and send me the solutions through the virtual classroom.

Ankica,Croatia

2019-01-28 14:11:05 UTC

My students are interested in connecting their knowledge to the labor market, so I try to keep track of them.

Sílvia, Portugal

simavidu — 2019-01-28 14:24:41 UTC

I think the best way to learn how students like to learn is by asking them. Trying to understand how they feel they learn better while simultaneously letting them experience, touch, work with their peers, allowing the use of technologies, experimenting with different environments, ...
It is also important to emphasize that the evaluation must be continuous, and must begin as a survey of previous knowledge, going through all stages and activities of the process, until the verification of evolution. Learning is a constant process.

Kata, Split-Croatia

2019-01-28 14:31:09 UTC

I am a maths teacher in secondary school. I collect informations in a different ways. I watch my pupils behaviour during the class. I talk with them about their interests and problems with tasks. I assess my pupils learning by tests and their activity during the class. This proces is very complex and I try to learm more about it

Massimiliano, Italy

ProfMinaudo — 2019-01-28 14:34:05 UTC

I think the best way is to pay attention.
I assess student's learning by improvment.

Catherine, Ireland

catherine_maher_2 — 2019-01-28 14:40:39 UTC

I think the easiest way to learn about your students interests and how they like to learn is ask. At the end of each course, I like to provide my students with a questionnaire where I ask students what they have liked about my class, what they found useful when learning and any comments they think will improve the class next year.

I generally use a mix of formative and summative assessment to ensure that I am checking for learning but also providing students with feedback.

CROATIA, Suzana

suzanaz0607 — 2019-01-28 14:42:35 UTC

To satisfy students interests and provide personalized activities for each of them, I need to give multiple choice of activities. After they finish the chosen activity it's necessary to check their accomplishmet and give them imediate feed back, so they could be able to examine their choice and be aware of their acquirements. Sometimes, we need to try different possibilities to figure out what's best for us.

Paola T., Palestrina(Italy)

torniai_paola — 2019-01-28 14:54:33 UTC

Students should be able to use digital tools and technologies for our collaborative processes, and for co-construction and co-creation of resources and knowledge(problem posing/problem solving, learning by doing). Every digital learning objects will be spread using social media and school websites. It’s important netiquette(to be aware of behavioural norms and know-how while using digital technologies and interacting in digital environments.; to adapt communication strategies to the specific audience and to be aware of cultural and generational diversity in digital environments).

Ana, Portugal

ana_montenegro5 — 2019-01-28 14:57:51 UTC

I tend to have some data tables where I can register some information that is revelant for me to evaluate children and their ways of learning. Each that I write down some information about some of the children that caught my attention (in a positive or negative way). I also have children' portfolio, where they keep their classroom works and where I can see their evolution since the beginning of the year until the end of it. Other thing that I often do is to record students (audio, photos or video) to have some evidences of their learning process.

Lidija Antolić. Croatia

lidijaantolic — 2019-01-28 15:07:11 UTC

During my lessons, I pay attention to body language of my pupils. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. When a child is engaged, he/she learns better. I use formative and summative assessment. Oral and written exams.

Mihaela, Romania

mrc_mihaela — 2019-01-28 15:11:10 UTC

To help students learn more personalized, offer them alternative themes, or let them choose their own project they want to do and the team they want to work with.

If they need help, they point to sources of documentation or help them choose more than one way to solve a task.
I ask them to discuss together all the variants they have and the problems they encounter.
we communicate with the classroom and are always up to date with what is happening to them

Andrada, Romania

2019-01-28 15:14:23 UTC

My teenage students are old enough to realise what they want and to know what they are interested in. I do pay attention at their behaviour in class, with their colleagues and the other people around them. I speak a lot with my students and by communicating, we get to know each-other better. A very good idea is to simply ask them- orally and in written form.

Isabel Carioca

isabel_carioca — 2019-01-28 15:14:25 UTC

Portugal

I must observe all my students while they are working and collect all information about each students. I can use a tablet or my smartphone to collect the information. They need to know as soon as possible how to redirect their work.

Grazia P., Italy

graziampl — 2019-01-28 15:37:12 UTC

At the beginning of the first year of school I distribute a card "What I need to know about you ... before starting". Through this sheet the kids tell each other: they talk about themselves, about their family, about interests outside of school and about subjects that are more congenial to them.
Moreover, as I use a lot of cooperative teaching we spend at least 20 days at the beginning of the year to start cooperative learning. The students perform in small groups activities through which they know each other and allow me to get to know them. The start-up activity is resumed also in the following years as an activity to break the ice to resume the path where we left it before the summer holidays.
At the end of the school year I realize a Google forms to ask for feedback to the students and also this activity allows me to know them better and better personalize my teaching by improving and / or modifying something.

Sofia Tsigara, Greece

2019-01-28 16:12:39 UTC

I listen very carefully what my students have to say, and what they are interesting for. At the end of the school year we talk about what we have learned, and what we will show to parents during the summer celebration

Konstantinos-Greece

connosp — 2019-01-28 16:12:46 UTC

We must try to understand how ours students learn, play, feel, collaborate,work, etc with peer in class, in yard and the behavior

Sara, Portugal

2019-01-28 16:16:56 UTC

In my classes I like to have feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve.
I use formative assessment to evaluate student learning, although students also assess their learning.

Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback

etwpetroupoli — 2019-01-28 16:17:46 UTC

Clara, Italy

2019-01-28 16:17:50 UTC

When I meet a new class, I ask them to tick some simple lists (what I like, what I can do, how I learn best, what I'd like to do in this course). Every now and then, we talk about these things ans see if there are differences. In this way, I try to know them best but, above all, I try to see what they know about themselves. My students are 10-14 and often they themselves don't know who they are. It is very interesting, for me and for them, to take a moment to talk about us as individuals.

Massimiliano, Italy

ProfMinaudo — 2019-01-28 16:26:21 UTC

In my classes there is cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation.

Aurora, Slovenia

2019-01-28 16:35:21 UTC

I observe, talk, ask. I would like to keep more data about it but I don't do it yet. Body languge says a lot, even more with young kids. I would like to learn more about emotional inteligende, multisensoring ....

Iva, Croatia

iva1506 — 2019-01-28 16:36:16 UTC

In my class i like to have a feedback of learning process.We talk, ask,cooperate and we use a group work,

Anna, Italy

an_cabrini — 2019-01-28 16:51:36 UTC

I ask lots of questions and listen to their questions, then I give them some exercises and we check them together.

Michela, Italy

2019-01-28 16:52:28 UTC

I talk with them and try to catch some of their character's features. I try to vary the assessment type during the process in order to give my students more opportunities to express themselves.

Fernando Mota, Portugal!

2019-01-28 16:53:31 UTC

At the end of each term, I have a self-report form that is completed by the student, in which I question them about the subjects they liked best and what teaching strategies captivated them most.
Another way is through the dialogue I establish with my students about their interests and perspectives in relation to the classes.
Taking into account your opinions, I am changing the methodology implemented in the room, so as to meet, as much as possible, the expectations of my students.
The assessment of my students' learning is, of course, through the resolution of summative assessment sheets; but also by direct observation in the classroom, through which I assess the posture, commitment and participation in the proposed activities; through the resolution of training and work records; through laboratory and field activities.

In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments

2019-01-28 17:06:41 UTC

Fatma AVCI, TURKEY

fatma_epo — 2019-01-28 17:11:15 UTC

I'm chatting with my students after lessons and evaluating the day, so I'm learning what activities have attracted more attention.

Adeviye Alcıl Turkey

deyados — 2019-01-28 17:22:01 UTC

I follow the interests of my students.When I feel the interest in teaching some subjects, I plan to teach using the field of interest

Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey

sibelakyilmazates — 2019-01-28 17:32:53 UTC

I work elementary school I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,reading, writing,painting.

Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey

esraduyguerkol1 — 2019-01-28 17:36:31 UTC

My pupils are learning a new generation of children because they are learning a new generation of technology. However, they also encounter unnecessary information. Good guidance is required.

Sevda ER-TURKEY

sevdaer5560 — 2019-01-28 17:42:35 UTC

I would like to keep more data about it but ı dont do it yet.body languge says o lot ,even more with young kids.

Laurrie, RO

laurabrie — 2019-01-28 17:50:18 UTC

I somehow negotiate with my ss - the coursebook, the level of difficulty, according to their interests, but also taking into consideration the results in the initial tests.

Karela Georgia

2019-01-28 18:09:29 UTC

In the middle of the lesson I make a survey and ask my students their opinions about the activities. If I understand that the process is not interesting I make changes.

Annibale Italy

2019-01-28 18:14:27 UTC

I collect the information when I start the activity in particular I focus on hobby. I asses the participants on watching them and after with a selfevaluation made by them.

Sanja, Croatia

2019-01-28 18:17:55 UTC

When it comes to students, attention must be made to their responses to certain tasks, their interests. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can
choose and make
depending on what they are interested in.

Duygu,Turkey

duyguapladi — 2019-01-28 18:31:52 UTC

I follow eyes of my students while explaining the subject while doing the activities and solving the questions. If I see what they don't understand, I'll work with them one by one. I do little quizzes at the end of the topic. I give feedback on questions they can't do. I give homework according to their interests that will facilitate their learning

Adela Gabriela

muresan_gabriela_adela — 2019-01-28 18:47:03 UTC

I try to put in my students shoes, to know what kind of interest they have on a topic.

Adília, Portugal

adiliasss — 2019-01-28 18:49:58 UTC

The best way to know about my students’ interests and learning preferences is by asking them ; I can ask them in an informal conversation, usually at the beginning and at the end of each term, or I can ask them to write about it or to go through a check list and tick what they wish. When we’re in the classroom, body language is very important ; we can all recognise when most of our students are not enjoying what we’re doing or not paying attention.

Assessing students’ learning should be done every day, but sometimes it is simply not possible. I keep a lot of different assessment grids that I try to use almost every day. An then, of course, at the end of each unit there’s a summative test.

dilay_tezgul — 2019-01-28 19:11:14 UTC

n the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now

Dilay

dilay_tezgul — 2019-01-28 19:12:07 UTC

I do verbal comprehension checks, review activities with fun educational technology, discussions, and quizes

Mia

mia_toth — 2019-01-28 19:21:27 UTC

i'll give them an evaluation paper at the end of the year, so i'll find out certain information. Also, i talk with them a lot.

Željana, Croatia

2019-01-28 19:24:03 UTC

I try to think like I"m student , that means their interests. The best way is talking with my students about different themes

Monique Malta

2019-01-28 19:32:00 UTC

I use questioning techniques to check on what my learners know. At times I make use of very short brainstorming sessions to get my learners on board. This helps me to assess my learners throughout.

Mehtap Öz

mhtpz83 — 2019-01-28 19:37:11 UTC

I use everything which I can use in class.But I always listen to them and try to surprise them.

Monique Malta

2019-01-28 19:39:29 UTC

Angelo, Rivoli, Italy

Angelo — 2019-01-28 19:42:52 UTC

In my case the adverb "systematically" is a bit excessive. I collect information about my pupils little by little, month after month, sometimes casually. Students are not always likely to reveal details about their non-school life. A useful tool for this purpose is certainly the student's portfolio, but it is complicated to do it by the students, since it is not mandatory.
A practice that I use more regularly is to ask the students to produce a logbook to document the process of realization of the works / projects that they carry out for me.

By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively

2019-01-28 19:50:48 UTC

Latife Çeri,Turkey

2019-01-28 19:55:51 UTC

In our books each capter we have an evaluatıon we dont use because our pupils dont like but this year we assess their understanding by using kahoot or socrative.These make them happy and make our lesson more enjoyable

nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey

nurcihancaliskan — 2019-01-28 19:57:55 UTC

I use questionaries and brainstorming to assess my students' learning process

Barbara Matysek, Poland

BarbaraMatysek — 2019-01-28 19:58:08 UTC

I think good idea is asking your students what do they like about the learning, what would they like to change, what activities they want more of and what less of. While teaching you can notice which methods work well and which are not the best for the particular group of students. You should use many different methods of teaching taking under consideration different types of your students and their personal preferences.

Slađana Kristek

sladanailicevic — 2019-01-28 19:59:50 UTC

I often use Plickers to ask them about their opinion. I like it to suprise them and to make something in the class that is near to them.

Adina Geczi, Romania

2019-01-28 20:02:04 UTC

Being 7-8 years old, my students are still innocent and honest, so I can see through their eyes when something it's not right, even if they aren't saying this to me. I'm always refreshing my methods based on their capacity of understanding. Children do tell us what's going on with them, we just have to listen carefully.

Nicolette, Malta

nixmill78 — 2019-01-28 20:03:39 UTC

I tend to ask questions to get to know my students better. Also, I like to ask students to think, pair and share with their peers when we are discussing a new topic. Brainstorming and building a map of ideas is also a useful tool which helps me to know where the learners stand in their learning process.

Ella, Croatia

ella_rakovac — 2019-01-28 20:03:52 UTC

There should be more informal surveys and tasks for students, it could be done through a google classroom or some other tool (maybe padlet) where they could say and post about their interests, hobbies and thought about subject

Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR

sggundem — 2019-01-28 20:14:00 UTC

At the end of the matter, he's taking small exams. When I ask questions, I observe their behavior.

Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania

2019-01-28 20:14:09 UTC

For a teacher there is a real challenge to discover the types of learning for his students. But there is also a mastery in it. You can use questionnaires with well-chosen items that lead to the type of learning. You can use the evaluation assessment grids for learning evaluation .

Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire.

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Sanja, Croatia

2019-01-28 20:40:58 UTC

It's necessary to change activities and give student different options how can they do tasks and learn in a way that motivates them

Adriana, Romania

adrianamaris201 — 2019-01-28 20:43:05 UTC

It is important for a teacher to know and understand her / his students. It goes with time... You can not find out in the first lesson for all 30 students in a class. But in time, being close to them, they'll come forward and open themselves to you. Meanwhile, you can try different methods, thinking first at your own learning preferences (as a former student) or your children's learning preferences - if this is the case.

Lina, CRO

2019-01-28 20:55:02 UTC

It is important to know your students. Young children (7-8 years) likes to talk about their hobies and what they like to do or learn. For bigger children we can give them a paper to writte about this.

Marina, Zadar, Croatia

marina_kulas — 2019-01-28 20:58:32 UTC

I always listen to them and I ask lots of questions and try to surprise them. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. I give them some exercises and we check them together.

Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania

tomaemilia — 2019-01-28 21:00:19 UTC

For me, knowing each student is very important. I use the systematic observation of the student on the hole weekend, then I note the strengths and weaknesses. After that week I will plan differentiated activities for each one.

Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ

sozdemiroruc — 2019-01-28 21:16:35 UTC

I prepare a survey to know their interests. To know more about them, I often observe them in the classroom or at school while talking their friends/teachers or playing at school garden. In the lessons, sometimes I start with a question to draw their attention to the task or I ask questions in the middle of the lesson to listen them and let them to express themselves. I try to make them active in the lesson. I asses them not only at the end of the unit. Sometimes, I prepare a kahoot quiz, and I asses them while watching them how they joined the quiz with having fun-enjoy. Sometimes I use mindmapping method (by using coogle or just writing on the board).

Irina,Latvia

irinite13 — 2019-01-28 21:20:24 UTC

I think the best way to learn how students want to learn is to talk to them. Pay attention to their knowledge, abilities, interests.
I try to understand how they feel better by learning, while allowing them to experience it.

HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY

hanife_guldal88 — 2019-01-28 21:20:36 UTC

I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like.

Sarah Mallia, Malta

2019-01-28 21:23:45 UTC

I usually observe my students during the first term of school and include ice breakers to get to know each other through games and activities. I also incorporate their interests within writing lessons and Show and Tell presentation. At the beginning I also give them this colourful and child-friendly form to fill in so that I ll get to know them.

Elsa Martins - Portugal

elsaurbanomartins20 — 2019-01-28 21:24:41 UTC

When we think and prepare an activity we should always bear in mind our students’ interests and learning preferences but it has to be in a general basis because it is very difficult to know each student (almost 250 in my case). At the end of each unit there is an evaluation worksheet or a project work related the vocabulary.
As the evaluation is continuous in every lesson I try to take notes about the students' participation, the four skills of language and the students' behaviour. They also self assess their behaviour at the end of each lessons.
At the end of each term we also use a self-evaluation table where they asses their abilities and social values. In that they also write suggestions of activities

Sandra V.

knjiznica_tsck — 2019-01-28 21:33:11 UTC

The best way to get know students’ interests and learning preferences is to talk to them. ABout everydaylife, their interests, plans for the life, love, hobies...Maybe we can have some personal network to meet and to know each other. It could be on-line but also a small room in school where we can put some items about ourselves.

Daniela, Italy

2019-01-28 21:39:26 UTC

I know what students may like and so I prepare my lesson differently according to their interest. It means what, how and when propose every topic or text.

Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey

gogalan — 2019-01-28 21:44:48 UTC

Surveys could be an useful option to determine the interests of students. It could be delivered systematically at the end of every lesson or unit and after the evaluation process by the teacher, the necessary approach for each student could be implemented. Also one by one speeches could reflect the students thoughts about their current situation and that would be a significant data concerning the learning gaps and giving a vital idea to the teacher to optimize his or her way of approach. I personally prefer to use Web2 based tools such as Kahoot or Quizzes which enable instant feedback of each individual student . They also have fun during the feed back period and I get the necessary data of how far the lesson succeeded for each of them and which students need reinforcement or guidance to move on.

sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey

sebahatylcn — 2019-01-28 21:57:35 UTC

First of all ,I try to make my students feel comfortable during my lessons. Because if a student feels free and relaxed he/she shows his real personality.So I catch the chance to identify him/her.

Çölban-Turkey

huguette08 — 2019-01-28 22:05:37 UTC

The best way for me is to determine the interests and needs of my students. As teachers, I can guide and guide students to develop their daily life skills.

Doinita B., Romania

2019-01-28 22:17:42 UTC

I collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences using various tools (questionnaire, checklist) that I apply electronically (Kahoot). I use this information to design learning activities to support students' interests. In the formative assessment I core activities of learning with the evaluation criteria and I apply the appropriate samples to the respective activities.

Jorge Conde

jmsc — 2019-01-28 22:33:45 UTC

Right now I am using an emoji checklist. If students tick a sad emoji I usually give them an extra task or put them with a partner who has done easily that activity. Regarding assessment I usually ask them to evaluate each other's work with two arguments, one positive and another with a necessary change. I also inform parents constantly when students complete projects (or not). That is the most important aspect - knowing that completing something and trying hard to do so is of great importance.

Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey

erarslan1638 — 2019-01-28 23:22:43 UTC

Jorge Estrela, Portugal

2019-01-28 23:25:03 UTC

Use of SWOT matrix to define the priorities of action and to make a diagnosis of the learning and interests of the different students. This tool can be used in the planning of an activity, as a tool to evaluate learning (evaluating methodologies and tools).

Sandra Oliveira, Portugal

sandrasoliveira — 2019-01-28 23:33:13 UTC

To know my students well I uselly talk to them, in the first place and I pay attention to their expresssions and body language.
I did a quizz in november, to understand how my students learn best and what strategy they prefer.
In the end of each theme I use formative evaluation. Sometimes I feel the need to start the theme all over again, using new approches!

FátimaM, Portugal

2019-01-28 23:35:30 UTC

I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes a Kahoot or some other type of quiz. I always ask some unexpected and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge and I usually get some "out of the box" answers that allow me to understand them better.

Aleka, Greece.

ahsoulani — 2019-01-29 00:18:56 UTC

I have known my oldest students for years and I have carefully listened to them when they're happy, angry or sad; I have watched what makes (most of) them happy and what and I sometimes ask questions in order to get an idea...

Olivera, Montenegro

OliveraOlja — 2019-01-29 00:33:13 UTC

I evaluate students' understanding of what I'm teaching using formative worksheets for evaluation. I always ask unexpected and provocative questions to make sure that they can connect what they learn with the state of society, environment, school, ... with their previous knowledge and information. I evaluate student learning throughout the process. Both formative tests and our interviews are included in the evaluation.

Audronė, Lithuania

2019-01-29 05:14:12 UTC

Observation and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students. I have a checklist to observe their motivation and learning in every lesson, so later we can talk and see what's going on and what can be done better.

Maria Rita, Italy

mariarita_pepe — 2019-01-29 06:03:28 UTC

I think the best way to know your students' interests is listening to them actively, especially when they are free to talk about their passions. As to assessment, I try to vary the ways I evaluate their progress throughout the learning process. I like to introduce game-based forms of formative assessment such as digital quizzes.

Zrinka, Croatia

zrinka_jagodar — 2019-01-29 08:09:27 UTC

The conversation is very important in relation to teacher-student. Sometimes you should also talk about things that are not related to the subject, because the student will see that the teacher cares about him and his progress.

Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers.

2019-01-29 08:25:38 UTC

Technology offers The opportunity to utilize assessment in a more personalized manner.
Bayram uğlu

Demet - Turkey

cetincagricidemet — 2019-01-29 08:56:01 UTC

with student observation forms

karneckiene — 2019-01-29 09:12:25 UTC

Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers.

karneckiene — 2019-01-29 09:12:36 UTC

Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers.

Zita K.

karneckiene — 2019-01-29 09:20:58 UTC

At first, we should find out what our students know, what theywould like to learn.
In my classes I plan the lessons to get feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve their learning.
I use formative assessment to evaluate students' learning, although students do self-assessment of
their learning.

Bosiljko

2019-01-29 10:01:23 UTC

First, I will talk with them..then if there is a need, I will create some surveys..

Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey

2019-01-29 10:15:18 UTC

Observation throughout the course is very important. the teacher's perceptions must be constantly open. It is very difficult to make an individual assessment, especially in crowded classes. therefore, the checklist and the lesson plan will help us all to enter the class in a ready way.

Brankica, Croatia

2019-01-29 10:28:51 UTC

I think careful and attentive listening is very important to understand students well. Also, sometimes I ask my students directly whether they have understood what we have been learning. I think surveys might also be a very good idea.
When it comes to assessing, I make notes for each of my students, and then later transform them into grades.

Heidi, Germany

2019-01-29 10:50:20 UTC

I would have more time to listen to my students in a class of 28 members.. but sometimes I talk to several of my students (once a week). During lessons I assess with
plickers or quizizz, kahoot to see what they understood so far. With plickers I get the data from all students on my tablet and so I know immediately who needs more help or who already understood and can goon

Leyla, Turkey

2019-01-29 10:50:29 UTC

At the end of a unit I would ask them to express their feelings about how well they think they learned the unit and how safe they feel about incorporating the unit in their lives. I would ask how I could revise my teaching strategies in the following unit. What went well and what didn't during that particular learning experience.

Eduarda Sousa, Portugal

edsfsousa — 2019-01-29 10:57:07 UTC

I guess the easiest and most efficient way to to this would be by using a simple Google sheet to create a forma or a simple Monkey survey wich could include things like:
- hobbies and freetime activities
-favourite type of music (as English textbooks tend to grow outdated ...)
-favourite singers, actors...
-family members
-how they like to learn: read?write?listen?speak?...
-individual work? pair or group work?
-favourite subjects
-topics of interest
Then I would use the data to organize the class differently according to their personal interest and learning process.
This, of course would be the ideal learning scenario but our school system is not prepared for this huge change. Teachers are pressured by curriculum, exams, planning and constant change in educational policies and legislation; classes are too big, often with 28 to 30 students inside a not-so- compfortable classroom;
students´ and teachers´ timetables are also an obstacle.
Having said that, I continue to believe the change is possible and necessary. Teachers are the change when they stand in front of a class.
As far as students´assessment during the process, I give them constant feedback, sometimes more than once a week, both orally or with a sheet our school adopted.

Vida, Lithuania

bavidaa — 2019-01-29 11:06:59 UTC

I'm looking at student activities, talking to them, discussing the reasons for success, or looking for ways to reach it ...

Camino, España

2019-01-29 11:09:47 UTC

I use formative and summative assessment with my students to learn throughout the whole process. To formative assessment, I usually ask a lot of questions to give them the opportunity to talk about what they know o what they would like to know about the topic. In this way I use a big variety of materials in a big variety of ways and I suggest them accompanying with recommendations like videos or additional resources form support.
I can collect strengths and weaknesses and give them an immediate feedback coop that enhance future learnings.

Antonino, Portugal

antoninoesteves1 — 2019-01-29 11:27:21 UTC

The current school has to change. It can no longer keep up with the profound changes that have been taking place in recent decades. Societies have changed significantly and the school model has remained largely unchanged. The transmissive model of learning in which the teacher is the main actor still predominates.
The student of today has very diversified interests and it is increasingly important to direct the learning according to the interests of each student.
The formative evaluation plays a fundamental role in that it allows to monitor the process of teaching and learning.

● In my teaching activities information is collected through spreadsheets using Excel to systematize all information. This process allows students to be known in general;
● In order to have a deeper knowledge of students' interests, field and laboratory activities are developed in the design modality or by directed questions in order to promote a constant interactivity between the students and the teacher and the students;
● I try to systematically make learning tokens for direct questions or forms on google so that students can respond through their mobile phones;
● I also turn to oral questions addressed at the beginning of each lesson on the subject that was treated in previous classes;
● I ask students to construct questions to put into the next class of classmates, and even if they do not have an immediate answer, they may be useful for future research.
● The final evaluation of each period is still done in a traditional way. However, there is a high percentage in the calculation of the final classification that involves the acquisition of skills and behavior and not only knowledge.

HEVAL DURAK TURKEY

2019-01-29 11:29:54 UTC

I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,painting.

HEVAL DURAK

2019-01-29 11:30:05 UTC

2019-01-29 12:04:15 UTC

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Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR

2019-01-29 12:24:57 UTC

Besides the short formative assessment that textbooks have at the end of each unit, we should promote formative self-assessment more frequently during each module /topic unit. What textbooks have is not sufficient and certainly not personalized. It deals solely with contents that have been acquired and appears as a final activity.

I have never worked with a textbook that has a formative awareness before starting the topic unit. Therefore, that has to be provided by the teacher and if we do it on a regular basis, students will get personalized learning, assessment, effective feedback and will be able to apply new knowledge in other contexts and in their lives.

The checklists provided above are very useful in order to lead us into a holistic understanding of each student.

I usually use simple “thumbs up, thumbs down” with younger students but I have never used OpenEd as an assessing tool with my students. I will certainly try it out!

I’m grateful or all the checklists you have provided us! The will be useful!

Lídia, Portugal

lidiamsantossousa — 2019-01-29 12:56:05 UTC

The questioning around the systematic collection of information concerning students' interests and learning preferences and its use for supporting students’ (formal) learning, underlies, to a great extent, the issue of personalized learning. In fact, when we, teachers/educators, manage to depart from a realistic palette of students’ interests and integrate them in our lesson planning, activate them in our teaching practice and assess their contribution to each student’s learning “process-and-products”, we are pretty close to what we aim for.

In Module 1 I mentioned systematic communication with my students as being key to my knowledge of their interests, which is true. I also mentioned educational technologies, combined with contexts of student individual and collaborative work as means to obtain information through adequate formative assessment and promote students successful (further) motivated learning.

Classroom communication is both multimodal and multifaceted; therefore, it may include informal conversation and more formal strategies like diagnostic activities, covering, for example, interest quizzes, oriented reflection at the beginning and at the end of a learning unit/theme (sometimes in the middle too) among other strategies.

As a teacher I rely on systematic diagnostic activities as part of formative assessment to “build bridges” between students’ interests and learning. The scheme below is an attempt to showcase a set of procedures, that enable classroom coverage and provide us (teachers and learners) with valid, updated, reliable information that can be taken into account for matters of self-assessment and hetero-evaluation.

As a foreign language teacher, in terms of assessment, I combine results of formal testing in listening, speaking, reading and writing with students’ participation, i.e. contribution to classroom work, degree of commitment and of performance in several learning situations. I rely on observation sheets, learning diaries control, etc. in percentages (attributed to descriptors from the European Framework for Languages) as decided in the School Language Department. My students have access to the information and also take part in self and peer evaluation.

Assessment becomes an integrated phase of the learning process and is held by all agents involved along the way.

Here's the above mentioned scheme:

Temel Gövce Turkey

temelgvce — 2019-01-29 13:11:47 UTC

Students observation forms, my observation during lessons, quizes, worksheets and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students.I always ask keyword and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge.

I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes some other type of quiz. Therefore, I can make more activities they like.

Anita, Croatia

anita_simac — 2019-01-29 13:12:55 UTC

By frequent quizzes, self-assessment and peer assessment, surveys and of course constant open discussion.
I keep a log for each child detailing their progress which is a great help to me and them.

Violeta Cumak, Lithuania

violeta_cumak — 2019-01-29 13:49:36 UTC

I am working in non-formal education centre, where pupils have spacies for developing their hobbies, personal, educational and social competences, for a better understanding of

their own selves and of their world, to prepare to deal with daily problems. In order to provide a personalized path, we have to first understand students’ strengths and weakness and the formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students.
But the assesment methodologies are typically not very well adapted to the context of many non-formal education programs. Most assesment methodologies are not sufficiently adapted to be useable by practitioners as a part of their on-going development of nonformal education programs.The assesment in activities of our centre for example can be when a pupil finish two-three weeks job- the building of ship model, and the model is able to move on the water. It is a result and an assesment.

D., Croatia

2019-01-29 13:57:40 UTC

If we want all students to reach higher standards of learning, productivity is key. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a big opportunity to improve student learning.

António, Portugal

antonio_branco — 2019-01-29 14:28:34 UTC

I tend to use the direct interaction as a primary source of knowledge of my students skills and interests. I allready tried to use some pre-made checklists but they are almost all thought for high level education and university education, not 5th/6th grade as is the case of my students.

Lília, Portugal

2019-01-29 14:55:38 UTC

I consider that formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students.
As we move towards more student centered and personalized learning environments, it is essential that we go beyond summative assessing to formative assessment which must be embedded within the lesson and gives teachers and students an immediate feedback loop that enhances learning.
Formative assessment certainly looks different in different classrooms, but the purpose always remains the same, so it should occur frequently, be ongoing and embedded, provide useful data, inform and redirect practice, provide immediate feedback for teachers and students and include formal and informal assessments of knowledge.
Since I don’t have access to a lot of technologies in my classroom, I frequently make general checks for all the class, in order to understand where they are at, allowing students to practice in low risk environments and giving me the information needed to adjust lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. However, I would like to use more technology because it offers the opportunity to utilize formative assessment in a more personalized manner, while increasing teacher efficiency.

Emma Giurlani Italy

findingasensense — 2019-01-29 14:58:23 UTC

As Lilia from Portugal says, formative assessment is a very important step toward personalised learning. I use it a lot throughout the whole process of teaching and learning as through formal assessment I can readapt my teaching procedures and redirect learning approach to strategies and contents. As my students are between 14 and 19 years old, I often ask my students to create activities for their mates in order to check learning process and learned contents .It allows a relaxed atmosphere and reflection upon their strategies and learning habits. At the same time they learn to assess their own work and to accept to be assessed in the same fair and constructive way. We also try to create together some grids which can help us assess the work which has been done , its effectiveness. We use RUBISTAR to create grids and many tools to create activities and materials for formative assessment, like quizlet, https://quizizz.com/
kahoot, learning apps, trello...we also use google forms to create surveys or padlet and doodles

Lurdes - Portugal

mlurdesnljesus — 2019-01-29 15:11:21 UTC

I usually collect the information on my students’ interests and learning preferences at the beginning of the school year and I try to keep updated on this subject by building up a close relationship with the students, based on confidence and sympathy. I make constant use of formative assessment, which allows an ongoing student reflection, expressed in their self-assessment and peer-assessment.

Hakan Can

2019-01-29 15:33:23 UTC

I believe that formative assessment is a very important step towards personalized learning.

Throughout the teaching and learning process, I use a lot of formal assessments.

I send work papers, activities, tests to my students through "eba.gov.tr". I can follow their work online on this site. I can see which landa is missing which student to conclude online tracking.

Patrícia Campos, Portugal

patricia_campos1 — 2019-01-29 15:49:20 UTC

I think technology gives us powerfull tools to collect information in a more systematic, fast ans easier way.
Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Mentimeter, Padlet, Ted-Ed and many other digital apps/plataforms allows us to collect data and immediate feedback for students.
It would be great to direct students for different activities according to their results.
Assessment should be made according to the number of obstacles that each one had to overlap.

Mia

mia_toth — 2019-01-29 15:52:07 UTC

I combine formative and summative evaluation. Also, I like to use digital tools and teaching materials. It is interesting and easy for students to learn.

Salva. Spain

cristinagomezmadrid — 2019-01-29 15:55:39 UTC

I plan my teaching based on the interests and needs of my students. However, I use the book as a guide in my classes. In addition, at the end of each unit I assess my students with a test or exam so that they know their level of competence and what they should improve. On the other hand, these results help me to know if what I am teaching them understand or not. In this way I change or adapt my teaching to their needs

Alina Romania

2019-01-29 15:57:59 UTC

We cooperate and suport student in their work.
They are encouraged to be creative.
The teacher leads the students, create strategies.

Elena Quiles

elena_quiles — 2019-01-29 16:08:19 UTC

I would collect that information asking my students their likes and preferences or with a survey like the one showed in D2Learn. I will carry out formative assessment because from my point of view, it is the most effective way to assess learners and so that they can progress and learn fro their mistakes. However, I would sometimes use sumative assessment too, but the principal one would be formative.

Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece

1canislupus22 — 2019-01-29 16:15:24 UTC

My students set the subject they want to learn Every time a different subject depends on their interestings

Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU

2019-01-29 16:17:46 UTC

I do tests to determine how my students can learn

2019-01-29 16:52:37 UTC

I use the formative assessment and self-evaluation more often

Erhan Arslan

2019-01-29 16:56:40 UTC

We cooperate for learning and teaching together. We support each other and help to be more creative

Renata, Zadar

ruic_renata — 2019-01-29 17:01:50 UTC

I follow my students during lessons and practicing. We discus problems, searching for answers in conversation, and I notice solving problem competence. Also, I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school-work with occasionally bigger exams for sumative assessment. On the end of the year I give survey to my pupils so they can asses my teaching.

Derya Ümüş CEM,

2019-01-29 17:06:47 UTC

At the end of each learning process I get their views on their learning process and I want them to do their own analysis. I always support their work with positive reviews.

We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types

2019-01-29 17:13:55 UTC

I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product.

2019-01-29 17:33:31 UTC

Ali CEM

2019-01-29 17:37:48 UTC

To place students in the center of the learning process and act together.

Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY

gnyelt — 2019-01-29 17:38:21 UTC

I follow my students during lessons and I want them to cooperate with each other.

Sandra Oliveira

sandrasoliveira — 2019-01-29 18:06:23 UTC

I think that the better way to understand student needs and interests is to talk to them! At the endo of each unit they have to complete a formative test; I also use plickers in a rotine way. Writen tests represent 50% of the final grade; lab skills and others skills are taken into account. They have to do group work nad reflect about their own learning and build their own padlet. During each lesson I pay attention to students to support and help them solve problems.

José María, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2019-01-29 18:08:34 UTC

I love the idea of asking the questions of the tests shown above. I think it's an excellent way to start a mutual understanding. Later, the best way to do it is to talk personally with each student and agree on the best ways to guide him or her until the objectives are met.

Melita, Croatia

melita_brodar — 2019-01-29 18:31:13 UTC

I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Better students help the weaker, the coutent we associate with everyday life.

Maria, Larissa Greece

2019-01-29 18:32:57 UTC

I think that working in small groups, helps students to know better and help each other and the results are fantastic!

Hacer,Turkey

2019-01-29 19:08:52 UTC

I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself
I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself

Esada Čirić-Delić

esada_ciric — 2019-01-29 19:19:49 UTC

I use both formative and summative assessment. I see my teenage students twice a week so I rely on a direct communication with them as well as the assistance of the support staff. It is easier with young learners as I see them more often than teenagers and I have more time and opportunities to connect. In case of teenagers I use online tools on BYOD to get more accurate assessment on their interests and progress.

Maria Blanco – Spain

nievesblancop — 2019-01-29 19:23:21 UTC

I would give them an initial test asking for their interests, hobbies, favorite singers etc. and try to incorporate their likes into the lesson plans. Also the test would incorporate questions to give information about their learning style, and take this into consideration when planning as well.

Alina, Romania

2019-01-29 19:33:45 UTC

I'm trying to help them first by giving them precise tasks and every time I try to give them a domain where they can use what they teach and what they need to know.

AYŞİN /TURKEY

aysin_72 — 2019-01-29 19:39:32 UTC

Iam trying different methotds some times doing experiment.Some times make a activites wish my kids .

Edita, Croatia

mysteryhistoryerasmus — 2019-01-29 19:58:37 UTC

I would give them diffrent kind of activities.
Combination of formative and summative assessment is a opportunity to improve student learning.

I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school work for summative assessment.

Carla, Italy

carla_ambri — 2019-01-29 20:18:10 UTC

I usually assess my students learning with frequent short tests made of a mix of multiple choice questions and open ended questions, and that makes 75% of the evaluation; the remaining 25% comes from everyday observation of students' cooperation, interest, committment, social skills.

Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal

silviamg_teixeira83 — 2019-01-29 20:26:55 UTC

With the aim of personalise the learning environment, teachers need to have a genuine and comprehensive understanding of students’ interests and learning preferences. This means they should be aware of their academic strengths and weakness, adjusting lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. In early ages, the best way to do it is establishing a close and affectionate relationship, using observation during lessons, quizzes, worksheets and sincere conversations to approach students’ interests. I used to create a Portfolio with my students. Portfolio is the documentation of students’ learning process and evidence of their progress into paper. In their portfolio, students state their learning goal, plan their strategies to attain their goal, show the evidence of their attainment by collecting their work into their paper, and evaluate their learning process. It is hoped that through this process, they learn to make decisions on what they need to learn, how to learn, and how to evaluate their learning with teacher and peers’ cooperation. I also use a “Diário de Turma” where students write what they like to do and what they do not like, the activities developed during that week and suggest activities that will be discuss at the end of the week, in a space called “Conselho de Cooperação Educativa”. They serve as a guide for students in making choices and in demonstrating how they organize, create, strategize, and reflect their learning. Ultimately, portfolios allow students to assume responsibility for their own learning and provide evidence of their progress toward meeting their goals as learners, supporting formative evaluation. I do not use much technology to collect information more systematically and make better use of it to support or assess my students’ learning. From what I read from my colleagues’ contributions it is possible to use Plickers, Quizizz or Kahoot and I definitely will try it.

silviamg_teixeira83 — 2019-01-29 20:31:43 UTC

definitely

Zvonko, Serbia

gzvonko62 — 2019-01-29 20:39:12 UTC

We usually play Kahoot quiz at the very end of class. On this way I use formative assessment.

Carla

2019-01-29 20:46:59 UTC

I have frequent talks to my pupils and I let them speak about their interests and about their life. It is a good practice with the foreign language and they can share a lot about themselves.

Gamze, Turkey

2019-01-29 21:16:29 UTC

In my first lessons at the begining of the year I try to talk my students, ask them questions about their interests and opinions about mathematics. And then in the lessons I always pay attention on their undrestanding levels. I pick some students to solve the questions on the board in the lessons.

Mira, Croatia

mirar467 — 2019-01-29 21:18:27 UTC

n my practice, I combine formative and summative assessment. I use the formative assessment daily in all the subjects I submit. Sometimes this is just the information I tell the students during their activities, sometimes a group work or self-assessment list, short-term exams, Kahoot, Plickers, Quizzis, lists where students are writing what they know, what they learned and what they want to learn. .. There are a lot of ways I combine depending on the activity and age of the pupil but also on the curriculum (eg. different for Nature and Society and for Physical and Health Culture).

Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey

zekiyealan — 2019-01-29 21:21:40 UTC

In order to be aware of students' interests and learning process, observation and interaction is quite necessary. Having frequent conversations with students and observing them help a lot.
When it comes to the assessing their learning throughout the whole process, I apply some vocabulary quizzez at the end of each unit. Also, I have"question and answer" times during my class. I give them some projects they can reveal what they learn.

Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal

2019-01-29 21:22:28 UTC

The whole concept of education leads us to assessment. We have, thus, two forms of assessment: summative and informal. At the end of each term we have to grade our students according to their performance at school, but every day, in class, all we do, all they do is a form of assessing whether they are learning or not. And this, for me, is the one I truly care about.

In fact, our students today are very different from the ones we were 30 years ago. This is why we have to adapt to new technologies and put them at the students’ disposal to empower their learning.

To know more about my students interests and learning preferences I talk to them in and outside the classroom about the things that are present in their daily life, the ones they enjoy doing and the ones they do because they are told to, I encourage them to decorate the classroom with things they like, and that are in accordance with out topics, which in the 7^th grade (level 3) is easy because we talk about personal ID, families, houses, jobs, school, city and country life. I usually start the lesson by asking them some personal questions and I am not only revising the topic but also collecting information about themselves. For upper grade students I like to spend some time working with the speaking skill and we look over the curriculum topics, but I encourage them to express their opinions and make suggestions of how we can deal with these topics. It’s easier because they have been my students for 6 years and I know their likes and preferences because we speak a lot not only as teacher/student but on a friendly basis.

Obviously, that we also have to do more formal activities, so I make padlets with them, we play some games I do on Kahoot, do quizzes on Socrative/Google Forms to see if they are following the topic. And they like these because they have an immediate answer. For the older ones, my favourite approach is PBL because it enriches their skills by working collaboratively and developing their creativity and eagerness of the world.

Carmen,León

2019-01-29 21:29:35 UTC

In my teaching, I use different tools to get information about my students' interests; sometimes it's simply by talking to them. I can use as an excuse any text we are reading to start off an informal conversation. Sometimes, I ask them to write about themselves because some students feel more comfortable when they have to write.
Another tool I use is the checklist, similar to the ones presented in this module, only a bit more simplified.
They are always encouraged to suggest and propose activities which I may take into consideration (or not), it depends: they may choose a song or a film they like,for example, but it has to be approppriate and respectful .
At the end of each semester, I ask them to rate the activities we have done and I reconsider whether they are worth using them or not in the future.
As for their assessment,again I use a variety of tools: exams, writings, quizzes,essays, power points, summaries, roleplays...

Rute Vieira , Portugal

rute_sofia — 2019-01-29 21:54:43 UTC

The formative evaluation is undoubtedly relevant since it should allow the students to perceive where they should still improve, so as to become aware of what they still need to improve and to the teacher as it allows them to rethink their practices in order to find strategies to reach each individual student .
In my work I usually go to interactive platforms that allow me to evaluate the various skills. For example, I refer to ClassDojo to assess attitudes and behaviors, which allows students to know where they should improve or deepen.
In Socrative I do individualized exercises for the students and, at the moment, already have the feedback of their learning. I also turn to Forms (from office 365) where students also answer the questions on their tablet. I also think it is important to do a self-assessment and self-assessment of student performance and do it when, for example, they do project work and students say what they have learned from peers and give suggestions for improvement or activities they would like most to develop.

Jasna, Croatia

2019-01-29 22:22:28 UTC

I usually talk to my students to find out what their interests are. Sometimes, they write about themselves and that is the way of learning about them and also a chance to evaluate their writing skills.

Elena, Italy

teacherEB — 2019-01-29 22:33:43 UTC

I consider formative assessment fundamental for the learning process. With the help pf ICT it’s possible a form a self-assessment by means of online quizzes on the web, Kahoot, and Google form.

By means of a rubric it is possible to assess projects considering also soft skills, in particular creativity, communication, collaboration and content curation.

I propose debates, roleplays , short speeches ( similar to Ted talks) so that it’s possible to assess their critical thinking and communicative skills.
Students are asked to give a feedback of the activity proposed so that I can readjust strategies during the learning process.

Susana Carneiro, Portugal

susanalcarneiro — 2019-01-29 22:45:03 UTC

My favourite tool is Seesaw, where my students create their learning portfolio, chosing their best work and skills. We also use lots of self assessment and peer feedback and rubrics to the soft skills.

Charo, Spain

2019-01-29 23:02:02 UTC

I usually evaluate projects and I use methods of learning by objectives and projects

Anita,Croatia

akruzice — 2019-01-30 00:07:47 UTC

I do not use surveys and formative estimates. At the beginning of the school year, you could collect this information more systematically through the survey and questions of how you want to learn my subject, why it's interesting and useful in life ... If they are easy to learn and have good grades, they have a lot of motivation, but that's a bit. Mostly difficult to adopt many facts that are not interesting to them, it is harder for them to learn and lose motivation. It's easier to use different learning strategies and have more practical work and connect with real life.

Teresa Lacerda, Portugal

teresalacerda — 2019-01-30 00:21:32 UTC

I make some surveys to know about interests, hobbies, and students skills.
I use the collaborative work, online portefolio, peers-avaliation, lab work, project work (eTwinning) and write tests to evaluate students

Cecília, Portugal

cecijart — 2019-01-30 01:52:24 UTC

I systematically collect this information through: communication with them during the practice of teaching;
meetings with parents;
inventory of skills;
interest checklist;
Self-assessment, reflecting each student on their work.
I evaluate learning throughout the process, using diverse methodologies and tasks that favors reflection on the work done and what they need to overcome the difficulties:
Weekly class assemblies;
Interactive evaluation with registration grids filled out by the students themselves;
Self-evaluation form;
Monthly formative assessment sheets.

Ayşenur,Turkey

aysenurerennayir1664 — 2019-01-30 02:46:54 UTC

I'm trying new medots with my students.I get nice feedback when my students like the kind of activities I like.

2019-01-30 04:38:00 UTC

I usually ask why to assess their learning process during or after the subject is completed

Ana, Croatia

2019-01-30 06:05:13 UTC

I always try to formative assess my students, always making sure they understood what we're talking about. If I see they don't understand or that only someone doesn't understtand, it's important to step back and have it all over. Often students have a fear of making mistakes and that's not good. It,s normal making mistakes and we can't learn without making them. Everytime I'm given a new group of students, I spend some time to explain them that but also explaining them that I'm not interester in sumative assessment at the end of semester or something like that, but I follow their path and help the grow along the way. Every teacher sees their sttudents and can assesse them throughout the whole learning process.

Aldina Balsa | Portugal

cfaemarcocinfaes_afc — 2019-01-30 06:15:30 UTC

To collect information I promote Team Work and that allows me to know each student better, and sometimes I use Mentimeter to easily get some responses about a subject. To assess I also use Kahoot, Google drive forms, ...

Soraya, Portugal

sorayaroliveira — 2019-01-30 07:33:53 UTC

As I am working with very young children, I use the "thumbs up or thumbs down" at the end of each lesson to have students' feedback.
At the end of each unit I use worksheets with smiles for them to do their self-evaluation. We discuss for a while about what they can do with what they have learned.
To get to know their preferences and interests I also talk with them.
I also give them formative tests by the end of each unit.

Derya Saltan, Turkey

2019-01-30 08:45:30 UTC

I use formative assesments and communicative methods

Teresa M., Spain

mtmoranma — 2019-01-30 09:00:08 UTC

I use formative and summative assessment with my students. Every year I change my school so I adapt myself to the circumstances...

Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey

fahrettinaktas74 — 2019-01-30 10:01:57 UTC

I examine their interests and organize surveys.

Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey

2019-01-30 10:52:43 UTC

At the beginning of the term, it is the best to give learners a survey about their interests and preferences and use this info to adapt our teaching accordingly. In order to provide systematic checking, mid-term assessment and survey done by learners would show if our teaching works or not. Also, I think having the same group of learners for the following next 4 years and teach them could give a teacher big advantage.

Neslihan, Turkiye

2019-01-30 11:38:49 UTC

I can use formative assesment. I can also use the scale of interest. This can be in the form of a survey.

2019-01-30 11:46:08 UTC

Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey At the beginning of the term, it is the best to give learners a survey about their interests and preferences and use this info to adapt our teaching accordingly. In order to provide systematic checking, mid-term assessment and survey done by learners would show if our teaching works or not. Also, I think having the same group of learners for the following next 4 years and teach them could give a teacher big advantage. favorite_border 0 Neslihan, Turkiye Neslihan, Turkiye I can use formative assesment. I can also use the scale of interest. This can be in the form of a survey. favorite_border 0 Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey I examine their interests and organize surveys. favorite 1 Teresa M., Spain Teresa M., Spain I use formative and summative assessment with my students. Every year I change my school so I adapt myself to the circumstances... favorite_border 0 Derya Saltan, Turkey Derya Saltan, Turkey I use formative assesments and communicative methods favorite 1 Soraya, Portugal Soraya, Portugal As I am working with very young children, I use the "thumbs up or thumbs down" at the end of each lesson to have students' feedback. At the end of each unit I use worksheets with smiles for them to do their self-evaluation. We discuss for a while about what they can do with what they have learned. To get to know their preferences and interests I also talk with them. I also give them formative tests by the end of each unit. favorite 3 Aldina Balsa | Portugal Aldina Balsa | Portugal To collect information I promote Team Work and that allows me to know each student better, and sometimes I use Mentimeter to easily get some responses about a subject. To assess I also use Kahoot, Google drive forms, ... favorite_border 0 Ana, Croatia Ana, Croatia I always try to formative assess my students, always making sure they understood what we're talking about. If I see they don't understand or that only someone doesn't understtand, it's important to step back and have it all over. Often students have a fear of making mistakes and that's not good. It,s normal making mistakes and we can't learn without making them. Everytime I'm given a new group of students, I spend some time to explain them that but also explaining them that I'm not interester in sumative assessment at the end of semester or something like that, but I follow their path and help the grow along the way. Every teacher sees their sttudents and can assesse them throughout the whole learning process. favorite_border 0 I usually ask why to I usually ask why to assess their learning process during or after the subject is completed favorite_border 0 Ayşenur,Turkey Ayşenur,Turkey I'm trying new medots with my students.I get nice feedback when my students like the kind of activities I like. favorite_border 0 Cecília, Portugal Cecília, Portugal I systematically collect this information through: communication with them during the practice of teaching; meetings with parents; inventory of skills; interest checklist; Self-assessment, reflecting each student on their work. I evaluate learning throughout the process, using diverse methodologies and tasks that favors reflection on the work done and what they need to overcome the difficulties: Weekly class assemblies; Interactive evaluation with registration grids filled out by the students themselves; Self-evaluation form; Monthly formative assessment sheets. favorite 2 Teresa Lacerda, Portugal Teresa Lacerda, Portugal I make some surveys to know about interests, hobbies, and students skills. I use the collaborative work, online portefolio, peers-avaliation, lab work, project work (eTwinning) and write tests to evaluate students favorite 1 Anita,Croatia Anita,Croatia I do not use surveys and formative estimates. At the beginning of the school year, you could collect this information more systematically through the survey and questions of how you want to learn my subject, why it's interesting and useful in life ... If they are easy to learn and have good grades, they have a lot of motivation, but that's a bit. Mostly difficult to adopt many facts that are not interesting to them, it is harder for them to learn and lose motivation. It's easier to use different learning strategies and have more practical work and connect with real life. favorite 1 Charo, Spain Charo, Spain I usually evaluate projects and I use methods of learning by objectives and projects favorite_border 0 Susana Carneiro, Portugal Susana Carneiro, Portugal My favourite tool is Seesaw, where my students create their learning portfolio, chosing their best work and skills. We also use lots of self assessment and peer feedback and rubrics to the soft skills. favorite 1 Elena, Italy Elena, Italy I consider formative assessment fundamental for the learning process. With the help pf ICT it’s possible a form a self-assessment by means of online quizzes on the web, Kahoot, and Google form. By means of a rubric it is possible to assess projects considering also soft skills, in particular creativity, communication, collaboration and content curation. I propose debates, roleplays , short speeches ( similar to Ted talks) so that it’s possible to assess their critical thinking and communicative skills. Students are asked to give a feedback of the activity proposed so that I can readjust strategies during the learning process. favorite 3 Jasna, Croatia Jasna, Croatia I usually talk to my students to find out what their interests are. Sometimes, they write about themselves and that is the way of learning about them and also a chance to evaluate their writing skills. favorite 3 Rute Vieira , Portugal Rute Vieira , Portugal The formative evaluation is undoubtedly relevant since it should allow the students to perceive where they should still improve, so as to become aware of what they still need to improve and to the teacher as it allows them to rethink their practices in order to find strategies to reach each individual student . In my work I usually go to interactive platforms that allow me to evaluate the various skills. For example, I refer to ClassDojo to assess attitudes and behaviors, which allows students to know where they should improve or deepen. In Socrative I do individualized exercises for the students and, at the moment, already have the feedback of their learning. I also turn to Forms (from office 365) where students also answer the questions on their tablet. I also think it is important to do a self-assessment and self-assessment of student performance and do it when, for example, they do project work and students say what they have learned from peers and give suggestions for improvement or activities they would like most to develop. favorite 3 Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey In order to be aware of students' interests and learning process, observation and interaction is quite necessary. Having frequent conversations with students and observing them help a lot. When it comes to the assessing their learning throughout the whole process, I apply some vocabulary quizzez at the end of each unit. Also, I have"question and answer" times during my class. I give them some projects they can reveal what they learn. favorite 1 Carmen,León Carmen,León In my teaching, I use different tools to get information about my students' interests; sometimes it's simply by talking to them. I can use as an excuse any text we are reading to start off an informal conversation. Sometimes, I ask them to write about themselves because some students feel more comfortable when they have to write. Another tool I use is the checklist, similar to the ones presented in this module, only a bit more simplified. They are always encouraged to suggest and propose activities which I may take into consideration (or not), it depends: they may choose a song or a film they like,for example, but it has to be approppriate and respectful . At the end of each semester, I ask them to rate the activities we have done and I reconsider whether they are worth using them or not in the future. As for their assessment,again I use a variety of tools: exams, writings, quizzes,essays, power points, summaries, roleplays... favorite 2 Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal The whole concept of education leads us to assessment. We have, thus, two forms of assessment: summative and informal. At the end of each term we have to grade our students according to their performance at school, but every day, in class, all we do, all they do is a form of assessing whether they are learning or not. And this, for me, is the one I truly care about. In fact, our students today are very different from the ones we were 30 years ago. This is why we have to adapt to new technologies and put them at the students’ disposal to empower their learning. To know more about my students interests and learning preferences I talk to them in and outside the classroom about the things that are present in their daily life, the ones they enjoy doing and the ones they do because they are told to, I encourage them to decorate the classroom with things they like, and that are in accordance with out topics, which in the 7th grade (level 3) is easy because we talk about personal ID, families, houses, jobs, school, city and country life. I usually start the lesson by asking them some personal questions and I am not only revising the topic but also collecting information about themselves. For upper grade students I like to spend some time working with the speaking skill and we look over the curriculum topics, but I encourage them to express their opinions and make suggestions of how we can deal with these topics. It’s easier because they have been my students for 6 years and I know their likes and preferences because we speak a lot not only as teacher/student but on a friendly basis. Obviously, that we also have to do more formal activities, so I make padlets with them, we play some games I do on Kahoot, do quizzes on Socrative/Google Forms to see if they are following the topic. And they like these because they have an immediate answer. For the older ones, my favourite approach is PBL because it enriches their skills by working collaboratively and developing their creativity and eagerness of the world. favorite 2 Mira, Croatia Mira, Croatia n my practice, I combine formative and summative assessment. I use the formative assessment daily in all the subjects I submit. Sometimes this is just the information I tell the students during their activities, sometimes a group work or self-assessment list, short-term exams, Kahoot, Plickers, Quizzis, lists where students are writing what they know, what they learned and what they want to learn. .. There are a lot of ways I combine depending on the activity and age of the pupil but also on the curriculum (eg. different for Nature and Society and for Physical and Health Culture). favorite 1 Gamze, Turkey Gamze, Turkey In my first lessons at the begining of the year I try to talk my students, ask them questions about their interests and opinions about mathematics. And then in the lessons I always pay attention on their undrestanding levels. I pick some students to solve the questions on the board in the lessons. favorite_border 0 Carla Carla I have frequent talks to my pupils and I let them speak about their interests and about their life. It is a good practice with the foreign language and they can share a lot about themselves. favorite 1 Zvonko, Serbia Zvonko, Serbia We usually play Kahoot quiz at the very end of class. On this way I use formative assessment. favorite_border 0 definitely definitely favorite_border 0 Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal With the aim of personalise the learning environment, teachers need to have a genuine and comprehensive understanding of students’ interests and learning preferences. This means they should be aware of their academic strengths and weakness, adjusting lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. In early ages, the best way to do it is establishing a close and affectionate relationship, using observation during lessons, quizzes, worksheets and sincere conversations to approach students’ interests. I used to create a Portfolio with my students. Portfolio is the documentation of students’ learning process and evidence of their progress into paper. In their portfolio, students state their learning goal, plan their strategies to attain their goal, show the evidence of their attainment by collecting their work into their paper, and evaluate their learning process. It is hoped that through this process, they learn to make decisions on what they need to learn, how to learn, and how to evaluate their learning with teacher and peers’ cooperation. I also use a “Diário de Turma” where students write what they like to do and what they do not like, the activities developed during that week and suggest activities that will be discuss at the end of the week, in a space called “Conselho de Cooperação Educativa”. They serve as a guide for students in making choices and in demonstrating how they organize, create, strategize, and reflect their learning. Ultimately, portfolios allow students to assume responsibility for their own learning and provide evidence of their progress toward meeting their goals as learners, supporting formative evaluation. I do not use much technology to collect information more systematically and make better use of it to support or assess my students’ learning. From what I read from my colleagues’ contributions it is possible to use Plickers, Quizizz or Kahoot and I definitely will try it. favorite 5 Carla, Italy Carla, Italy I usually assess my students learning with frequent short tests made of a mix of multiple choice questions and open ended questions, and that makes 75% of the evaluation; the remaining 25% comes from everyday observation of students' cooperation, interest, committment, social skills. favorite 3 Edita, Croatia Edita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a opportunity to improve student learning. I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school work for summative assessment. favorite 3 AYŞİN /TURKEY AYŞİN /TURKEY Iam trying different methotds some times doing experiment.Some times make a activites wish my kids . favorite 1 Alina, Romania Alina, Romania I'm trying to help them first by giving them precise tasks and every time I try to give them a domain where they can use what they teach and what they need to know. favorite_border 0 Maria Blanco – Spain Maria Blanco – Spain I would give them an initial test asking for their interests, hobbies, favorite singers etc. and try to incorporate their likes into the lesson plans. Also the test would incorporate questions to give information about their learning style, and take this into consideration when planning as well. favorite_border 0 Hacer,Turkey Hacer,Turkey I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself favorite 1 Ali CEM Ali CEM To place students in the center of the learning process and act together. favorite_border 0 Maria, Larissa Greece Maria, Larissa Greece I think that working in small groups, helps students to know better and help each other and the results are fantastic! favorite 2 Melita, Croatia Melita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Better students help the weaker, the coutent we associate with everyday life. favorite 2 José María, Spain José María, Spain I love the idea of asking the questions of the tests shown above. I think it's an excellent way to start a mutual understanding. Later, the best way to do it is to talk personally with each student and agree on the best ways to guide him or her until the objectives are met. favorite 3 Derya Ümüş CEM, Derya Ümüş CEM, favorite_border 0 Sandra Oliveira Sandra Oliveira I think that the better way to understand student needs and interests is to talk to them! At the endo of each unit they have to complete a formative test; I also use plickers in a rotine way. Writen tests represent 50% of the final grade; lab skills and others skills are taken into account. They have to do group work nad reflect about their own learning and build their own padlet. During each lesson I pay attention to students to support and help them solve problems. favorite 1 Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY I follow my students during lessons and I want them to cooperate with each other. favorite 2 I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. favorite 2 We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types favorite_border 0 Renata, Zadar Renata, Zadar I follow my students during lessons and practicing. We discus problems, searching for answers in conversation, and I notice solving problem competence. Also, I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school-work with occasionally bigger exams for sumative assessment. On the end of the year I give survey to my pupils so they can asses my teaching. favorite 5 Erhan Arslan Erhan Arslan We cooperate for learning and teaching together. We support each other and help to be more creative favorite 1 I use the formative I use the formative assessment and self-evaluation more often favorite 1 Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU I do tests to determine how my students can learn favorite 1 Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece My students set the subject they want to learn Every time a different subject depends on their interestings favorite_border 0 Elena Quiles Elena Quiles I would collect that information asking my students their likes and preferences or with a survey like the one showed in D2Learn. I will carry out formative assessment because from my point of view, it is the most effective way to assess learners and so that they can progress and learn fro their mistakes. However, I would sometimes use sumative assessment too, but the principal one would be formative. favorite 3 Alina Romania Alina Romania We cooperate and suport student in their work. They are encouraged to be creative. The teacher leads the students, create strategies. favorite 1 Salva. Spain Salva. Spain I plan my teaching based on the interests and needs of my students. However, I use the book as a guide in my classes. In addition, at the end of each unit I assess my students with a test or exam so that they know their level of competence and what they should improve. On the other hand, these results help me to know if what I am teaching them understand or not. In this way I change or adapt my teaching to their needs favorite 3 Mia Mia I combine formative and summative evaluation. Also, I like to use digital tools and teaching materials. It is interesting and easy for students to learn. favorite 2 Patrícia Campos, Portugal Patrícia Campos, Portugal I think technology gives us powerfull tools to collect information in a more systematic, fast ans easier way. Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Mentimeter, Padlet, Ted-Ed and many other digital apps/plataforms allows us to collect data and immediate feedback for students. It would be great to direct students for different activities according to their results. Assessment should be made according to the number of obstacles that each one had to overlap. favorite 3 Hakan Can Hakan Can I believe that formative assessment is a very important step towards personalized learning. Throughout the teaching and learning process, I use a lot of formal assessments. I send work papers, activities, tests to my students through "eba.gov.tr". I can follow their work online on this site. I can see which landa is missing which student to conclude online tracking. favorite 1 Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal I usually collect the information on my students’ interests and learning preferences at the beginning of the school year and I try to keep updated on this subject by building up a close relationship with the students, based on confidence and sympathy. I make constant use of formative assessment, which allows an ongoing student reflection, expressed in their self-assessment and peer-assessment. favorite 1 Emma Giurlani Italy Emma Giurlani Italy As Lilia from Portugal says, formative assessment is a very important step toward personalised learning. I use it a lot throughout the whole process of teaching and learning as through formal assessment I can readapt my teaching procedures and redirect learning approach to strategies and contents. As my students are between 14 and 19 years old, I often ask my students to create activities for their mates in order to check learning process and learned contents .It allows a relaxed atmosphere and reflection upon their strategies and learning habits. At the same time they learn to assess their own work and to accept to be assessed in the same fair and constructive way. We also try to create together some grids which can help us assess the work which has been done , its effectiveness. We use RUBISTAR to create grids and many tools to create activities and materials for formative assessment, like quizlet, https://quizizz.com/ kahoot, learning apps, trello...we also use google forms to create surveys or padlet and doodles favorite 3 Lília, Portugal Lília, Portugal I consider that formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. As we move towards more student centered and personalized learning environments, it is essential that we go beyond summative assessing to formative assessment which must be embedded within the lesson and gives teachers and students an immediate feedback loop that enhances learning. Formative assessment certainly looks different in different classrooms, but the purpose always remains the same, so it should occur frequently, be ongoing and embedded, provide useful data, inform and redirect practice, provide immediate feedback for teachers and students and include formal and informal assessments of knowledge. Since I don’t have access to a lot of technologies in my classroom, I frequently make general checks for all the class, in order to understand where they are at, allowing students to practice in low risk environments and giving me the information needed to adjust lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. However, I would like to use more technology because it offers the opportunity to utilize formative assessment in a more personalized manner, while increasing teacher efficiency. favorite 6 António, Portugal António, Portugal I tend to use the direct interaction as a primary source of knowledge of my students skills and interests. I allready tried to use some pre-made checklists but they are almost all thought for high level education and university education, not 5th/6th grade as is the case of my students. favorite 1 D., Croatia D., Croatia If we want all students to reach higher standards of learning, productivity is key. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a big opportunity to improve student learning. favorite_border 0 Violeta Cumak, Lithuania Violeta Cumak, Lithuania I am working in non-formal education centre, where pupils have spacies for developing their hobbies, personal, educational and social competences, for a better understanding of their own selves and of their world, to prepare to deal with daily problems. In order to provide a personalized path, we have to first understand students’ strengths and weakness and the formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. But the assesment methodologies are typically not very well adapted to the context of many non-formal education programs. Most assesment methodologies are not sufficiently adapted to be useable by practitioners as a part of their on-going development of nonformal education programs.The assesment in activities of our centre for example can be when a pupil finish two-three weeks job- the building of ship model, and the model is able to move on the water. It is a result and an assesment. favorite 2 Anita, Croatia Anita, Croatia By frequent quizzes, self-assessment and peer assessment, surveys and of course constant open discussion. I keep a log for each child detailing their progress which is a great help to me and them. favorite 3 Temel Gövce Turkey Temel Gövce Turkey Students observation forms, my observation during lessons, quizes, worksheets and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students.I always ask keyword and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge. I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes some other type of quiz. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Esada Čirić-Delić Esada Čirić-Delić I use both formative and summative assessment. I see my teenage students twice a week so I rely on a direct communication with them as well as the assistance of the support staff. It is easier with young learners as I see them more often than teenagers and I have more time and opportunities to connect. In case of teenagers I use online tools on BYOD to get more accurate assessment on their interests and progress. favorite_border 0 Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Besides the short formative assessment that textbooks have at the end of each unit, we should promote formative self-assessment more frequently during each module /topic unit. What textbooks have is not sufficient and certainly not personalized. It deals solely with contents that have been acquired and appears as a final activity. I have never worked with a textbook that has a formative awareness before starting the topic unit. Therefore, that has to be provided by the teacher and if we do it on a regular basis, students will get personalized learning, assessment, effective feedback and will be able to apply new knowledge in other contexts and in their lives. The checklists provided above are very useful in order to lead us into a holistic understanding of each student. I usually use simple “thumbs up, thumbs down” with younger students but I have never used OpenEd as an assessing tool with my students. I will certainly try it out! I’m grateful or all the checklists you have provided us! The will be useful! favorite 2 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 1m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 103 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK HEVAL DURAK favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK TURKEY HEVAL DURAK TURKEY I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,painting. favorite_border 0 Antonino, Portugal Antonino, Portugal The current school has to change. It can no longer keep up with the profound changes that have been taking place in recent decades. Societies have changed significantly and the school model has remained largely unchanged. The transmissive model of learning in which the teacher is the main actor still predominates. The student of today has very diversified interests and it is increasingly important to direct the learning according to the interests of each student. The formative evaluation plays a fundamental role in that it allows to monitor the process of teaching and learning. ● In my teaching activities information is collected through spreadsheets using Excel to systematize all information. This process allows students to be known in general; ● In order to have a deeper knowledge of students' interests, field and laboratory activities are developed in the design modality or by directed questions in order to promote a constant interactivity between the students and the teacher and the students; ● I try to systematically make learning tokens for direct questions or forms on google so that students can respond through their mobile phones; ● I also turn to oral questions addressed at the beginning of each lesson on the subject that was treated in previous classes; ● I ask students to construct questions to put into the next class of classmates, and even if they do not have an immediate answer, they may be useful for future research. ● The final evaluation of each period is still done in a traditional way. However, there is a high percentage in the calculation of the final classification that involves the acquisition of skills and behavior and not only knowledge. favorite 7 Camino, España Camino, España I use formative and summative assessment with my students to learn throughout the whole process. To formative assessment, I usually ask a lot of questions to give them the opportunity to talk about what they know o what they would like to know about the topic. In this way I use a big variety of materials in a big variety of ways and I suggest them accompanying with recommendations like videos or additional resources form support. I can collect strengths and weaknesses and give them an immediate feedback coop that enhance future learnings. favorite 4 Vida, Lithuania Vida, Lithuania I'm looking at student activities, talking to them, discussing the reasons for success, or looking for ways to reach it ... favorite_border 0 Eduarda Sousa, Portugal Eduarda Sousa, Portugal I guess the easiest and most efficient way to to this would be by using a simple Google sheet to create a forma or a simple Monkey survey wich could include things like: - hobbies and freetime activities -favourite type of music (as English textbooks tend to grow outdated ...) -favourite singers, actors... -family members -how they like to learn: read?write?listen?speak?... -individual work? pair or group work? -favourite subjects -topics of interest Then I would use the data to organize the class differently according to their personal interest and learning process. This, of course would be the ideal learning scenario but our school system is not prepared for this huge change. Teachers are pressured by curriculum, exams, planning and constant change in educational policies and legislation; classes are too big, often with 28 to 30 students inside a not-so- compfortable classroom; students´ and teachers´ timetables are also an obstacle. Having said that, I continue to believe the change is possible and necessary. Teachers are the change when they stand in front of a class. As far as students´assessment during the process, I give them constant feedback, sometimes more than once a week, both orally or with a sheet our school adopted. favorite 2 Leyla, Turkey Leyla, Turkey At the end of a unit I would ask them to express their feelings about how well they think they learned the unit and how safe they feel about incorporating the unit in their lives. I would ask how I could revise my teaching strategies in the following unit. What went well and what didn't during that particular learning experience. favorite 2 Heidi, Germany Heidi, Germany I would have more time to listen to my students in a class of 28 members.. but sometimes I talk to several of my students (once a week). During lessons I assess with plickers or quizizz, kahoot to see what they understood so far. With plickers I get the data from all students on my tablet and so I know immediately who needs more help or who already understood and can goon favorite 3 Brankica, Croatia Brankica, Croatia I think careful and attentive listening is very important to understand students well. Also, sometimes I ask my students directly whether they have understood what we have been learning. I think surveys might also be a very good idea. When it comes to assessing, I make notes for each of my students, and then later transform them into grades. favorite 3 Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Observation throughout the course is very important. the teacher's perceptions must be constantly open. It is very difficult to make an individual assessment, especially in crowded classes. therefore, the checklist and the lesson plan will help us all to enter the class in a ready way. favorite 1 Bosiljko Bosiljko First, I will talk with them..then if there is a need, I will create some surveys.. favorite 1 Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology offers The opportunity to utilize assessment in a more personalized manner. Bayram uğlu favorite_border 0 Zita K. Zita K. At first, we should find out what our students know, what theywould like to learn. In my classes I plan the lessons to get feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve their learning. I use formative assessment to evaluate students' learning, although students do self-assessment of their learning. favorite 1 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite_border 0 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite 1 Demet - Turkey Demet - Turkey with student observation forms favorite_border 0 Zrinka, Croatia Zrinka, Croatia The conversation is very important in relation to teacher-student. Sometimes you should also talk about things that are not related to the subject, because the student will see that the teacher cares about him and his progress. favorite 1 Maria Rita, Italy Maria Rita, Italy I think the best way to know your students' interests is listening to them actively, especially when they are free to talk about their passions. As to assessment, I try to vary the ways I evaluate their progress throughout the learning process. I like to introduce game-based forms of formative assessment such as digital quizzes. favorite 5 Lídia, Portugal Lídia, Portugal The questioning around the systematic collection of information concerning students' interests and learning preferences and its use for supporting students’ (formal) learning underlies to a great extent the issue of personalized learning. In fact, when we, teachers/educators, manage to depart from a realistic palette of students’ interests and integrate them in our lesson planning, activate them in our teaching practice and assess their contribution to each student’s learning “process-and-products”, we are pretty close to what we aim for. In Module 1 I mentioned systematic communication with my students as being key to my knowledge of their interests, which is true. I also mentioned educational technologies, combined with contexts of student individual and collaborative work as means to obtain information through adequate formative assessment and promote students successful (further) motivated learning. Classroom communication is both multimodal and multifaceted; therefore, it may include informal conversation and more formal strategies like diagnostic activities, covering, for example, interest quizzes, oriented reflection at the beginning and at the end of a learning unit/theme (sometimes in the middle too) among other strategies. As a teacher I rely on systematic diagnostic activities as part of formative assessment to “build bridges” between students’ interests and learning. The scheme below is an attempt to showcase a set of procedures, that enable classroom coverage and provide us (teachers and learners) with valid, updated, reliable information that can be taken into account for matters of self-assessment and hetero-evaluation. As a foreign language teacher, in terms of assessment, I combine results of formal testing in listening, speaking, reading and writing with students’ participation, i.e. contribution to classroom work, degree of commitment and of performance in several learning situations. I rely on observation sheets, learning diaries control, etc. in percentages (attributed to descriptors from the European Framework for Languages) as decided in the School Language Department. My students have access to the information and also take part in self and peer evaluation. Assessment becomes an integrated phase of the learning process and is held by all agents involved along the way. Here's the above mentioned scheme: favorite 1 Audronė, Lithuania Audronė, Lithuania Observation and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students. I have a checklist to observe their motivation and learning in every lesson, so later we can talk and see what's going on and what can be done better. favorite 2 Olivera, Montenegro Olivera, Montenegro I evaluate students' understanding of what I'm teaching using formative worksheets for evaluation. I always ask unexpected and provocative questions to make sure that they can connect what they learn with the state of society, environment, school, ... with their previous knowledge and information. I evaluate student learning throughout the process. Both formative tests and our interviews are included in the evaluation. favorite 2 Aleka, Greece. Aleka, Greece. I have known my oldest students for years and I have carefully listened to them when they're happy, angry or sad; I have watched what makes (most of) them happy and what and I sometimes ask questions in order to get an idea... favorite_border 0 FátimaM, Portugal FátimaM, Portugal I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes a Kahoot or some other type of quiz. I always ask some unexpected and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge and I usually get some "out of the box" answers that allow me to understand them better. favorite 1 Sandra Oliveira, Portugal Sandra Oliveira, Portugal To know my students well I uselly talk to them, in the first place and I pay attention to their expresssions and body language. I did a quizz in november, to understand how my students learn best and what strategy they prefer. In the end of each theme I use formative evaluation. Sometimes I feel the need to start the theme all over again, using new approches! favorite 2 Jorge Estrela, Portugal Jorge Estrela, Portugal Use of SWOT matrix to define the priorities of action and to make a diagnosis of the learning and interests of the different students. This tool can be used in the planning of an activity, as a tool to evaluate learning (evaluating methodologies and tools). favorite 5 Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Jorge Conde Jorge Conde Right now I am using an emoji checklist. If students tick a sad emoji I usually give them an extra task or put them with a partner who has done easily that activity. Regarding assessment I usually ask them to evaluate each other's work with two arguments, one positive and another with a necessary change. I also inform parents constantly when students complete projects (or not). That is the most important aspect - knowing that completing something and trying hard to do so is of great importance. favorite 3 HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 3 Doinita B., Romania Doinita B., Romania I collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences using various tools (questionnaire, checklist) that I apply electronically (Kahoot). I use this information to design learning activities to support students' interests. In the formative assessment I core activities of learning with the evaluation criteria and I apply the appropriate samples to the respective activities. favorite_border 0 Çölban-Turkey Çölban-Turkey The best way for me is to determine the interests and needs of my students. As teachers, I can guide and guide students to develop their daily life skills. favorite 1 sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey First of all ,I try to make my students feel comfortable during my lessons. Because if a student feels free and relaxed he/she shows his real personality.So I catch the chance to identify him/her. favorite 3 Daniela, Italy Daniela, Italy I know what students may like and so I prepare my lesson differently according to their interest. It means what, how and when propose every topic or text. favorite_border 0 Sandra V. Sandra V. The best way to get know students’ interests and learning preferences is to talk to them. ABout everydaylife, their interests, plans for the life, love, hobies...Maybe we can have some personal network to meet and to know each other. It could be on-line but also a small room in school where we can put some items about ourselves. favorite 3 Elsa Martins - Portugal Elsa Martins - Portugal When we think and prepare an activity we should always bear in mind our students’ interests and learning preferences but it has to be in a general basis because it is very difficult to know each student (almost 250 in my case). At the end of each unit there is an evaluation worksheet or a project work related the vocabulary. As the evaluation is continuous in every lesson I try to take notes about the students' participation, the four skills of language and the students' behaviour. They also self assess their behaviour at the end of each lessons. At the end of each term we also use a self-evaluation table where they asses their abilities and social values. In that they also write suggestions of activities favorite 5 Sarah Mallia, Malta Sarah Mallia, Malta I usually observe my students during the first term of school and include ice breakers to get to know each other through games and activities. I also incorporate their interests within writing lessons and Show and Tell presentation. At the beginning I also give them this colourful and child-friendly form to fill in so that I ll get to know them. favorite 2 Irina,Latvia Irina,Latvia I think the best way to learn how students want to learn is to talk to them. Pay attention to their knowledge, abilities, interests. I try to understand how they feel better by learning, while allowing them to experience it. favorite 5 Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ I prepare a survey to know their interests. To know more about them, I often observe them in the classroom or at school while talking their friends/teachers or playing at school garden. In the lessons, sometimes I start with a question to draw their attention to the task or I ask questions in the middle of the lesson to listen them and let them to express themselves. I try to make them active in the lesson. I asses them not only at the end of the unit. Sometimes, I prepare a kahoot quiz, and I asses them while watching them how they joined the quiz with having fun-enjoy. Sometimes I use mindmapping method (by using coogle or just writing on the board). favorite 1 Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR At the end of the matter, he's taking small exams. When I ask questions, I observe their behavior. favorite_border 0 Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania For me, knowing each student is very important. I use the systematic observation of the student on the hole weekend, then I note the strengths and weaknesses. After that week I will plan differentiated activities for each one. favorite 1 Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Surveys could be an useful option to determine the interests of students. It could be delivered systematically at the end of every lesson or unit and after the evaluation process by the teacher, the necessary approach for each student could be implemented. Also one by one speeches could reflect the students thoughts about their current situation and that would be a significant data concerning the learning gaps and giving a vital idea to the teacher to optimize his or her way of approach. I personally prefer to use Web2 based tools such as Kahoot or Quizzes which enable instant feedback of each individual student . They also have fun during the feed back period and I get the necessary data of how far the lesson succeeded for each of them and which students need reinforcement or guidance to move on. favorite 4 Marina, Zadar, Croatia Marina, Zadar, Croatia I always listen to them and I ask lots of questions and try to surprise them. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 8 Lina, CRO Lina, CRO It is important to know your students. Young children (7-8 years) likes to talk about their hobies and what they like to do or learn. For bigger children we can give them a paper to writte about this. favorite 1 Adriana, Romania Adriana, Romania It is important for a teacher to know and understand her / his students. It goes with time... You can not find out in the first lesson for all 30 students in a class. But in time, being close to them, they'll come forward and open themselves to you. Meanwhile, you can try different methods, thinking first at your own learning preferences (as a former student) or your children's learning preferences - if this is the case. favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia It's necessary to change activities and give student different options how can they do tasks and learn in a way that motivates them favorite 4 If you If you favorite_border 0 If you teach If you teach favorite_border 0 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And favorite_border 0 Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. favorite_border 0 Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania For a teacher there is a real challenge to discover the types of learning for his students. But there is also a mastery in it. You can use questionnaires with well-chosen items that lead to the type of learning. You can use the evaluation assessment grids for learning evaluation . favorite 2 Ella, Croatia Ella, Croatia There should be more informal surveys and tasks for students, it could be done through a google classroom or some other tool (maybe padlet) where they could say and post about their interests, hobbies and thought about subject favorite 4 Nicolette, Malta Nicolette, Malta I tend to ask questions to get to know my students better. Also, I like to ask students to think, pair and share with their peers when we are discussing a new topic. Brainstorming and building a map of ideas is also a useful tool which helps me to know where the learners stand in their learning process. favorite 2 Adina Geczi, Romania Adina Geczi, Romania Being 7-8 years old, my students are still innocent and honest, so I can see through their eyes when something it's not right, even if they aren't saying this to me. I'm always refreshing my methods based on their capacity of understanding. Children do tell us what's going on with them, we just have to listen carefully. favorite 1 Slađana Kristek Slađana Kristek I often use Plickers to ask them about their opinion. I like it to suprise them and to make something in the class that is near to them. favorite 1 nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey I use questionaries and brainstorming to assess my students' learning process favorite 1 Barbara Matysek, Poland Barbara Matysek, Poland I think good idea is asking your students what do they like about the learning, what would they like to change, what activities they want more of and what less of. While teaching you can notice which methods work well and which are not the best for the particular group of students. You should use many different methods of teaching taking under consideration different types of your students and their personal preferences. favorite 2 Latife Çeri,Turkey Latife Çeri,Turkey In our books each capter we have an evaluatıon we dont use because our pupils dont like but this year we assess their understanding by using kahoot or socrative.These make them happy and make our lesson more enjoyable favorite_border 0 By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively favorite_border 0 Angelo, Rivoli, Italy Angelo, Rivoli, Italy In my case the adverb "systematically" is a bit excessive. I collect information about my pupils little by little, month after month, sometimes casually. Students are not always likely to reveal details about their non-school life. A useful tool for this purpose is certainly the student's portfolio, but it is complicated to do it by the students, since it is not mandatory. A practice that I use more regularly is to ask the students to produce a logbook to document the process of realization of the works / projects that they carry out for me. favorite 3 Monique Malta Monique Malta favorite_border 0 Mehtap Öz Mehtap Öz I use everything which I can use in class.But I always listen to them and try to surprise them. favorite_border 0 Monique Malta Monique Malta I use questioning techniques to check on what my learners know. At times I make use of very short brainstorming sessions to get my learners on board. This helps me to assess my learners throughout. favorite 2 Željana, Croatia Željana, Croatia I try to think like I"m student , that means their interests. The best way is talking with my students about different themes favorite 3 Mia Mia i'll give them an evaluation paper at the end of the year, so i'll find out certain information. Also, i talk with them a lot. favorite 2 Dilay Dilay I do verbal comprehension checks, review activities with fun educational technology, discussions, and quizes favorite_border 0 n the first module what y n the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now favorite_border 0 Adília, Portugal Adília, Portugal The best way to know about my students’ interests and learning preferences is by asking them ; I can ask them in an informal conversation, usually at the beginning and at the end of each term, or I can ask them to write about it or to go through a check list and tick what they wish. When we’re in the classroom, body language is very important ; we can all recognise when most of our students are not enjoying what we’re doing or not paying attention. Assessing students’ learning should be done every day, but sometimes it is simply not possible. I keep a lot of different assessment grids that I try to use almost every day. An then, of course, at the end of each unit there’s a summative test. favorite 8 Adela Gabriela Adela Gabriela I try to put in my students shoes, to know what kind of interest they have on a topic. favorite 1 Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey I work elementary school I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,reading, writing,painting. favorite 3 Duygu,Turkey Duygu,Turkey I follow eyes of my students while explaining the subject while doing the activities and solving the questions. If I see what they don't understand, I'll work with them one by one. I do little quizzes at the end of the topic. I give feedback on questions they can't do. I give homework according to their interests that will facilitate their learning favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia When it comes to students, attention must be made to their responses to certain tasks, their interests. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. favorite 2 Annibale Italy Annibale Italy I collect the information when I start the activity in particular I focus on hobby. I asses the participants on watching them and after with a selfevaluation made by them. favorite 2 Karela Georgia Karela Georgia In the middle of the lesson I make a survey and ask my students their opinions about the activities. If I understand that the process is not interesting I make changes. favorite 1 Laurrie, RO Laurrie, RO I somehow negotiate with my ss - the coursebook, the level of difficulty, according to their interests, but also taking into consideration the results in the initial tests. favorite 3 Sevda ER-TURKEY Sevda ER-TURKEY I would like to keep more data about it but ı dont do it yet.body languge says o lot ,even more with young kids. favorite_border 0 Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey My pupils are learning a new generation of children because they are learning a new generation of technology. However, they also encounter unnecessary information. Good guidance is required. favorite_border 0 Adeviye Alcıl Turkey Adeviye Alcıl Turkey I follow the interests of my students.When I feel the interest in teaching some subjects, I plan to teach using the field of interest favorite 2 Fatma AVCI, TURKEY Fatma AVCI, TURKEY I'm chatting with my students after lessons and evaluating the day, so I'm learning what activities have attracted more attention. favorite 2 In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments favorite 2 Fernando Mota, Portugal! Fernando Mota, Portugal! At the end of each term, I have a self-report form that is completed by the student, in which I question them about the subjects they liked best and what teaching strategies captivated them most. Another way is through the dialogue I establish with my students about their interests and perspectives in relation to the classes. Taking into account your opinions, I am changing the methodology implemented in the room, so as to meet, as much as possible, the expectations of my students. The assessment of my students' learning is, of course, through the resolution of summative assessment sheets; but also by direct observation in the classroom, through which I assess the posture, commitment and participation in the proposed activities; through the resolution of training and work records; through laboratory and field activities. favorite 3 Michela, Italy Michela, Italy I talk with them and try to catch some of their character's features. I try to vary the assessment type during the process in order to give my students more opportunities to express themselves. favorite 3 Anna, Italy Anna, Italy I ask lots of questions and listen to their questions, then I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 1 Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia In my class i like to have a feedback of learning process.We talk, ask,cooperate and we use a group work, favorite_border 0 Aurora, Slovenia Aurora, Slovenia I observe, talk, ask. I would like to keep more data about it but I don't do it yet. Body languge says a lot, even more with young kids. I would like to learn more about emotional inteligende, multisensoring .... favorite 3 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy In my classes there is cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation. favorite_border 0 Clara, Italy Clara, Italy When I meet a new class, I ask them to tick some simple lists (what I like, what I can do, how I learn best, what I'd like to do in this course). Every now and then, we talk about these things ans see if there are differences. In this way, I try to know them best but, above all, I try to see what they know about themselves. My students are 10-14 and often they themselves don't know who they are. It is very interesting, for me and for them, to take a moment to talk about us as individuals. favorite 4 Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback favorite 3 Sara, Portugal Sara, Portugal In my classes I like to have feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve. I use formative assessment to evaluate student learning, although students also assess their learning. favorite 2 Konstantinos-Greece Konstantinos-Greece We must try to understand how ours students learn, play, feel, collaborate,work, etc with peer in class, in yard and the behavior favorite_border 0 Sofia Tsigara, Greece Sofia Tsigara, Greece I listen very carefully what my students have to say, and what they are interesting for. At the end of the school year we talk about what we have learned, and what we will show to parents during the summer celebration favorite 2 Grazia P., Italy Grazia P., Italy At the beginning of the first year of school I distribute a card "What I need to know about you ... before starting". Through this sheet the kids tell each other: they talk about themselves, about their family, about interests outside of school and about subjects that are more congenial to them. Moreover, as I use a lot of cooperative teaching we spend at least 20 days at the beginning of the year to start cooperative learning. The students perform in small groups activities through which they know each other and allow me to get to know them. The start-up activity is resumed also in the following years as an activity to break the ice to resume the path where we left it before the summer holidays. At the end of the school year I realize a Google forms to ask for feedback to the students and also this activity allows me to know them better and better personalize my teaching by improving and / or modifying something. favorite 7 Andrada, Romania Andrada, Romania My teenage students are old enough to realise what they want and to know what they are interested in. I do pay attention at their behaviour in class, with their colleagues and the other people around them. I speak a lot with my students and by communicating, we get to know each-other better. A very good idea is to simply ask them- orally and in written form. favorite_border 0 Isabel Carioca Isabel Carioca Portugal I must observe all my students while they are working and collect all information about each students. I can use a tablet or my smartphone to collect the information. They need to know as soon as possible how to redirect their work. favorite 2 Mihaela, Romania Mihaela, Romania To help students learn more personalized, offer them alternative themes, or let them choose their own project they want to do and the team they want to work with. If they need help, they point to sources of documentation or help them choose more than one way to solve a task. I ask them to discuss together all the variants they have and the problems they encounter. we communicate with the classroom and are always up to date with what is happening to them favorite 2 Lidija Antolić. Croatia Lidija Antolić. Croatia During my lessons, I pay attention to body language of my pupils. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. When a child is engaged, he/she learns better. I use formative and summative assessment. Oral and written exams. favorite 5 Ana, Portugal Ana, Portugal I tend to have some data tables where I can register some information that is revelant for me to evaluate children and their ways of learning. Each that I write down some information about some of the children that caught my attention (in a positive or negative way). I also have children' portfolio, where they keep their classroom works and where I can see their evolution since the beginning of the year until the end of it. Other thing that I often do is to record students (audio, photos or video) to have some evidences of their learning process. favorite 7 Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Students should be able to use digital tools and technologies for our collaborative processes, and for co-construction and co-creation of resources and knowledge(problem posing/problem solving, learning by doing). Every digital learning objects will be spread using social media and school websites. It’s important netiquette(to be aware of behavioural norms and know-how while using digital technologies and interacting in digital environments.; to adapt communication strategies to the specific audience and to be aware of cultural and generational diversity in digital environments). favorite 1 CROATIA, Suzana CROATIA, Suzana To satisfy students interests and provide personalized activities for each of them, I need to give multiple choice of activities. After they finish the chosen activity it's necessary to check their accomplishmet and give them imediate feed back, so they could be able to examine their choice and be aware of their acquirements. Sometimes, we need to try different possibilities to figure out what's best for us. favorite 1 Catherine, Ireland Catherine, Ireland I think the easiest way to learn about your students interests and how they like to learn is ask. At the end of each course, I like to provide my students with a questionnaire where I ask students what they have liked about my class, what they found useful when learning and any comments they think will improve the class next year. I generally use a mix of formative and summative assessment to ensure that I am checking for learning but also providing students with feedback. favorite 2 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy I think the best way is to pay attention. I assess student's learning by improvment. favorite 2 Sílvia, Portugal Sílvia, Portugal I think the best way to learn how students like to learn is by asking them. Trying to understand how they feel they learn better while simultaneously letting them experience, touch, work with their peers, allowing the use of technologies, experimenting with different environments, ... It is also important to emphasize that the evaluation must be continuous, and must begin as a survey of previous knowledge, going through all stages and activities of the process, until the verification of evolution. Learning is a constant process. favorite 4 Kata, Split-Croatia Kata, Split-Croatia I am a maths teacher in secondary school. I collect informations in a different ways. I watch my pupils behaviour during the class. I talk with them about their interests and problems with tasks. I assess my pupils learning by tests and their activity during the class. This proces is very complex and I try to learm more about it favorite 3 Ankica,Croatia Ankica,Croatia My students are interested in connecting their knowledge to the labor market, so I try to keep track of them. favorite 2 Lucía, Spain Lucía, Spain I try to apply all the knowledge to the real world and I use the phones in class through a virtual classroom where I post the homework and presentations that we do in class. Then I ask you to carry out these activities and send me the solutions through the virtual classroom. favorite 2 Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey To me, we can be clear and negotiate with the students about their interests. We can ask their suggestions about the learning. When they see that their ideas are taken into account, it would make them feel precious. Throughout the whole process I assess every student specifically. I take into consideration their level at the beginning and compare it with the present. I always give immediate feedback to inform them . There are a lot of ways to asses their learning such as playing a board game about the subject, reading, speaking, creative writing, web 2.0 tools etc. favorite 2 Dimitra, Greece Dimitra, Greece I could try some applications or some programmes through which every student can create their own learning profile and i will check these profiles to find out what's been understood or not, what are the difficulties of the students, what goals does every student want to obtain and what are the goals that they have already been obtained. favorite 3 Carla, Portugal Carla, Portugal Being attentive to the behaviors and attitudes of the students, being able to listen to them and to be at their side favorite 5 Maria,Italy Maria,Italy I teach in Primary School I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening, reading, writing favorite 6 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 2 Mirela, Croatia Mirela, Croatia For me, the best way is to pay attention. I work in elementary school and i think that we cal learn a lot about our students just watching them when they don't know that they are being watched. I assess student's learning not just by their grades but also by improvment and devotion from each student. favorite 7 ÖZNUR/TURKEY ÖZNUR/TURKEY I can take advantage of some practicies to support the permanent learning of my students , and in the whole process I take into consideration the age and developmental characteristicsof my students. favorite 4 Ayşin/Turkey Ayşin/Turkey I think I can use the internet and some applications for this.fter this training, I'm sure I'll have more ideas about it. favorite 5 Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece The best way, for me , to collect useful information about my students' interests is to pay attention and listen carefully to what the say and how they behave in school's everyday life. favorite 11

HAKAN DOĞAN Sivas/TURKEY

2019-01-30 11:47:31 UTC

I usually do a test to know what my students' already know. And then I try to prepare activities.

HAKAN DO

2019-01-30 11:47:31 UTC

Ecem, İzmir

ecemaknt — 2019-01-30 12:45:20 UTC

I can use summative and formative tools both in my assessment process. When we finish the unit or project, I can simply ask them if they like it or not or I can prepare a simple checklist to use every unit, to see which activity they like most, or I can ask them to write down what do they actually want to learn in the unit. While in learning process, we can prepare a learning diary together like we do here, and they write about their actual opinion or what they have learnt there. With this way I can assess them.

YASİN TABANLI

2019-01-30 13:00:45 UTC

In the history class, I would like to ask all my students to fill them up according to the topics by giving them mute maps. Thus, I aim to learn by doing.

Feruze from Turkey

2019-01-30 13:10:00 UTC

At the beginning of the term I chat with my students about their interests and I select my teaching methods according to them. If a method doesn’t work I change it. Sometimes I use some surveys and decide to use new methodologies

2019-01-30 13:16:03 UTC

Feruze from Turkey at the Feruze from Turkey at the At the beginning of the term I chat with my students about their interests and I select my teaching methods according to them. If a method doesn’t work I change it. Sometimes I use some surveys and decide to use new methodologies favorite_border 0 YASİN TABANLI YASİN TABANLI In the history class, I would like to ask all my students to fill them up according to the topics by giving them mute maps. Thus, I aim to learn by doing. favorite_border 0 Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey F Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey At the beginning of the term, it is the best to give learners a survey about their interests and preferences and use this info to adapt our teaching accordingly. In order to provide systematic checking, mid-term assessment and survey done by learners would show if our teaching works or not. Also, I think having the same group of learners for the following next 4 years and teach them could give a teacher big advantage. favorite_border 0 Neslihan, Turkiye Neslihan, Turkiye I can use formative assesment. I can also use the scale of interest. This can be in the form of a survey. favorite_border 0 Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey I examine their interests and organize surveys. favorite 1 Teresa M., Spain Teresa M., Spain I use formative and summative assessment with my students. Every year I change my school so I adapt myself to the circumstances... favorite_border 0 Derya Saltan, Turkey Derya Saltan, Turkey I use formative assesments and communicative methods favorite 1 Soraya, Portugal Soraya, Portugal As I am working with very young children, I use the "thumbs up or thumbs down" at the end of each lesson to have students' feedback. At the end of each unit I use worksheets with smiles for them to do their self-evaluation. We discuss for a while about what they can do with what they have learned. To get to know their preferences and interests I also talk with them. I also give them formative tests by the end of each unit. favorite 3 Aldina Balsa | Portugal Aldina Balsa | Portugal To collect information I promote Team Work and that allows me to know each student better, and sometimes I use Mentimeter to easily get some responses about a subject. To assess I also use Kahoot, Google drive forms, ... favorite_border 0 Ana, Croatia Ana, Croatia I always try to formative assess my students, always making sure they understood what we're talking about. If I see they don't understand or that only someone doesn't understtand, it's important to step back and have it all over. Often students have a fear of making mistakes and that's not good. It,s normal making mistakes and we can't learn without making them. Everytime I'm given a new group of students, I spend some time to explain them that but also explaining them that I'm not interester in sumative assessment at the end of semester or something like that, but I follow their path and help the grow along the way. Every teacher sees their sttudents and can assesse them throughout the whole learning process. favorite_border 0 I usually ask why to I usually ask why to assess their learning process during or after the subject is completed favorite_border 0 Ayşenur,Turkey Ayşenur,Turkey I'm trying new medots with my students.I get nice feedback when my students like the kind of activities I like. favorite_border 0 Cecília, Portugal Cecília, Portugal I systematically collect this information through: communication with them during the practice of teaching; meetings with parents; inventory of skills; interest checklist; Self-assessment, reflecting each student on their work. I evaluate learning throughout the process, using diverse methodologies and tasks that favors reflection on the work done and what they need to overcome the difficulties: Weekly class assemblies; Interactive evaluation with registration grids filled out by the students themselves; Self-evaluation form; Monthly formative assessment sheets. favorite 2 Teresa Lacerda, Portugal Teresa Lacerda, Portugal I make some surveys to know about interests, hobbies, and students skills. I use the collaborative work, online portefolio, peers-avaliation, lab work, project work (eTwinning) and write tests to evaluate students favorite 1 Anita,Croatia Anita,Croatia I do not use surveys and formative estimates. At the beginning of the school year, you could collect this information more systematically through the survey and questions of how you want to learn my subject, why it's interesting and useful in life ... If they are easy to learn and have good grades, they have a lot of motivation, but that's a bit. Mostly difficult to adopt many facts that are not interesting to them, it is harder for them to learn and lose motivation. It's easier to use different learning strategies and have more practical work and connect with real life. favorite 1 Charo, Spain Charo, Spain I usually evaluate projects and I use methods of learning by objectives and projects favorite_border 0 Susana Carneiro, Portugal Susana Carneiro, Portugal My favourite tool is Seesaw, where my students create their learning portfolio, chosing their best work and skills. We also use lots of self assessment and peer feedback and rubrics to the soft skills. favorite 1 Elena, Italy Elena, Italy I consider formative assessment fundamental for the learning process. With the help pf ICT it’s possible a form a self-assessment by means of online quizzes on the web, Kahoot, and Google form. By means of a rubric it is possible to assess projects considering also soft skills, in particular creativity, communication, collaboration and content curation. I propose debates, roleplays , short speeches ( similar to Ted talks) so that it’s possible to assess their critical thinking and communicative skills. Students are asked to give a feedback of the activity proposed so that I can readjust strategies during the learning process. favorite 3 Jasna, Croatia Jasna, Croatia I usually talk to my students to find out what their interests are. Sometimes, they write about themselves and that is the way of learning about them and also a chance to evaluate their writing skills. favorite 3 Rute Vieira , Portugal Rute Vieira , Portugal The formative evaluation is undoubtedly relevant since it should allow the students to perceive where they should still improve, so as to become aware of what they still need to improve and to the teacher as it allows them to rethink their practices in order to find strategies to reach each individual student . In my work I usually go to interactive platforms that allow me to evaluate the various skills. For example, I refer to ClassDojo to assess attitudes and behaviors, which allows students to know where they should improve or deepen. In Socrative I do individualized exercises for the students and, at the moment, already have the feedback of their learning. I also turn to Forms (from office 365) where students also answer the questions on their tablet. I also think it is important to do a self-assessment and self-assessment of student performance and do it when, for example, they do project work and students say what they have learned from peers and give suggestions for improvement or activities they would like most to develop. favorite 3 Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey In order to be aware of students' interests and learning process, observation and interaction is quite necessary. Having frequent conversations with students and observing them help a lot. When it comes to the assessing their learning throughout the whole process, I apply some vocabulary quizzez at the end of each unit. Also, I have"question and answer" times during my class. I give them some projects they can reveal what they learn. favorite 1 Carmen,León Carmen,León In my teaching, I use different tools to get information about my students' interests; sometimes it's simply by talking to them. I can use as an excuse any text we are reading to start off an informal conversation. Sometimes, I ask them to write about themselves because some students feel more comfortable when they have to write. Another tool I use is the checklist, similar to the ones presented in this module, only a bit more simplified. They are always encouraged to suggest and propose activities which I may take into consideration (or not), it depends: they may choose a song or a film they like,for example, but it has to be approppriate and respectful . At the end of each semester, I ask them to rate the activities we have done and I reconsider whether they are worth using them or not in the future. As for their assessment,again I use a variety of tools: exams, writings, quizzes,essays, power points, summaries, roleplays... favorite 2 Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal The whole concept of education leads us to assessment. We have, thus, two forms of assessment: summative and informal. At the end of each term we have to grade our students according to their performance at school, but every day, in class, all we do, all they do is a form of assessing whether they are learning or not. And this, for me, is the one I truly care about. In fact, our students today are very different from the ones we were 30 years ago. This is why we have to adapt to new technologies and put them at the students’ disposal to empower their learning. To know more about my students interests and learning preferences I talk to them in and outside the classroom about the things that are present in their daily life, the ones they enjoy doing and the ones they do because they are told to, I encourage them to decorate the classroom with things they like, and that are in accordance with out topics, which in the 7th grade (level 3) is easy because we talk about personal ID, families, houses, jobs, school, city and country life. I usually start the lesson by asking them some personal questions and I am not only revising the topic but also collecting information about themselves. For upper grade students I like to spend some time working with the speaking skill and we look over the curriculum topics, but I encourage them to express their opinions and make suggestions of how we can deal with these topics. It’s easier because they have been my students for 6 years and I know their likes and preferences because we speak a lot not only as teacher/student but on a friendly basis. Obviously, that we also have to do more formal activities, so I make padlets with them, we play some games I do on Kahoot, do quizzes on Socrative/Google Forms to see if they are following the topic. And they like these because they have an immediate answer. For the older ones, my favourite approach is PBL because it enriches their skills by working collaboratively and developing their creativity and eagerness of the world. favorite 2 Mira, Croatia Mira, Croatia n my practice, I combine formative and summative assessment. I use the formative assessment daily in all the subjects I submit. Sometimes this is just the information I tell the students during their activities, sometimes a group work or self-assessment list, short-term exams, Kahoot, Plickers, Quizzis, lists where students are writing what they know, what they learned and what they want to learn. .. There are a lot of ways I combine depending on the activity and age of the pupil but also on the curriculum (eg. different for Nature and Society and for Physical and Health Culture). favorite 1 Gamze, Turkey Gamze, Turkey In my first lessons at the begining of the year I try to talk my students, ask them questions about their interests and opinions about mathematics. And then in the lessons I always pay attention on their undrestanding levels. I pick some students to solve the questions on the board in the lessons. favorite_border 0 Carla Carla I have frequent talks to my pupils and I let them speak about their interests and about their life. It is a good practice with the foreign language and they can share a lot about themselves. favorite 1 Zvonko, Serbia Zvonko, Serbia We usually play Kahoot quiz at the very end of class. On this way I use formative assessment. favorite_border 0 definitely definitely favorite_border 0 Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal With the aim of personalise the learning environment, teachers need to have a genuine and comprehensive understanding of students’ interests and learning preferences. This means they should be aware of their academic strengths and weakness, adjusting lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. In early ages, the best way to do it is establishing a close and affectionate relationship, using observation during lessons, quizzes, worksheets and sincere conversations to approach students’ interests. I used to create a Portfolio with my students. Portfolio is the documentation of students’ learning process and evidence of their progress into paper. In their portfolio, students state their learning goal, plan their strategies to attain their goal, show the evidence of their attainment by collecting their work into their paper, and evaluate their learning process. It is hoped that through this process, they learn to make decisions on what they need to learn, how to learn, and how to evaluate their learning with teacher and peers’ cooperation. I also use a “Diário de Turma” where students write what they like to do and what they do not like, the activities developed during that week and suggest activities that will be discuss at the end of the week, in a space called “Conselho de Cooperação Educativa”. They serve as a guide for students in making choices and in demonstrating how they organize, create, strategize, and reflect their learning. Ultimately, portfolios allow students to assume responsibility for their own learning and provide evidence of their progress toward meeting their goals as learners, supporting formative evaluation. I do not use much technology to collect information more systematically and make better use of it to support or assess my students’ learning. From what I read from my colleagues’ contributions it is possible to use Plickers, Quizizz or Kahoot and I definitely will try it. favorite 5 Carla, Italy Carla, Italy I usually assess my students learning with frequent short tests made of a mix of multiple choice questions and open ended questions, and that makes 75% of the evaluation; the remaining 25% comes from everyday observation of students' cooperation, interest, committment, social skills. favorite 3 Edita, Croatia Edita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a opportunity to improve student learning. I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school work for summative assessment. favorite 3 AYŞİN /TURKEY AYŞİN /TURKEY Iam trying different methotds some times doing experiment.Some times make a activites wish my kids . favorite 1 Alina, Romania Alina, Romania I'm trying to help them first by giving them precise tasks and every time I try to give them a domain where they can use what they teach and what they need to know. favorite_border 0 Maria Blanco – Spain Maria Blanco – Spain I would give them an initial test asking for their interests, hobbies, favorite singers etc. and try to incorporate their likes into the lesson plans. Also the test would incorporate questions to give information about their learning style, and take this into consideration when planning as well. favorite_border 0 Hacer,Turkey Hacer,Turkey I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself favorite 1 Ali CEM Ali CEM To place students in the center of the learning process and act together. favorite_border 0 Maria, Larissa Greece Maria, Larissa Greece I think that working in small groups, helps students to know better and help each other and the results are fantastic! favorite 2 Melita, Croatia Melita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Better students help the weaker, the coutent we associate with everyday life. favorite 2 José María, Spain José María, Spain I love the idea of asking the questions of the tests shown above. I think it's an excellent way to start a mutual understanding. Later, the best way to do it is to talk personally with each student and agree on the best ways to guide him or her until the objectives are met. favorite 3 Derya Ümüş CEM, Derya Ümüş CEM, favorite_border 0 Sandra Oliveira Sandra Oliveira I think that the better way to understand student needs and interests is to talk to them! At the endo of each unit they have to complete a formative test; I also use plickers in a rotine way. Writen tests represent 50% of the final grade; lab skills and others skills are taken into account. They have to do group work nad reflect about their own learning and build their own padlet. During each lesson I pay attention to students to support and help them solve problems. favorite 1 Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY I follow my students during lessons and I want them to cooperate with each other. favorite 2 I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. favorite 2 We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types favorite_border 0 Renata, Zadar Renata, Zadar I follow my students during lessons and practicing. We discus problems, searching for answers in conversation, and I notice solving problem competence. Also, I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school-work with occasionally bigger exams for sumative assessment. On the end of the year I give survey to my pupils so they can asses my teaching. favorite 5 Erhan Arslan Erhan Arslan We cooperate for learning and teaching together. We support each other and help to be more creative favorite 1 I use the formative I use the formative assessment and self-evaluation more often favorite 1 Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU I do tests to determine how my students can learn favorite 1 Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece My students set the subject they want to learn Every time a different subject depends on their interestings favorite_border 0 Elena Quiles Elena Quiles I would collect that information asking my students their likes and preferences or with a survey like the one showed in D2Learn. I will carry out formative assessment because from my point of view, it is the most effective way to assess learners and so that they can progress and learn fro their mistakes. However, I would sometimes use sumative assessment too, but the principal one would be formative. favorite 3 Alina Romania Alina Romania We cooperate and suport student in their work. They are encouraged to be creative. The teacher leads the students, create strategies. favorite 1 Salva. Spain Salva. Spain I plan my teaching based on the interests and needs of my students. However, I use the book as a guide in my classes. In addition, at the end of each unit I assess my students with a test or exam so that they know their level of competence and what they should improve. On the other hand, these results help me to know if what I am teaching them understand or not. In this way I change or adapt my teaching to their needs favorite 3 Mia Mia I combine formative and summative evaluation. Also, I like to use digital tools and teaching materials. It is interesting and easy for students to learn. favorite 2 Patrícia Campos, Portugal Patrícia Campos, Portugal I think technology gives us powerfull tools to collect information in a more systematic, fast ans easier way. Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Mentimeter, Padlet, Ted-Ed and many other digital apps/plataforms allows us to collect data and immediate feedback for students. It would be great to direct students for different activities according to their results. Assessment should be made according to the number of obstacles that each one had to overlap. favorite 3 Hakan Can Hakan Can I believe that formative assessment is a very important step towards personalized learning. Throughout the teaching and learning process, I use a lot of formal assessments. I send work papers, activities, tests to my students through "eba.gov.tr". I can follow their work online on this site. I can see which landa is missing which student to conclude online tracking. favorite 1 Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal I usually collect the information on my students’ interests and learning preferences at the beginning of the school year and I try to keep updated on this subject by building up a close relationship with the students, based on confidence and sympathy. I make constant use of formative assessment, which allows an ongoing student reflection, expressed in their self-assessment and peer-assessment. favorite 1 Emma Giurlani Italy Emma Giurlani Italy As Lilia from Portugal says, formative assessment is a very important step toward personalised learning. I use it a lot throughout the whole process of teaching and learning as through formal assessment I can readapt my teaching procedures and redirect learning approach to strategies and contents. As my students are between 14 and 19 years old, I often ask my students to create activities for their mates in order to check learning process and learned contents .It allows a relaxed atmosphere and reflection upon their strategies and learning habits. At the same time they learn to assess their own work and to accept to be assessed in the same fair and constructive way. We also try to create together some grids which can help us assess the work which has been done , its effectiveness. We use RUBISTAR to create grids and many tools to create activities and materials for formative assessment, like quizlet, https://quizizz.com/ kahoot, learning apps, trello...we also use google forms to create surveys or padlet and doodles favorite 3 Lília, Portugal Lília, Portugal I consider that formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. As we move towards more student centered and personalized learning environments, it is essential that we go beyond summative assessing to formative assessment which must be embedded within the lesson and gives teachers and students an immediate feedback loop that enhances learning. Formative assessment certainly looks different in different classrooms, but the purpose always remains the same, so it should occur frequently, be ongoing and embedded, provide useful data, inform and redirect practice, provide immediate feedback for teachers and students and include formal and informal assessments of knowledge. Since I don’t have access to a lot of technologies in my classroom, I frequently make general checks for all the class, in order to understand where they are at, allowing students to practice in low risk environments and giving me the information needed to adjust lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. However, I would like to use more technology because it offers the opportunity to utilize formative assessment in a more personalized manner, while increasing teacher efficiency. favorite 6 António, Portugal António, Portugal I tend to use the direct interaction as a primary source of knowledge of my students skills and interests. I allready tried to use some pre-made checklists but they are almost all thought for high level education and university education, not 5th/6th grade as is the case of my students. favorite 1 D., Croatia D., Croatia If we want all students to reach higher standards of learning, productivity is key. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a big opportunity to improve student learning. favorite_border 0 Violeta Cumak, Lithuania Violeta Cumak, Lithuania I am working in non-formal education centre, where pupils have spacies for developing their hobbies, personal, educational and social competences, for a better understanding of their own selves and of their world, to prepare to deal with daily problems. In order to provide a personalized path, we have to first understand students’ strengths and weakness and the formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. But the assesment methodologies are typically not very well adapted to the context of many non-formal education programs. Most assesment methodologies are not sufficiently adapted to be useable by practitioners as a part of their on-going development of nonformal education programs.The assesment in activities of our centre for example can be when a pupil finish two-three weeks job- the building of ship model, and the model is able to move on the water. It is a result and an assesment. favorite 2 Anita, Croatia Anita, Croatia By frequent quizzes, self-assessment and peer assessment, surveys and of course constant open discussion. I keep a log for each child detailing their progress which is a great help to me and them. favorite 3 Temel Gövce Turkey Temel Gövce Turkey Students observation forms, my observation during lessons, quizes, worksheets and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students.I always ask keyword and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge. I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes some other type of quiz. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Esada Čirić-Delić Esada Čirić-Delić I use both formative and summative assessment. I see my teenage students twice a week so I rely on a direct communication with them as well as the assistance of the support staff. It is easier with young learners as I see them more often than teenagers and I have more time and opportunities to connect. In case of teenagers I use online tools on BYOD to get more accurate assessment on their interests and progress. favorite_border 0 Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Besides the short formative assessment that textbooks have at the end of each unit, we should promote formative self-assessment more frequently during each module /topic unit. What textbooks have is not sufficient and certainly not personalized. It deals solely with contents that have been acquired and appears as a final activity. I have never worked with a textbook that has a formative awareness before starting the topic unit. Therefore, that has to be provided by the teacher and if we do it on a regular basis, students will get personalized learning, assessment, effective feedback and will be able to apply new knowledge in other contexts and in their lives. The checklists provided above are very useful in order to lead us into a holistic understanding of each student. I usually use simple “thumbs up, thumbs down” with younger students but I have never used OpenEd as an assessing tool with my students. I will certainly try it out! I’m grateful or all the checklists you have provided us! The will be useful! favorite 2 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 1m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 103 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK HEVAL DURAK favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK TURKEY HEVAL DURAK TURKEY I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,painting. favorite_border 0 Antonino, Portugal Antonino, Portugal The current school has to change. It can no longer keep up with the profound changes that have been taking place in recent decades. Societies have changed significantly and the school model has remained largely unchanged. The transmissive model of learning in which the teacher is the main actor still predominates. The student of today has very diversified interests and it is increasingly important to direct the learning according to the interests of each student. The formative evaluation plays a fundamental role in that it allows to monitor the process of teaching and learning. ● In my teaching activities information is collected through spreadsheets using Excel to systematize all information. This process allows students to be known in general; ● In order to have a deeper knowledge of students' interests, field and laboratory activities are developed in the design modality or by directed questions in order to promote a constant interactivity between the students and the teacher and the students; ● I try to systematically make learning tokens for direct questions or forms on google so that students can respond through their mobile phones; ● I also turn to oral questions addressed at the beginning of each lesson on the subject that was treated in previous classes; ● I ask students to construct questions to put into the next class of classmates, and even if they do not have an immediate answer, they may be useful for future research. ● The final evaluation of each period is still done in a traditional way. However, there is a high percentage in the calculation of the final classification that involves the acquisition of skills and behavior and not only knowledge. favorite 7 Camino, España Camino, España I use formative and summative assessment with my students to learn throughout the whole process. To formative assessment, I usually ask a lot of questions to give them the opportunity to talk about what they know o what they would like to know about the topic. In this way I use a big variety of materials in a big variety of ways and I suggest them accompanying with recommendations like videos or additional resources form support. I can collect strengths and weaknesses and give them an immediate feedback coop that enhance future learnings. favorite 4 Vida, Lithuania Vida, Lithuania I'm looking at student activities, talking to them, discussing the reasons for success, or looking for ways to reach it ... favorite_border 0 Eduarda Sousa, Portugal Eduarda Sousa, Portugal I guess the easiest and most efficient way to to this would be by using a simple Google sheet to create a forma or a simple Monkey survey wich could include things like: - hobbies and freetime activities -favourite type of music (as English textbooks tend to grow outdated ...) -favourite singers, actors... -family members -how they like to learn: read?write?listen?speak?... -individual work? pair or group work? -favourite subjects -topics of interest Then I would use the data to organize the class differently according to their personal interest and learning process. This, of course would be the ideal learning scenario but our school system is not prepared for this huge change. Teachers are pressured by curriculum, exams, planning and constant change in educational policies and legislation; classes are too big, often with 28 to 30 students inside a not-so- compfortable classroom; students´ and teachers´ timetables are also an obstacle. Having said that, I continue to believe the change is possible and necessary. Teachers are the change when they stand in front of a class. As far as students´assessment during the process, I give them constant feedback, sometimes more than once a week, both orally or with a sheet our school adopted. favorite 2 Leyla, Turkey Leyla, Turkey At the end of a unit I would ask them to express their feelings about how well they think they learned the unit and how safe they feel about incorporating the unit in their lives. I would ask how I could revise my teaching strategies in the following unit. What went well and what didn't during that particular learning experience. favorite 2 Heidi, Germany Heidi, Germany I would have more time to listen to my students in a class of 28 members.. but sometimes I talk to several of my students (once a week). During lessons I assess with plickers or quizizz, kahoot to see what they understood so far. With plickers I get the data from all students on my tablet and so I know immediately who needs more help or who already understood and can goon favorite 3 Brankica, Croatia Brankica, Croatia I think careful and attentive listening is very important to understand students well. Also, sometimes I ask my students directly whether they have understood what we have been learning. I think surveys might also be a very good idea. When it comes to assessing, I make notes for each of my students, and then later transform them into grades. favorite 3 Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Observation throughout the course is very important. the teacher's perceptions must be constantly open. It is very difficult to make an individual assessment, especially in crowded classes. therefore, the checklist and the lesson plan will help us all to enter the class in a ready way. favorite 1 Bosiljko Bosiljko First, I will talk with them..then if there is a need, I will create some surveys.. favorite 1 Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology offers The opportunity to utilize assessment in a more personalized manner. Bayram uğlu favorite_border 0 Zita K. Zita K. At first, we should find out what our students know, what theywould like to learn. In my classes I plan the lessons to get feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve their learning. I use formative assessment to evaluate students' learning, although students do self-assessment of their learning. favorite 1 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite_border 0 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite 1 Demet - Turkey Demet - Turkey with student observation forms favorite_border 0 Zrinka, Croatia Zrinka, Croatia The conversation is very important in relation to teacher-student. Sometimes you should also talk about things that are not related to the subject, because the student will see that the teacher cares about him and his progress. favorite 1 Maria Rita, Italy Maria Rita, Italy I think the best way to know your students' interests is listening to them actively, especially when they are free to talk about their passions. As to assessment, I try to vary the ways I evaluate their progress throughout the learning process. I like to introduce game-based forms of formative assessment such as digital quizzes. favorite 5 Lídia, Portugal Lídia, Portugal The questioning around the systematic collection of information concerning students' interests and learning preferences and its use for supporting students’ (formal) learning underlies to a great extent the issue of personalized learning. In fact, when we, teachers/educators, manage to depart from a realistic palette of students’ interests and integrate them in our lesson planning, activate them in our teaching practice and assess their contribution to each student’s learning “process-and-products”, we are pretty close to what we aim for. In Module 1 I mentioned systematic communication with my students as being key to my knowledge of their interests, which is true. I also mentioned educational technologies, combined with contexts of student individual and collaborative work as means to obtain information through adequate formative assessment and promote students successful (further) motivated learning. Classroom communication is both multimodal and multifaceted; therefore, it may include informal conversation and more formal strategies like diagnostic activities, covering, for example, interest quizzes, oriented reflection at the beginning and at the end of a learning unit/theme (sometimes in the middle too) among other strategies. As a teacher I rely on systematic diagnostic activities as part of formative assessment to “build bridges” between students’ interests and learning. The scheme below is an attempt to showcase a set of procedures, that enable classroom coverage and provide us (teachers and learners) with valid, updated, reliable information that can be taken into account for matters of self-assessment and hetero-evaluation. As a foreign language teacher, in terms of assessment, I combine results of formal testing in listening, speaking, reading and writing with students’ participation, i.e. contribution to classroom work, degree of commitment and of performance in several learning situations. I rely on observation sheets, learning diaries control, etc. in percentages (attributed to descriptors from the European Framework for Languages) as decided in the School Language Department. My students have access to the information and also take part in self and peer evaluation. Assessment becomes an integrated phase of the learning process and is held by all agents involved along the way. Here's the above mentioned scheme: favorite 1 Audronė, Lithuania Audronė, Lithuania Observation and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students. I have a checklist to observe their motivation and learning in every lesson, so later we can talk and see what's going on and what can be done better. favorite 2 Olivera, Montenegro Olivera, Montenegro I evaluate students' understanding of what I'm teaching using formative worksheets for evaluation. I always ask unexpected and provocative questions to make sure that they can connect what they learn with the state of society, environment, school, ... with their previous knowledge and information. I evaluate student learning throughout the process. Both formative tests and our interviews are included in the evaluation. favorite 2 Aleka, Greece. Aleka, Greece. I have known my oldest students for years and I have carefully listened to them when they're happy, angry or sad; I have watched what makes (most of) them happy and what and I sometimes ask questions in order to get an idea... favorite_border 0 FátimaM, Portugal FátimaM, Portugal I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes a Kahoot or some other type of quiz. I always ask some unexpected and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge and I usually get some "out of the box" answers that allow me to understand them better. favorite 1 Sandra Oliveira, Portugal Sandra Oliveira, Portugal To know my students well I uselly talk to them, in the first place and I pay attention to their expresssions and body language. I did a quizz in november, to understand how my students learn best and what strategy they prefer. In the end of each theme I use formative evaluation. Sometimes I feel the need to start the theme all over again, using new approches! favorite 2 Jorge Estrela, Portugal Jorge Estrela, Portugal Use of SWOT matrix to define the priorities of action and to make a diagnosis of the learning and interests of the different students. This tool can be used in the planning of an activity, as a tool to evaluate learning (evaluating methodologies and tools). favorite 5 Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Jorge Conde Jorge Conde Right now I am using an emoji checklist. If students tick a sad emoji I usually give them an extra task or put them with a partner who has done easily that activity. Regarding assessment I usually ask them to evaluate each other's work with two arguments, one positive and another with a necessary change. I also inform parents constantly when students complete projects (or not). That is the most important aspect - knowing that completing something and trying hard to do so is of great importance. favorite 3 HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 3 Doinita B., Romania Doinita B., Romania I collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences using various tools (questionnaire, checklist) that I apply electronically (Kahoot). I use this information to design learning activities to support students' interests. In the formative assessment I core activities of learning with the evaluation criteria and I apply the appropriate samples to the respective activities. favorite_border 0 Çölban-Turkey Çölban-Turkey The best way for me is to determine the interests and needs of my students. As teachers, I can guide and guide students to develop their daily life skills. favorite 1 sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey First of all ,I try to make my students feel comfortable during my lessons. Because if a student feels free and relaxed he/she shows his real personality.So I catch the chance to identify him/her. favorite 3 Daniela, Italy Daniela, Italy I know what students may like and so I prepare my lesson differently according to their interest. It means what, how and when propose every topic or text. favorite_border 0 Sandra V. Sandra V. The best way to get know students’ interests and learning preferences is to talk to them. ABout everydaylife, their interests, plans for the life, love, hobies...Maybe we can have some personal network to meet and to know each other. It could be on-line but also a small room in school where we can put some items about ourselves. favorite 3 Elsa Martins - Portugal Elsa Martins - Portugal When we think and prepare an activity we should always bear in mind our students’ interests and learning preferences but it has to be in a general basis because it is very difficult to know each student (almost 250 in my case). At the end of each unit there is an evaluation worksheet or a project work related the vocabulary. As the evaluation is continuous in every lesson I try to take notes about the students' participation, the four skills of language and the students' behaviour. They also self assess their behaviour at the end of each lessons. At the end of each term we also use a self-evaluation table where they asses their abilities and social values. In that they also write suggestions of activities favorite 5 Sarah Mallia, Malta Sarah Mallia, Malta I usually observe my students during the first term of school and include ice breakers to get to know each other through games and activities. I also incorporate their interests within writing lessons and Show and Tell presentation. At the beginning I also give them this colourful and child-friendly form to fill in so that I ll get to know them. favorite 2 Irina,Latvia Irina,Latvia I think the best way to learn how students want to learn is to talk to them. Pay attention to their knowledge, abilities, interests. I try to understand how they feel better by learning, while allowing them to experience it. favorite 5 Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ I prepare a survey to know their interests. To know more about them, I often observe them in the classroom or at school while talking their friends/teachers or playing at school garden. In the lessons, sometimes I start with a question to draw their attention to the task or I ask questions in the middle of the lesson to listen them and let them to express themselves. I try to make them active in the lesson. I asses them not only at the end of the unit. Sometimes, I prepare a kahoot quiz, and I asses them while watching them how they joined the quiz with having fun-enjoy. Sometimes I use mindmapping method (by using coogle or just writing on the board). favorite 1 Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR At the end of the matter, he's taking small exams. When I ask questions, I observe their behavior. favorite_border 0 Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania For me, knowing each student is very important. I use the systematic observation of the student on the hole weekend, then I note the strengths and weaknesses. After that week I will plan differentiated activities for each one. favorite 1 Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Surveys could be an useful option to determine the interests of students. It could be delivered systematically at the end of every lesson or unit and after the evaluation process by the teacher, the necessary approach for each student could be implemented. Also one by one speeches could reflect the students thoughts about their current situation and that would be a significant data concerning the learning gaps and giving a vital idea to the teacher to optimize his or her way of approach. I personally prefer to use Web2 based tools such as Kahoot or Quizzes which enable instant feedback of each individual student . They also have fun during the feed back period and I get the necessary data of how far the lesson succeeded for each of them and which students need reinforcement or guidance to move on. favorite 4 Marina, Zadar, Croatia Marina, Zadar, Croatia I always listen to them and I ask lots of questions and try to surprise them. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 8 Lina, CRO Lina, CRO It is important to know your students. Young children (7-8 years) likes to talk about their hobies and what they like to do or learn. For bigger children we can give them a paper to writte about this. favorite 1 Adriana, Romania Adriana, Romania It is important for a teacher to know and understand her / his students. It goes with time... You can not find out in the first lesson for all 30 students in a class. But in time, being close to them, they'll come forward and open themselves to you. Meanwhile, you can try different methods, thinking first at your own learning preferences (as a former student) or your children's learning preferences - if this is the case. favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia It's necessary to change activities and give student different options how can they do tasks and learn in a way that motivates them favorite 4 If you If you favorite_border 0 If you teach If you teach favorite_border 0 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And favorite_border 0 Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. favorite_border 0 Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania For a teacher there is a real challenge to discover the types of learning for his students. But there is also a mastery in it. You can use questionnaires with well-chosen items that lead to the type of learning. You can use the evaluation assessment grids for learning evaluation . favorite 2 Ella, Croatia Ella, Croatia There should be more informal surveys and tasks for students, it could be done through a google classroom or some other tool (maybe padlet) where they could say and post about their interests, hobbies and thought about subject favorite 4 Nicolette, Malta Nicolette, Malta I tend to ask questions to get to know my students better. Also, I like to ask students to think, pair and share with their peers when we are discussing a new topic. Brainstorming and building a map of ideas is also a useful tool which helps me to know where the learners stand in their learning process. favorite 2 Adina Geczi, Romania Adina Geczi, Romania Being 7-8 years old, my students are still innocent and honest, so I can see through their eyes when something it's not right, even if they aren't saying this to me. I'm always refreshing my methods based on their capacity of understanding. Children do tell us what's going on with them, we just have to listen carefully. favorite 1 Slađana Kristek Slađana Kristek I often use Plickers to ask them about their opinion. I like it to suprise them and to make something in the class that is near to them. favorite 1 nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey I use questionaries and brainstorming to assess my students' learning process favorite 1 Barbara Matysek, Poland Barbara Matysek, Poland I think good idea is asking your students what do they like about the learning, what would they like to change, what activities they want more of and what less of. While teaching you can notice which methods work well and which are not the best for the particular group of students. You should use many different methods of teaching taking under consideration different types of your students and their personal preferences. favorite 2 Latife Çeri,Turkey Latife Çeri,Turkey In our books each capter we have an evaluatıon we dont use because our pupils dont like but this year we assess their understanding by using kahoot or socrative.These make them happy and make our lesson more enjoyable favorite_border 0 By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively favorite_border 0 Angelo, Rivoli, Italy Angelo, Rivoli, Italy In my case the adverb "systematically" is a bit excessive. I collect information about my pupils little by little, month after month, sometimes casually. Students are not always likely to reveal details about their non-school life. A useful tool for this purpose is certainly the student's portfolio, but it is complicated to do it by the students, since it is not mandatory. A practice that I use more regularly is to ask the students to produce a logbook to document the process of realization of the works / projects that they carry out for me. favorite 3 Monique Malta Monique Malta favorite_border 0 Mehtap Öz Mehtap Öz I use everything which I can use in class.But I always listen to them and try to surprise them. favorite_border 0 Monique Malta Monique Malta I use questioning techniques to check on what my learners know. At times I make use of very short brainstorming sessions to get my learners on board. This helps me to assess my learners throughout. favorite 2 Željana, Croatia Željana, Croatia I try to think like I"m student , that means their interests. The best way is talking with my students about different themes favorite 3 Mia Mia i'll give them an evaluation paper at the end of the year, so i'll find out certain information. Also, i talk with them a lot. favorite 2 Dilay Dilay I do verbal comprehension checks, review activities with fun educational technology, discussions, and quizes favorite_border 0 n the first module what y n the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now favorite_border 0 Adília, Portugal Adília, Portugal The best way to know about my students’ interests and learning preferences is by asking them ; I can ask them in an informal conversation, usually at the beginning and at the end of each term, or I can ask them to write about it or to go through a check list and tick what they wish. When we’re in the classroom, body language is very important ; we can all recognise when most of our students are not enjoying what we’re doing or not paying attention. Assessing students’ learning should be done every day, but sometimes it is simply not possible. I keep a lot of different assessment grids that I try to use almost every day. An then, of course, at the end of each unit there’s a summative test. favorite 8 Adela Gabriela Adela Gabriela I try to put in my students shoes, to know what kind of interest they have on a topic. favorite 1 Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey I work elementary school I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,reading, writing,painting. favorite 3 Duygu,Turkey Duygu,Turkey I follow eyes of my students while explaining the subject while doing the activities and solving the questions. If I see what they don't understand, I'll work with them one by one. I do little quizzes at the end of the topic. I give feedback on questions they can't do. I give homework according to their interests that will facilitate their learning favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia When it comes to students, attention must be made to their responses to certain tasks, their interests. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. favorite 2 Annibale Italy Annibale Italy I collect the information when I start the activity in particular I focus on hobby. I asses the participants on watching them and after with a selfevaluation made by them. favorite 2 Karela Georgia Karela Georgia In the middle of the lesson I make a survey and ask my students their opinions about the activities. If I understand that the process is not interesting I make changes. favorite 1 Laurrie, RO Laurrie, RO I somehow negotiate with my ss - the coursebook, the level of difficulty, according to their interests, but also taking into consideration the results in the initial tests. favorite 3 Sevda ER-TURKEY Sevda ER-TURKEY I would like to keep more data about it but ı dont do it yet.body languge says o lot ,even more with young kids. favorite_border 0 Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey My pupils are learning a new generation of children because they are learning a new generation of technology. However, they also encounter unnecessary information. Good guidance is required. favorite_border 0 Adeviye Alcıl Turkey Adeviye Alcıl Turkey I follow the interests of my students.When I feel the interest in teaching some subjects, I plan to teach using the field of interest favorite 2 Fatma AVCI, TURKEY Fatma AVCI, TURKEY I'm chatting with my students after lessons and evaluating the day, so I'm learning what activities have attracted more attention. favorite 2 In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments favorite 2 Fernando Mota, Portugal! Fernando Mota, Portugal! At the end of each term, I have a self-report form that is completed by the student, in which I question them about the subjects they liked best and what teaching strategies captivated them most. Another way is through the dialogue I establish with my students about their interests and perspectives in relation to the classes. Taking into account your opinions, I am changing the methodology implemented in the room, so as to meet, as much as possible, the expectations of my students. The assessment of my students' learning is, of course, through the resolution of summative assessment sheets; but also by direct observation in the classroom, through which I assess the posture, commitment and participation in the proposed activities; through the resolution of training and work records; through laboratory and field activities. favorite 3 Michela, Italy Michela, Italy I talk with them and try to catch some of their character's features. I try to vary the assessment type during the process in order to give my students more opportunities to express themselves. favorite 3 Anna, Italy Anna, Italy I ask lots of questions and listen to their questions, then I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 1 Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia In my class i like to have a feedback of learning process.We talk, ask,cooperate and we use a group work, favorite_border 0 Aurora, Slovenia Aurora, Slovenia I observe, talk, ask. I would like to keep more data about it but I don't do it yet. Body languge says a lot, even more with young kids. I would like to learn more about emotional inteligende, multisensoring .... favorite 3 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy In my classes there is cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation. favorite_border 0 Clara, Italy Clara, Italy When I meet a new class, I ask them to tick some simple lists (what I like, what I can do, how I learn best, what I'd like to do in this course). Every now and then, we talk about these things ans see if there are differences. In this way, I try to know them best but, above all, I try to see what they know about themselves. My students are 10-14 and often they themselves don't know who they are. It is very interesting, for me and for them, to take a moment to talk about us as individuals. favorite 4 Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback favorite 3 Sara, Portugal Sara, Portugal In my classes I like to have feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve. I use formative assessment to evaluate student learning, although students also assess their learning. favorite 2 Konstantinos-Greece Konstantinos-Greece We must try to understand how ours students learn, play, feel, collaborate,work, etc with peer in class, in yard and the behavior favorite_border 0 Sofia Tsigara, Greece Sofia Tsigara, Greece I listen very carefully what my students have to say, and what they are interesting for. At the end of the school year we talk about what we have learned, and what we will show to parents during the summer celebration favorite 2 Grazia P., Italy Grazia P., Italy At the beginning of the first year of school I distribute a card "What I need to know about you ... before starting". Through this sheet the kids tell each other: they talk about themselves, about their family, about interests outside of school and about subjects that are more congenial to them. Moreover, as I use a lot of cooperative teaching we spend at least 20 days at the beginning of the year to start cooperative learning. The students perform in small groups activities through which they know each other and allow me to get to know them. The start-up activity is resumed also in the following years as an activity to break the ice to resume the path where we left it before the summer holidays. At the end of the school year I realize a Google forms to ask for feedback to the students and also this activity allows me to know them better and better personalize my teaching by improving and / or modifying something. favorite 7 Andrada, Romania Andrada, Romania My teenage students are old enough to realise what they want and to know what they are interested in. I do pay attention at their behaviour in class, with their colleagues and the other people around them. I speak a lot with my students and by communicating, we get to know each-other better. A very good idea is to simply ask them- orally and in written form. favorite_border 0 Isabel Carioca Isabel Carioca Portugal I must observe all my students while they are working and collect all information about each students. I can use a tablet or my smartphone to collect the information. They need to know as soon as possible how to redirect their work. favorite 2 Mihaela, Romania Mihaela, Romania To help students learn more personalized, offer them alternative themes, or let them choose their own project they want to do and the team they want to work with. If they need help, they point to sources of documentation or help them choose more than one way to solve a task. I ask them to discuss together all the variants they have and the problems they encounter. we communicate with the classroom and are always up to date with what is happening to them favorite 2 Lidija Antolić. Croatia Lidija Antolić. Croatia During my lessons, I pay attention to body language of my pupils. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. When a child is engaged, he/she learns better. I use formative and summative assessment. Oral and written exams. favorite 5 Ana, Portugal Ana, Portugal I tend to have some data tables where I can register some information that is revelant for me to evaluate children and their ways of learning. Each that I write down some information about some of the children that caught my attention (in a positive or negative way). I also have children' portfolio, where they keep their classroom works and where I can see their evolution since the beginning of the year until the end of it. Other thing that I often do is to record students (audio, photos or video) to have some evidences of their learning process. favorite 7 Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Students should be able to use digital tools and technologies for our collaborative processes, and for co-construction and co-creation of resources and knowledge(problem posing/problem solving, learning by doing). Every digital learning objects will be spread using social media and school websites. It’s important netiquette(to be aware of behavioural norms and know-how while using digital technologies and interacting in digital environments.; to adapt communication strategies to the specific audience and to be aware of cultural and generational diversity in digital environments). favorite 1 CROATIA, Suzana CROATIA, Suzana To satisfy students interests and provide personalized activities for each of them, I need to give multiple choice of activities. After they finish the chosen activity it's necessary to check their accomplishmet and give them imediate feed back, so they could be able to examine their choice and be aware of their acquirements. Sometimes, we need to try different possibilities to figure out what's best for us. favorite 1 Catherine, Ireland Catherine, Ireland I think the easiest way to learn about your students interests and how they like to learn is ask. At the end of each course, I like to provide my students with a questionnaire where I ask students what they have liked about my class, what they found useful when learning and any comments they think will improve the class next year. I generally use a mix of formative and summative assessment to ensure that I am checking for learning but also providing students with feedback. favorite 2 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy I think the best way is to pay attention. I assess student's learning by improvment. favorite 2 Sílvia, Portugal Sílvia, Portugal I think the best way to learn how students like to learn is by asking them. Trying to understand how they feel they learn better while simultaneously letting them experience, touch, work with their peers, allowing the use of technologies, experimenting with different environments, ... It is also important to emphasize that the evaluation must be continuous, and must begin as a survey of previous knowledge, going through all stages and activities of the process, until the verification of evolution. Learning is a constant process. favorite 4 Kata, Split-Croatia Kata, Split-Croatia I am a maths teacher in secondary school. I collect informations in a different ways. I watch my pupils behaviour during the class. I talk with them about their interests and problems with tasks. I assess my pupils learning by tests and their activity during the class. This proces is very complex and I try to learm more about it favorite 3 Ankica,Croatia Ankica,Croatia My students are interested in connecting their knowledge to the labor market, so I try to keep track of them. favorite 2 Lucía, Spain Lucía, Spain I try to apply all the knowledge to the real world and I use the phones in class through a virtual classroom where I post the homework and presentations that we do in class. Then I ask you to carry out these activities and send me the solutions through the virtual classroom. favorite 2 Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey To me, we can be clear and negotiate with the students about their interests. We can ask their suggestions about the learning. When they see that their ideas are taken into account, it would make them feel precious. Throughout the whole process I assess every student specifically. I take into consideration their level at the beginning and compare it with the present. I always give immediate feedback to inform them . There are a lot of ways to asses their learning such as playing a board game about the subject, reading, speaking, creative writing, web 2.0 tools etc. favorite 2 Dimitra, Greece Dimitra, Greece I could try some applications or some programmes through which every student can create their own learning profile and i will check these profiles to find out what's been understood or not, what are the difficulties of the students, what goals does every student want to obtain and what are the goals that they have already been obtained. favorite 3 Carla, Portugal Carla, Portugal Being attentive to the behaviors and attitudes of the students, being able to listen to them and to be at their side favorite 5 Maria,Italy Maria,Italy I teach in Primary School I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening, reading, writing favorite 6 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 2 Mirela, Croatia Mirela, Croatia For me, the best way is to pay attention. I work in elementary school and i think that we cal learn a lot about our students just watching them when they don't know that they are being watched. I assess student's learning not just by their grades but also by improvment and devotion from each student. favorite 7 ÖZNUR/TURKEY ÖZNUR/TURKEY I can take advantage of some practicies to support the permanent learning of my students , and in the whole process I take into consideration the age and developmental characteristicsof my students. favorite 4 Ayşin/Turkey Ayşin/Turkey I think I can use the internet and some applications for this.fter this training, I'm sure I'll have more ideas about it. favorite 5 Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece The best way, for me , to collect useful information about my students' interests is to pay attention and listen carefully to what the say and how they behave in school's everyday life. favorite 11 favorite_border 0 Ecem, İzmir Ecem, İzmir I can use summative and formative tools both in my assessment process. When we finish the unit or project, I can simply ask them if they like it or not or I can prepare a simple checklist to use every unit, to see which activity they like most, or I can ask them to write down what do they actually want to learn in the unit. While in learning process, we can prepare a learning diary together like we do here, and they write about their actual opinion or what they have learnt there. With this way I can assess them. favorite_border 0 Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey At the beginning of the term, it is the best to give learners a survey about their interests and preferences and use this info to adapt our teaching accordingly. In order to provide systematic checking, mid-term assessment and survey done by learners would show if our teaching works or not. Also, I think having the same group of learners for the following next 4 years and teach them could give a teacher big advantage. favorite_border 0 HAKAN DOĞAN Sivas/TURKEY HAKAN DOĞAN Sivas/TURKEY I usually do a test to know what my students' already know. And then I try to prepare activities. favorite 1 HAKAN DO HAKAN DO favorite_border 0 Neslihan, Turkiye Neslihan, Turkiye I can use formative assesment. I can also use the scale of interest. This can be in the form of a survey. favorite 1 Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey Fahrettin AKTAŞ, Turkey I examine their interests and organize surveys. favorite 1 Teresa M., Spain Teresa M., Spain I use formative and summative assessment with my students. Every year I change my school so I adapt myself to the circumstances... favorite_border 0 Derya Saltan, Turkey Derya Saltan, Turkey I use formative assesments and communicative methods favorite 2 Soraya, Portugal Soraya, Portugal As I am working with very young children, I use the "thumbs up or thumbs down" at the end of each lesson to have students' feedback. At the end of each unit I use worksheets with smiles for them to do their self-evaluation. We discuss for a while about what they can do with what they have learned. To get to know their preferences and interests I also talk with them. I also give them formative tests by the end of each unit. favorite 3 Aldina Balsa | Portugal Aldina Balsa | Portugal To collect information I promote Team Work and that allows me to know each student better, and sometimes I use Mentimeter to easily get some responses about a subject. To assess I also use Kahoot, Google drive forms, ... favorite_border 0 Ana, Croatia Ana, Croatia I always try to formative assess my students, always making sure they understood what we're talking about. If I see they don't understand or that only someone doesn't understtand, it's important to step back and have it all over. Often students have a fear of making mistakes and that's not good. It,s normal making mistakes and we can't learn without making them. Everytime I'm given a new group of students, I spend some time to explain them that but also explaining them that I'm not interester in sumative assessment at the end of semester or something like that, but I follow their path and help the grow along the way. Every teacher sees their sttudents and can assesse them throughout the whole learning process. favorite 1 I usually ask why to I usually ask why to assess their learning process during or after the subject is completed favorite_border 0 Ayşenur,Turkey Ayşenur,Turkey I'm trying new medots with my students.I get nice feedback when my students like the kind of activities I like. favorite_border 0 Cecília, Portugal Cecília, Portugal I systematically collect this information through: communication with them during the practice of teaching; meetings with parents; inventory of skills; interest checklist; Self-assessment, reflecting each student on their work. I evaluate learning throughout the process, using diverse methodologies and tasks that favors reflection on the work done and what they need to overcome the difficulties: Weekly class assemblies; Interactive evaluation with registration grids filled out by the students themselves; Self-evaluation form; Monthly formative assessment sheets. favorite 2 Teresa Lacerda, Portugal Teresa Lacerda, Portugal I make some surveys to know about interests, hobbies, and students skills. I use the collaborative work, online portefolio, peers-avaliation, lab work, project work (eTwinning) and write tests to evaluate students favorite 1 Anita,Croatia Anita,Croatia I do not use surveys and formative estimates. At the beginning of the school year, you could collect this information more systematically through the survey and questions of how you want to learn my subject, why it's interesting and useful in life ... If they are easy to learn and have good grades, they have a lot of motivation, but that's a bit. Mostly difficult to adopt many facts that are not interesting to them, it is harder for them to learn and lose motivation. It's easier to use different learning strategies and have more practical work and connect with real life. favorite 1 Charo, Spain Charo, Spain I usually evaluate projects and I use methods of learning by objectives and projects favorite_border 0 Susana Carneiro, Portugal Susana Carneiro, Portugal My favourite tool is Seesaw, where my students create their learning portfolio, chosing their best work and skills. We also use lots of self assessment and peer feedback and rubrics to the soft skills. favorite 1 Elena, Italy Elena, Italy I consider formative assessment fundamental for the learning process. With the help pf ICT it’s possible a form a self-assessment by means of online quizzes on the web, Kahoot, and Google form. By means of a rubric it is possible to assess projects considering also soft skills, in particular creativity, communication, collaboration and content curation. I propose debates, roleplays , short speeches ( similar to Ted talks) so that it’s possible to assess their critical thinking and communicative skills. Students are asked to give a feedback of the activity proposed so that I can readjust strategies during the learning process. favorite 3 Jasna, Croatia Jasna, Croatia I usually talk to my students to find out what their interests are. Sometimes, they write about themselves and that is the way of learning about them and also a chance to evaluate their writing skills. favorite 3 Rute Vieira , Portugal Rute Vieira , Portugal The formative evaluation is undoubtedly relevant since it should allow the students to perceive where they should still improve, so as to become aware of what they still need to improve and to the teacher as it allows them to rethink their practices in order to find strategies to reach each individual student . In my work I usually go to interactive platforms that allow me to evaluate the various skills. For example, I refer to ClassDojo to assess attitudes and behaviors, which allows students to know where they should improve or deepen. In Socrative I do individualized exercises for the students and, at the moment, already have the feedback of their learning. I also turn to Forms (from office 365) where students also answer the questions on their tablet. I also think it is important to do a self-assessment and self-assessment of student performance and do it when, for example, they do project work and students say what they have learned from peers and give suggestions for improvement or activities they would like most to develop. favorite 3 Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey In order to be aware of students' interests and learning process, observation and interaction is quite necessary. Having frequent conversations with students and observing them help a lot. When it comes to the assessing their learning throughout the whole process, I apply some vocabulary quizzez at the end of each unit. Also, I have"question and answer" times during my class. I give them some projects they can reveal what they learn. favorite 1 Carmen,León Carmen,León In my teaching, I use different tools to get information about my students' interests; sometimes it's simply by talking to them. I can use as an excuse any text we are reading to start off an informal conversation. Sometimes, I ask them to write about themselves because some students feel more comfortable when they have to write. Another tool I use is the checklist, similar to the ones presented in this module, only a bit more simplified. They are always encouraged to suggest and propose activities which I may take into consideration (or not), it depends: they may choose a song or a film they like,for example, but it has to be approppriate and respectful . At the end of each semester, I ask them to rate the activities we have done and I reconsider whether they are worth using them or not in the future. As for their assessment,again I use a variety of tools: exams, writings, quizzes,essays, power points, summaries, roleplays... favorite 3 Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal The whole concept of education leads us to assessment. We have, thus, two forms of assessment: summative and informal. At the end of each term we have to grade our students according to their performance at school, but every day, in class, all we do, all they do is a form of assessing whether they are learning or not. And this, for me, is the one I truly care about. In fact, our students today are very different from the ones we were 30 years ago. This is why we have to adapt to new technologies and put them at the students’ disposal to empower their learning. To know more about my students interests and learning preferences I talk to them in and outside the classroom about the things that are present in their daily life, the ones they enjoy doing and the ones they do because they are told to, I encourage them to decorate the classroom with things they like, and that are in accordance with out topics, which in the 7th grade (level 3) is easy because we talk about personal ID, families, houses, jobs, school, city and country life. I usually start the lesson by asking them some personal questions and I am not only revising the topic but also collecting information about themselves. For upper grade students I like to spend some time working with the speaking skill and we look over the curriculum topics, but I encourage them to express their opinions and make suggestions of how we can deal with these topics. It’s easier because they have been my students for 6 years and I know their likes and preferences because we speak a lot not only as teacher/student but on a friendly basis. Obviously, that we also have to do more formal activities, so I make padlets with them, we play some games I do on Kahoot, do quizzes on Socrative/Google Forms to see if they are following the topic. And they like these because they have an immediate answer. For the older ones, my favourite approach is PBL because it enriches their skills by working collaboratively and developing their creativity and eagerness of the world. favorite 2 Mira, Croatia Mira, Croatia n my practice, I combine formative and summative assessment. I use the formative assessment daily in all the subjects I submit. Sometimes this is just the information I tell the students during their activities, sometimes a group work or self-assessment list, short-term exams, Kahoot, Plickers, Quizzis, lists where students are writing what they know, what they learned and what they want to learn. .. There are a lot of ways I combine depending on the activity and age of the pupil but also on the curriculum (eg. different for Nature and Society and for Physical and Health Culture). favorite 2 Gamze, Turkey Gamze, Turkey In my first lessons at the begining of the year I try to talk my students, ask them questions about their interests and opinions about mathematics. And then in the lessons I always pay attention on their undrestanding levels. I pick some students to solve the questions on the board in the lessons. favorite_border 0 Carla Carla I have frequent talks to my pupils and I let them speak about their interests and about their life. It is a good practice with the foreign language and they can share a lot about themselves. favorite 1 Zvonko, Serbia Zvonko, Serbia We usually play Kahoot quiz at the very end of class. On this way I use formative assessment. favorite_border 0 definitely definitely favorite_border 0 Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal With the aim of personalise the learning environment, teachers need to have a genuine and comprehensive understanding of students’ interests and learning preferences. This means they should be aware of their academic strengths and weakness, adjusting lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. In early ages, the best way to do it is establishing a close and affectionate relationship, using observation during lessons, quizzes, worksheets and sincere conversations to approach students’ interests. I used to create a Portfolio with my students. Portfolio is the documentation of students’ learning process and evidence of their progress into paper. In their portfolio, students state their learning goal, plan their strategies to attain their goal, show the evidence of their attainment by collecting their work into their paper, and evaluate their learning process. It is hoped that through this process, they learn to make decisions on what they need to learn, how to learn, and how to evaluate their learning with teacher and peers’ cooperation. I also use a “Diário de Turma” where students write what they like to do and what they do not like, the activities developed during that week and suggest activities that will be discuss at the end of the week, in a space called “Conselho de Cooperação Educativa”. They serve as a guide for students in making choices and in demonstrating how they organize, create, strategize, and reflect their learning. Ultimately, portfolios allow students to assume responsibility for their own learning and provide evidence of their progress toward meeting their goals as learners, supporting formative evaluation. I do not use much technology to collect information more systematically and make better use of it to support or assess my students’ learning. From what I read from my colleagues’ contributions it is possible to use Plickers, Quizizz or Kahoot and I definitely will try it. favorite 5 Carla, Italy Carla, Italy I usually assess my students learning with frequent short tests made of a mix of multiple choice questions and open ended questions, and that makes 75% of the evaluation; the remaining 25% comes from everyday observation of students' cooperation, interest, committment, social skills. favorite 3 Edita, Croatia Edita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a opportunity to improve student learning. I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school work for summative assessment. favorite 3 AYŞİN /TURKEY AYŞİN /TURKEY Iam trying different methotds some times doing experiment.Some times make a activites wish my kids . favorite 1 Alina, Romania Alina, Romania I'm trying to help them first by giving them precise tasks and every time I try to give them a domain where they can use what they teach and what they need to know. favorite_border 0 Maria Blanco – Spain Maria Blanco – Spain I would give them an initial test asking for their interests, hobbies, favorite singers etc. and try to incorporate their likes into the lesson plans. Also the test would incorporate questions to give information about their learning style, and take this into consideration when planning as well. favorite_border 0 Hacer,Turkey Hacer,Turkey I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself I teach every class of mine for only two hours per week. It takes me some time to getting acquainted with my students. So, I monitor my students and their work very carefully. Their participation to the lesson is a guidance for me. I try to sort out what types of activities they enjoy during the lesson. I negotiate with my colleaques. The counselling service of the school also contributes. , I talk to my students. According to feedback from the pupils, I choose my teaching method or assess them and myself favorite 1 Ali CEM Ali CEM To place students in the center of the learning process and act together. favorite 1 Maria, Larissa Greece Maria, Larissa Greece I think that working in small groups, helps students to know better and help each other and the results are fantastic! favorite 2 Melita, Croatia Melita, Croatia I would give them diffrent kind of activities. Better students help the weaker, the coutent we associate with everyday life. favorite 2 José María, Spain José María, Spain I love the idea of asking the questions of the tests shown above. I think it's an excellent way to start a mutual understanding. Later, the best way to do it is to talk personally with each student and agree on the best ways to guide him or her until the objectives are met. favorite 3 Derya Ümüş CEM, Derya Ümüş CEM, At the end of each learning process I get their views on their learning process and I want them to do their own analysis. I always support their work with positive reviews. favorite_border 0 Sandra Oliveira Sandra Oliveira I think that the better way to understand student needs and interests is to talk to them! At the endo of each unit they have to complete a formative test; I also use plickers in a rotine way. Writen tests represent 50% of the final grade; lab skills and others skills are taken into account. They have to do group work nad reflect about their own learning and build their own padlet. During each lesson I pay attention to students to support and help them solve problems. favorite 1 Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY Güney ÇATAL/TURKEY I follow my students during lessons and I want them to cooperate with each other. favorite 2 I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. I want them to exhibit their products and explain their ideas and ideas about that product. favorite 2 We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types We cooperate and suport pupils in their work.They want to learn interesting learning types favorite_border 0 Renata, Zadar Renata, Zadar I follow my students during lessons and practicing. We discus problems, searching for answers in conversation, and I notice solving problem competence. Also, I use very often ICT for short and quick assessment of homework or school-work with occasionally bigger exams for sumative assessment. On the end of the year I give survey to my pupils so they can asses my teaching. favorite 5 Erhan Arslan Erhan Arslan We cooperate for learning and teaching together. We support each other and help to be more creative favorite 1 I use the formative I use the formative assessment and self-evaluation more often favorite 1 Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU Gülhan KIZILKAYA UÇUCU I do tests to determine how my students can learn favorite 1 Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece My students set the subject they want to learn Every time a different subject depends on their interestings favorite_border 0 Elena Quiles Elena Quiles I would collect that information asking my students their likes and preferences or with a survey like the one showed in D2Learn. I will carry out formative assessment because from my point of view, it is the most effective way to assess learners and so that they can progress and learn fro their mistakes. However, I would sometimes use sumative assessment too, but the principal one would be formative. favorite 3 Alina Romania Alina Romania We cooperate and suport student in their work. They are encouraged to be creative. The teacher leads the students, create strategies. favorite 1 Salva. Spain Salva. Spain I plan my teaching based on the interests and needs of my students. However, I use the book as a guide in my classes. In addition, at the end of each unit I assess my students with a test or exam so that they know their level of competence and what they should improve. On the other hand, these results help me to know if what I am teaching them understand or not. In this way I change or adapt my teaching to their needs favorite 3 Mia Mia I combine formative and summative evaluation. Also, I like to use digital tools and teaching materials. It is interesting and easy for students to learn. favorite 2 Patrícia Campos, Portugal Patrícia Campos, Portugal I think technology gives us powerfull tools to collect information in a more systematic, fast ans easier way. Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Mentimeter, Padlet, Ted-Ed and many other digital apps/plataforms allows us to collect data and immediate feedback for students. It would be great to direct students for different activities according to their results. Assessment should be made according to the number of obstacles that each one had to overlap. favorite 3 Hakan Can Hakan Can I believe that formative assessment is a very important step towards personalized learning. Throughout the teaching and learning process, I use a lot of formal assessments. I send work papers, activities, tests to my students through "eba.gov.tr". I can follow their work online on this site. I can see which landa is missing which student to conclude online tracking. favorite 1 Lurdes - Portugal Lurdes - Portugal I usually collect the information on my students’ interests and learning preferences at the beginning of the school year and I try to keep updated on this subject by building up a close relationship with the students, based on confidence and sympathy. I make constant use of formative assessment, which allows an ongoing student reflection, expressed in their self-assessment and peer-assessment. favorite 1 Emma Giurlani Italy Emma Giurlani Italy As Lilia from Portugal says, formative assessment is a very important step toward personalised learning. I use it a lot throughout the whole process of teaching and learning as through formal assessment I can readapt my teaching procedures and redirect learning approach to strategies and contents. As my students are between 14 and 19 years old, I often ask my students to create activities for their mates in order to check learning process and learned contents .It allows a relaxed atmosphere and reflection upon their strategies and learning habits. At the same time they learn to assess their own work and to accept to be assessed in the same fair and constructive way. We also try to create together some grids which can help us assess the work which has been done , its effectiveness. We use RUBISTAR to create grids and many tools to create activities and materials for formative assessment, like quizlet, https://quizizz.com/ kahoot, learning apps, trello...we also use google forms to create surveys or padlet and doodles favorite 3 Lília, Portugal Lília, Portugal I consider that formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. As we move towards more student centered and personalized learning environments, it is essential that we go beyond summative assessing to formative assessment which must be embedded within the lesson and gives teachers and students an immediate feedback loop that enhances learning. Formative assessment certainly looks different in different classrooms, but the purpose always remains the same, so it should occur frequently, be ongoing and embedded, provide useful data, inform and redirect practice, provide immediate feedback for teachers and students and include formal and informal assessments of knowledge. Since I don’t have access to a lot of technologies in my classroom, I frequently make general checks for all the class, in order to understand where they are at, allowing students to practice in low risk environments and giving me the information needed to adjust lessons to ensure that each student is given the support needed to succeed. However, I would like to use more technology because it offers the opportunity to utilize formative assessment in a more personalized manner, while increasing teacher efficiency. favorite 6 António, Portugal António, Portugal I tend to use the direct interaction as a primary source of knowledge of my students skills and interests. I allready tried to use some pre-made checklists but they are almost all thought for high level education and university education, not 5th/6th grade as is the case of my students. favorite 1 D., Croatia D., Croatia If we want all students to reach higher standards of learning, productivity is key. Combination of formative and summative assessment is a big opportunity to improve student learning. favorite_border 0 Violeta Cumak, Lithuania Violeta Cumak, Lithuania I am working in non-formal education centre, where pupils have spacies for developing their hobbies, personal, educational and social competences, for a better understanding of their own selves and of their world, to prepare to deal with daily problems. In order to provide a personalized path, we have to first understand students’ strengths and weakness and the formative assessment is one of the first steps to personalizing the learning experience for students. But the assesment methodologies are typically not very well adapted to the context of many non-formal education programs. Most assesment methodologies are not sufficiently adapted to be useable by practitioners as a part of their on-going development of nonformal education programs.The assesment in activities of our centre for example can be when a pupil finish two-three weeks job- the building of ship model, and the model is able to move on the water. It is a result and an assesment. favorite 2 Anita, Croatia Anita, Croatia By frequent quizzes, self-assessment and peer assessment, surveys and of course constant open discussion. I keep a log for each child detailing their progress which is a great help to me and them. favorite 3 Temel Gövce Turkey Temel Gövce Turkey Students observation forms, my observation during lessons, quizes, worksheets and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students.I always ask keyword and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge. I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes some other type of quiz. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Esada Čirić-Delić Esada Čirić-Delić I use both formative and summative assessment. I see my teenage students twice a week so I rely on a direct communication with them as well as the assistance of the support staff. It is easier with young learners as I see them more often than teenagers and I have more time and opportunities to connect. In case of teenagers I use online tools on BYOD to get more accurate assessment on their interests and progress. favorite_border 0 Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR Besides the short formative assessment that textbooks have at the end of each unit, we should promote formative self-assessment more frequently during each module /topic unit. What textbooks have is not sufficient and certainly not personalized. It deals solely with contents that have been acquired and appears as a final activity. I have never worked with a textbook that has a formative awareness before starting the topic unit. Therefore, that has to be provided by the teacher and if we do it on a regular basis, students will get personalized learning, assessment, effective feedback and will be able to apply new knowledge in other contexts and in their lives. The checklists provided above are very useful in order to lead us into a holistic understanding of each student. I usually use simple “thumbs up, thumbs down” with younger students but I have never used OpenEd as an assessing tool with my students. I will certainly try it out! I’m grateful or all the checklists you have provided us! The will be useful! favorite 2 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 1m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 104 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 1 Avatar de European School Avatar de European Schoolnet Academy European Schoolnet Academy + 103 ● 19m favorite_border remake share_arrow open_in_new Ícone Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK HEVAL DURAK favorite_border 0 HEVAL DURAK TURKEY HEVAL DURAK TURKEY I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,painting. favorite_border 0 Antonino, Portugal Antonino, Portugal The current school has to change. It can no longer keep up with the profound changes that have been taking place in recent decades. Societies have changed significantly and the school model has remained largely unchanged. The transmissive model of learning in which the teacher is the main actor still predominates. The student of today has very diversified interests and it is increasingly important to direct the learning according to the interests of each student. The formative evaluation plays a fundamental role in that it allows to monitor the process of teaching and learning. ● In my teaching activities information is collected through spreadsheets using Excel to systematize all information. This process allows students to be known in general; ● In order to have a deeper knowledge of students' interests, field and laboratory activities are developed in the design modality or by directed questions in order to promote a constant interactivity between the students and the teacher and the students; ● I try to systematically make learning tokens for direct questions or forms on google so that students can respond through their mobile phones; ● I also turn to oral questions addressed at the beginning of each lesson on the subject that was treated in previous classes; ● I ask students to construct questions to put into the next class of classmates, and even if they do not have an immediate answer, they may be useful for future research. ● The final evaluation of each period is still done in a traditional way. However, there is a high percentage in the calculation of the final classification that involves the acquisition of skills and behavior and not only knowledge. favorite 7 Camino, España Camino, España I use formative and summative assessment with my students to learn throughout the whole process. To formative assessment, I usually ask a lot of questions to give them the opportunity to talk about what they know o what they would like to know about the topic. In this way I use a big variety of materials in a big variety of ways and I suggest them accompanying with recommendations like videos or additional resources form support. I can collect strengths and weaknesses and give them an immediate feedback coop that enhance future learnings. favorite 4 Vida, Lithuania Vida, Lithuania I'm looking at student activities, talking to them, discussing the reasons for success, or looking for ways to reach it ... favorite_border 0 Eduarda Sousa, Portugal Eduarda Sousa, Portugal I guess the easiest and most efficient way to to this would be by using a simple Google sheet to create a forma or a simple Monkey survey wich could include things like: - hobbies and freetime activities -favourite type of music (as English textbooks tend to grow outdated ...) -favourite singers, actors... -family members -how they like to learn: read?write?listen?speak?... -individual work? pair or group work? -favourite subjects -topics of interest Then I would use the data to organize the class differently according to their personal interest and learning process. This, of course would be the ideal learning scenario but our school system is not prepared for this huge change. Teachers are pressured by curriculum, exams, planning and constant change in educational policies and legislation; classes are too big, often with 28 to 30 students inside a not-so- compfortable classroom; students´ and teachers´ timetables are also an obstacle. Having said that, I continue to believe the change is possible and necessary. Teachers are the change when they stand in front of a class. As far as students´assessment during the process, I give them constant feedback, sometimes more than once a week, both orally or with a sheet our school adopted. favorite 2 Leyla, Turkey Leyla, Turkey At the end of a unit I would ask them to express their feelings about how well they think they learned the unit and how safe they feel about incorporating the unit in their lives. I would ask how I could revise my teaching strategies in the following unit. What went well and what didn't during that particular learning experience. favorite 2 Heidi, Germany Heidi, Germany I would have more time to listen to my students in a class of 28 members.. but sometimes I talk to several of my students (once a week). During lessons I assess with plickers or quizizz, kahoot to see what they understood so far. With plickers I get the data from all students on my tablet and so I know immediately who needs more help or who already understood and can goon favorite 3 Brankica, Croatia Brankica, Croatia I think careful and attentive listening is very important to understand students well. Also, sometimes I ask my students directly whether they have understood what we have been learning. I think surveys might also be a very good idea. When it comes to assessing, I make notes for each of my students, and then later transform them into grades. favorite 3 Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Zehra Tuğçe Özgel, Turkey Observation throughout the course is very important. the teacher's perceptions must be constantly open. It is very difficult to make an individual assessment, especially in crowded classes. therefore, the checklist and the lesson plan will help us all to enter the class in a ready way. favorite 1 Bosiljko Bosiljko First, I will talk with them..then if there is a need, I will create some surveys.. favorite 1 Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology tools like openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. Technology offers The opportunity to utilize assessment in a more personalized manner. Bayram uğlu favorite_border 0 Zita K. Zita K. At first, we should find out what our students know, what theywould like to learn. In my classes I plan the lessons to get feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve their learning. I use formative assessment to evaluate students' learning, although students do self-assessment of their learning. favorite 1 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite_border 0 Technology tools likely o Technology tools likely openEd for understanding of students'knowledge are extremely helpful for teachers. favorite 1 Demet - Turkey Demet - Turkey with student observation forms favorite_border 0 Zrinka, Croatia Zrinka, Croatia The conversation is very important in relation to teacher-student. Sometimes you should also talk about things that are not related to the subject, because the student will see that the teacher cares about him and his progress. favorite 1 Maria Rita, Italy Maria Rita, Italy I think the best way to know your students' interests is listening to them actively, especially when they are free to talk about their passions. As to assessment, I try to vary the ways I evaluate their progress throughout the learning process. I like to introduce game-based forms of formative assessment such as digital quizzes. favorite 5 Lídia, Portugal Lídia, Portugal The questioning around the systematic collection of information concerning students' interests and learning preferences and its use for supporting students’ (formal) learning underlies to a great extent the issue of personalized learning. In fact, when we, teachers/educators, manage to depart from a realistic palette of students’ interests and integrate them in our lesson planning, activate them in our teaching practice and assess their contribution to each student’s learning “process-and-products”, we are pretty close to what we aim for. In Module 1 I mentioned systematic communication with my students as being key to my knowledge of their interests, which is true. I also mentioned educational technologies, combined with contexts of student individual and collaborative work as means to obtain information through adequate formative assessment and promote students successful (further) motivated learning. Classroom communication is both multimodal and multifaceted; therefore, it may include informal conversation and more formal strategies like diagnostic activities, covering, for example, interest quizzes, oriented reflection at the beginning and at the end of a learning unit/theme (sometimes in the middle too) among other strategies. As a teacher I rely on systematic diagnostic activities as part of formative assessment to “build bridges” between students’ interests and learning. The scheme below is an attempt to showcase a set of procedures, that enable classroom coverage and provide us (teachers and learners) with valid, updated, reliable information that can be taken into account for matters of self-assessment and hetero-evaluation. As a foreign language teacher, in terms of assessment, I combine results of formal testing in listening, speaking, reading and writing with students’ participation, i.e. contribution to classroom work, degree of commitment and of performance in several learning situations. I rely on observation sheets, learning diaries control, etc. in percentages (attributed to descriptors from the European Framework for Languages) as decided in the School Language Department. My students have access to the information and also take part in self and peer evaluation. Assessment becomes an integrated phase of the learning process and is held by all agents involved along the way. Here's the above mentioned scheme: favorite 1 Audronė, Lithuania Audronė, Lithuania Observation and sincere conversations are my ways to get to know my students. I have a checklist to observe their motivation and learning in every lesson, so later we can talk and see what's going on and what can be done better. favorite 2 Olivera, Montenegro Olivera, Montenegro I evaluate students' understanding of what I'm teaching using formative worksheets for evaluation. I always ask unexpected and provocative questions to make sure that they can connect what they learn with the state of society, environment, school, ... with their previous knowledge and information. I evaluate student learning throughout the process. Both formative tests and our interviews are included in the evaluation. favorite 2 Aleka, Greece. Aleka, Greece. I have known my oldest students for years and I have carefully listened to them when they're happy, angry or sad; I have watched what makes (most of) them happy and what and I sometimes ask questions in order to get an idea... favorite_border 0 FátimaM, Portugal FátimaM, Portugal I try to assess my students’ understanding of what I am teaching by using formative evaluation worksheets, sometimes a Kahoot or some other type of quiz. I always ask some unexpected and thought-provoking questions to make sure they can connect what they are learning with their previous knowledge and I usually get some "out of the box" answers that allow me to understand them better. favorite 1 Sandra Oliveira, Portugal Sandra Oliveira, Portugal To know my students well I uselly talk to them, in the first place and I pay attention to their expresssions and body language. I did a quizz in november, to understand how my students learn best and what strategy they prefer. In the end of each theme I use formative evaluation. Sometimes I feel the need to start the theme all over again, using new approches! favorite 2 Jorge Estrela, Portugal Jorge Estrela, Portugal Use of SWOT matrix to define the priorities of action and to make a diagnosis of the learning and interests of the different students. This tool can be used in the planning of an activity, as a tool to evaluate learning (evaluating methodologies and tools). favorite 5 Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa-Turkey I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 2 Jorge Conde Jorge Conde Right now I am using an emoji checklist. If students tick a sad emoji I usually give them an extra task or put them with a partner who has done easily that activity. Regarding assessment I usually ask them to evaluate each other's work with two arguments, one positive and another with a necessary change. I also inform parents constantly when students complete projects (or not). That is the most important aspect - knowing that completing something and trying hard to do so is of great importance. favorite 3 HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY HANİFE KÜÇÜKGÜLDAL MANİSA/TURKEY I ask them in informal conversation what are they like doing?, What are their hobbies? Body language is also very important. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. favorite 3 Doinita B., Romania Doinita B., Romania I collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences using various tools (questionnaire, checklist) that I apply electronically (Kahoot). I use this information to design learning activities to support students' interests. In the formative assessment I core activities of learning with the evaluation criteria and I apply the appropriate samples to the respective activities. favorite_border 0 Çölban-Turkey Çölban-Turkey The best way for me is to determine the interests and needs of my students. As teachers, I can guide and guide students to develop their daily life skills. favorite 1 sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey sebahat yalçın,izmir-Turkey First of all ,I try to make my students feel comfortable during my lessons. Because if a student feels free and relaxed he/she shows his real personality.So I catch the chance to identify him/her. favorite 3 Daniela, Italy Daniela, Italy I know what students may like and so I prepare my lesson differently according to their interest. It means what, how and when propose every topic or text. favorite_border 0 Sandra V. Sandra V. The best way to get know students’ interests and learning preferences is to talk to them. ABout everydaylife, their interests, plans for the life, love, hobies...Maybe we can have some personal network to meet and to know each other. It could be on-line but also a small room in school where we can put some items about ourselves. favorite 3 Elsa Martins - Portugal Elsa Martins - Portugal When we think and prepare an activity we should always bear in mind our students’ interests and learning preferences but it has to be in a general basis because it is very difficult to know each student (almost 250 in my case). At the end of each unit there is an evaluation worksheet or a project work related the vocabulary. As the evaluation is continuous in every lesson I try to take notes about the students' participation, the four skills of language and the students' behaviour. They also self assess their behaviour at the end of each lessons. At the end of each term we also use a self-evaluation table where they asses their abilities and social values. In that they also write suggestions of activities favorite 5 Sarah Mallia, Malta Sarah Mallia, Malta I usually observe my students during the first term of school and include ice breakers to get to know each other through games and activities. I also incorporate their interests within writing lessons and Show and Tell presentation. At the beginning I also give them this colourful and child-friendly form to fill in so that I ll get to know them. favorite 2 Irina,Latvia Irina,Latvia I think the best way to learn how students want to learn is to talk to them. Pay attention to their knowledge, abilities, interests. I try to understand how they feel better by learning, while allowing them to experience it. favorite 5 Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUÇ I prepare a survey to know their interests. To know more about them, I often observe them in the classroom or at school while talking their friends/teachers or playing at school garden. In the lessons, sometimes I start with a question to draw their attention to the task or I ask questions in the middle of the lesson to listen them and let them to express themselves. I try to make them active in the lesson. I asses them not only at the end of the unit. Sometimes, I prepare a kahoot quiz, and I asses them while watching them how they joined the quiz with having fun-enjoy. Sometimes I use mindmapping method (by using coogle or just writing on the board). favorite 1 Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR At the end of the matter, he's taking small exams. When I ask questions, I observe their behavior. favorite_border 0 Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania For me, knowing each student is very important. I use the systematic observation of the student on the hole weekend, then I note the strengths and weaknesses. After that week I will plan differentiated activities for each one. favorite 1 Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Göksel Ogalan , Manisa/Turkey Surveys could be an useful option to determine the interests of students. It could be delivered systematically at the end of every lesson or unit and after the evaluation process by the teacher, the necessary approach for each student could be implemented. Also one by one speeches could reflect the students thoughts about their current situation and that would be a significant data concerning the learning gaps and giving a vital idea to the teacher to optimize his or her way of approach. I personally prefer to use Web2 based tools such as Kahoot or Quizzes which enable instant feedback of each individual student . They also have fun during the feed back period and I get the necessary data of how far the lesson succeeded for each of them and which students need reinforcement or guidance to move on. favorite 4 Marina, Zadar, Croatia Marina, Zadar, Croatia I always listen to them and I ask lots of questions and try to surprise them. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 8 Lina, CRO Lina, CRO It is important to know your students. Young children (7-8 years) likes to talk about their hobies and what they like to do or learn. For bigger children we can give them a paper to writte about this. favorite 1 Adriana, Romania Adriana, Romania It is important for a teacher to know and understand her / his students. It goes with time... You can not find out in the first lesson for all 30 students in a class. But in time, being close to them, they'll come forward and open themselves to you. Meanwhile, you can try different methods, thinking first at your own learning preferences (as a former student) or your children's learning preferences - if this is the case. favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia It's necessary to change activities and give student different options how can they do tasks and learn in a way that motivates them favorite 4 If you If you favorite_border 0 If you teach If you teach favorite_border 0 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And favorite_border 0 Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. Fatih TOPÇU/Türkiye I prepare an interest survey for my students and collect information about them. I take into account the level of my students when preparing the questionnaire. favorite_border 0 Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania Lacramioara Cazangiu,Romania For a teacher there is a real challenge to discover the types of learning for his students. But there is also a mastery in it. You can use questionnaires with well-chosen items that lead to the type of learning. You can use the evaluation assessment grids for learning evaluation . favorite 2 Ella, Croatia Ella, Croatia There should be more informal surveys and tasks for students, it could be done through a google classroom or some other tool (maybe padlet) where they could say and post about their interests, hobbies and thought about subject favorite 4 Nicolette, Malta Nicolette, Malta I tend to ask questions to get to know my students better. Also, I like to ask students to think, pair and share with their peers when we are discussing a new topic. Brainstorming and building a map of ideas is also a useful tool which helps me to know where the learners stand in their learning process. favorite 2 Adina Geczi, Romania Adina Geczi, Romania Being 7-8 years old, my students are still innocent and honest, so I can see through their eyes when something it's not right, even if they aren't saying this to me. I'm always refreshing my methods based on their capacity of understanding. Children do tell us what's going on with them, we just have to listen carefully. favorite 1 Slađana Kristek Slađana Kristek I often use Plickers to ask them about their opinion. I like it to suprise them and to make something in the class that is near to them. favorite 1 nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey nurcihan ,istanbul/Turkey I use questionaries and brainstorming to assess my students' learning process favorite 1 Barbara Matysek, Poland Barbara Matysek, Poland I think good idea is asking your students what do they like about the learning, what would they like to change, what activities they want more of and what less of. While teaching you can notice which methods work well and which are not the best for the particular group of students. You should use many different methods of teaching taking under consideration different types of your students and their personal preferences. favorite 2 Latife Çeri,Turkey Latife Çeri,Turkey In our books each capter we have an evaluatıon we dont use because our pupils dont like but this year we assess their understanding by using kahoot or socrative.These make them happy and make our lesson more enjoyable favorite_border 0 By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively By surveying students, talking to them at a personal level asking them while listening actively favorite_border 0 Angelo, Rivoli, Italy Angelo, Rivoli, Italy In my case the adverb "systematically" is a bit excessive. I collect information about my pupils little by little, month after month, sometimes casually. Students are not always likely to reveal details about their non-school life. A useful tool for this purpose is certainly the student's portfolio, but it is complicated to do it by the students, since it is not mandatory. A practice that I use more regularly is to ask the students to produce a logbook to document the process of realization of the works / projects that they carry out for me. favorite 3 Monique Malta Monique Malta favorite_border 0 Mehtap Öz Mehtap Öz I use everything which I can use in class.But I always listen to them and try to surprise them. favorite_border 0 Monique Malta Monique Malta I use questioning techniques to check on what my learners know. At times I make use of very short brainstorming sessions to get my learners on board. This helps me to assess my learners throughout. favorite 2 Željana, Croatia Željana, Croatia I try to think like I"m student , that means their interests. The best way is talking with my students about different themes favorite 3 Mia Mia i'll give them an evaluation paper at the end of the year, so i'll find out certain information. Also, i talk with them a lot. favorite 2 Dilay Dilay I do verbal comprehension checks, review activities with fun educational technology, discussions, and quizes favorite_border 0 n the first module what y n the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now favorite_border 0 Adília, Portugal Adília, Portugal The best way to know about my students’ interests and learning preferences is by asking them ; I can ask them in an informal conversation, usually at the beginning and at the end of each term, or I can ask them to write about it or to go through a check list and tick what they wish. When we’re in the classroom, body language is very important ; we can all recognise when most of our students are not enjoying what we’re doing or not paying attention. Assessing students’ learning should be done every day, but sometimes it is simply not possible. I keep a lot of different assessment grids that I try to use almost every day. An then, of course, at the end of each unit there’s a summative test. favorite 8 Adela Gabriela Adela Gabriela I try to put in my students shoes, to know what kind of interest they have on a topic. favorite 1 Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey Sibel akyılmaz Ateş, Turkey I work elementary school I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening,reading, writing,painting. favorite 3 Duygu,Turkey Duygu,Turkey I follow eyes of my students while explaining the subject while doing the activities and solving the questions. If I see what they don't understand, I'll work with them one by one. I do little quizzes at the end of the topic. I give feedback on questions they can't do. I give homework according to their interests that will facilitate their learning favorite 1 Sanja, Croatia Sanja, Croatia When it comes to students, attention must be made to their responses to certain tasks, their interests. Sometimes I give them free assignments they can choose and make depending on what they are interested in. favorite 2 Annibale Italy Annibale Italy I collect the information when I start the activity in particular I focus on hobby. I asses the participants on watching them and after with a selfevaluation made by them. favorite 2 Karela Georgia Karela Georgia In the middle of the lesson I make a survey and ask my students their opinions about the activities. If I understand that the process is not interesting I make changes. favorite 1 Laurrie, RO Laurrie, RO I somehow negotiate with my ss - the coursebook, the level of difficulty, according to their interests, but also taking into consideration the results in the initial tests. favorite 3 Sevda ER-TURKEY Sevda ER-TURKEY I would like to keep more data about it but ı dont do it yet.body languge says o lot ,even more with young kids. favorite_border 0 Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey My pupils are learning a new generation of children because they are learning a new generation of technology. However, they also encounter unnecessary information. Good guidance is required. favorite_border 0 Adeviye Alcıl Turkey Adeviye Alcıl Turkey I follow the interests of my students.When I feel the interest in teaching some subjects, I plan to teach using the field of interest favorite 2 Fatma AVCI, TURKEY Fatma AVCI, TURKEY I'm chatting with my students after lessons and evaluating the day, so I'm learning what activities have attracted more attention. favorite 2 In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments In my classes in the beginning we are creating the tree of our expectations and in the end of the year the students are writing again their comments favorite 2 Fernando Mota, Portugal! Fernando Mota, Portugal! At the end of each term, I have a self-report form that is completed by the student, in which I question them about the subjects they liked best and what teaching strategies captivated them most. Another way is through the dialogue I establish with my students about their interests and perspectives in relation to the classes. Taking into account your opinions, I am changing the methodology implemented in the room, so as to meet, as much as possible, the expectations of my students. The assessment of my students' learning is, of course, through the resolution of summative assessment sheets; but also by direct observation in the classroom, through which I assess the posture, commitment and participation in the proposed activities; through the resolution of training and work records; through laboratory and field activities. favorite 3 Michela, Italy Michela, Italy I talk with them and try to catch some of their character's features. I try to vary the assessment type during the process in order to give my students more opportunities to express themselves. favorite 3 Anna, Italy Anna, Italy I ask lots of questions and listen to their questions, then I give them some exercises and we check them together. favorite 1 Iva, Croatia Iva, Croatia In my class i like to have a feedback of learning process.We talk, ask,cooperate and we use a group work, favorite_border 0 Aurora, Slovenia Aurora, Slovenia I observe, talk, ask. I would like to keep more data about it but I don't do it yet. Body languge says a lot, even more with young kids. I would like to learn more about emotional inteligende, multisensoring .... favorite 3 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy In my classes there is cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation. favorite_border 0 Clara, Italy Clara, Italy When I meet a new class, I ask them to tick some simple lists (what I like, what I can do, how I learn best, what I'd like to do in this course). Every now and then, we talk about these things ans see if there are differences. In this way, I try to know them best but, above all, I try to see what they know about themselves. My students are 10-14 and often they themselves don't know who they are. It is very interesting, for me and for them, to take a moment to talk about us as individuals. favorite 4 Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback Paying attention to students while teaching and while their doing their assigned activities in class helps a lot. A culture in class of trust and respect where all feel free to ask for help or for details helps students to clarify what it seems complicated or vague and also collaboration among students that seem to be "ahead" with those that are "not still there" helps both. What matters most is practice on "teaching material" in class so that there is a direct feedback from peers. Cooperation and collaboaration as a motivation and as a feedback favorite 3 Sara, Portugal Sara, Portugal In my classes I like to have feedback from my students about learning, collecting strengths and weaknesses and how we can improve. I use formative assessment to evaluate student learning, although students also assess their learning. favorite 2 Konstantinos-Greece Konstantinos-Greece We must try to understand how ours students learn, play, feel, collaborate,work, etc with peer in class, in yard and the behavior favorite_border 0 Sofia Tsigara, Greece Sofia Tsigara, Greece I listen very carefully what my students have to say, and what they are interesting for. At the end of the school year we talk about what we have learned, and what we will show to parents during the summer celebration favorite 2 Grazia P., Italy Grazia P., Italy At the beginning of the first year of school I distribute a card "What I need to know about you ... before starting". Through this sheet the kids tell each other: they talk about themselves, about their family, about interests outside of school and about subjects that are more congenial to them. Moreover, as I use a lot of cooperative teaching we spend at least 20 days at the beginning of the year to start cooperative learning. The students perform in small groups activities through which they know each other and allow me to get to know them. The start-up activity is resumed also in the following years as an activity to break the ice to resume the path where we left it before the summer holidays. At the end of the school year I realize a Google forms to ask for feedback to the students and also this activity allows me to know them better and better personalize my teaching by improving and / or modifying something. favorite 7 Andrada, Romania Andrada, Romania My teenage students are old enough to realise what they want and to know what they are interested in. I do pay attention at their behaviour in class, with their colleagues and the other people around them. I speak a lot with my students and by communicating, we get to know each-other better. A very good idea is to simply ask them- orally and in written form. favorite_border 0 Isabel Carioca Isabel Carioca Portugal I must observe all my students while they are working and collect all information about each students. I can use a tablet or my smartphone to collect the information. They need to know as soon as possible how to redirect their work. favorite 2 Mihaela, Romania Mihaela, Romania To help students learn more personalized, offer them alternative themes, or let them choose their own project they want to do and the team they want to work with. If they need help, they point to sources of documentation or help them choose more than one way to solve a task. I ask them to discuss together all the variants they have and the problems they encounter. we communicate with the classroom and are always up to date with what is happening to them favorite 2 Lidija Antolić. Croatia Lidija Antolić. Croatia During my lessons, I pay attention to body language of my pupils. It shows me which tasks and activities they like better. Therefore, I can make more activities they like. When a child is engaged, he/she learns better. I use formative and summative assessment. Oral and written exams. favorite 5 Ana, Portugal Ana, Portugal I tend to have some data tables where I can register some information that is revelant for me to evaluate children and their ways of learning. Each that I write down some information about some of the children that caught my attention (in a positive or negative way). I also have children' portfolio, where they keep their classroom works and where I can see their evolution since the beginning of the year until the end of it. Other thing that I often do is to record students (audio, photos or video) to have some evidences of their learning process. favorite 7 Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Paola T., Palestrina(Italy) Students should be able to use digital tools and technologies for our collaborative processes, and for co-construction and co-creation of resources and knowledge(problem posing/problem solving, learning by doing). Every digital learning objects will be spread using social media and school websites. It’s important netiquette(to be aware of behavioural norms and know-how while using digital technologies and interacting in digital environments.; to adapt communication strategies to the specific audience and to be aware of cultural and generational diversity in digital environments). favorite 1 CROATIA, Suzana CROATIA, Suzana To satisfy students interests and provide personalized activities for each of them, I need to give multiple choice of activities. After they finish the chosen activity it's necessary to check their accomplishmet and give them imediate feed back, so they could be able to examine their choice and be aware of their acquirements. Sometimes, we need to try different possibilities to figure out what's best for us. favorite 1 Catherine, Ireland Catherine, Ireland I think the easiest way to learn about your students interests and how they like to learn is ask. At the end of each course, I like to provide my students with a questionnaire where I ask students what they have liked about my class, what they found useful when learning and any comments they think will improve the class next year. I generally use a mix of formative and summative assessment to ensure that I am checking for learning but also providing students with feedback. favorite 2 Massimiliano, Italy Massimiliano, Italy I think the best way is to pay attention. I assess student's learning by improvment. favorite 2 Sílvia, Portugal Sílvia, Portugal I think the best way to learn how students like to learn is by asking them. Trying to understand how they feel they learn better while simultaneously letting them experience, touch, work with their peers, allowing the use of technologies, experimenting with different environments, ... It is also important to emphasize that the evaluation must be continuous, and must begin as a survey of previous knowledge, going through all stages and activities of the process, until the verification of evolution. Learning is a constant process. favorite 4 Kata, Split-Croatia Kata, Split-Croatia I am a maths teacher in secondary school. I collect informations in a different ways. I watch my pupils behaviour during the class. I talk with them about their interests and problems with tasks. I assess my pupils learning by tests and their activity during the class. This proces is very complex and I try to learm more about it favorite 3 Ankica,Croatia Ankica,Croatia My students are interested in connecting their knowledge to the labor market, so I try to keep track of them. favorite 2 Lucía, Spain Lucía, Spain I try to apply all the knowledge to the real world and I use the phones in class through a virtual classroom where I post the homework and presentations that we do in class. Then I ask you to carry out these activities and send me the solutions through the virtual classroom. favorite 2 Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey Demet YILDIRIM, Turkey To me, we can be clear and negotiate with the students about their interests. We can ask their suggestions about the learning. When they see that their ideas are taken into account, it would make them feel precious. Throughout the whole process I assess every student specifically. I take into consideration their level at the beginning and compare it with the present. I always give immediate feedback to inform them . There are a lot of ways to asses their learning such as playing a board game about the subject, reading, speaking, creative writing, web 2.0 tools etc. favorite 2 Dimitra, Greece Dimitra, Greece I could try some applications or some programmes through which every student can create their own learning profile and i will check these profiles to find out what's been understood or not, what are the difficulties of the students, what goals does every student want to obtain and what are the goals that they have already been obtained. favorite 3 Carla, Portugal Carla, Portugal Being attentive to the behaviors and attitudes of the students, being able to listen to them and to be at their side favorite 5 Maria,Italy Maria,Italy I teach in Primary School I think that we can learn a lot about our students when they listening, reading, writing favorite 6 We already asked you in t We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring. favorite 2 Mirela, Croatia Mirela, Croatia For me, the best way is to pay attention. I work in elementary school and i think that we cal learn a lot about our students just watching them when they don't know that they are being watched. I assess student's learning not just by their grades but also by improvment and devotion from each student. favorite 7 ÖZNUR/TURKEY ÖZNUR/TURKEY I can take advantage of some practicies to support the permanent learning of my students , and in the whole process I take into consideration the age and developmental characteristicsof my students. favorite 4 Ayşin/Turkey Ayşin/Turkey I think I can use the internet and some applications for this.fter this training, I'm sure I'll have more ideas about it. favorite 5 Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece The best way, for me , to collect useful information about my students' interests is to pay attention and listen carefully to what the say and how they behave in school's everyday life. favorite 11

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

2019-01-30 13:22:07 UTC

At the beginning of the school year, my students fill in a questionnaire with their favourite subjects and I try to involve them into my teaching.

İSHAK KURT

kurtishak16 — 2019-01-30 13:50:18 UTC

I use different strategies to evaluate my students' learning. But the most important of these is individual observation. The individual reactions they give to my studies and their special learning processes make them different.

Violeta

2019-01-30 14:08:15 UTC

At the beginning of every year I made some surveys using Socrative

Žaklina Kvesić Croatia

zaki_kvesic — 2019-01-30 15:00:09 UTC

I am working with very young children Iuse the thumbs up or thumbs down at the end of each lesson to have students feedback

Isabel, Portugal

isamarques76 — 2019-01-30 15:39:11 UTC

I start applying some surveys, to understand their needs. Then i make some activities in plataforms like edmodo, where i and they can saw the results.

Carlos, Portugal

prof_carlospegacha — 2019-01-30 15:48:58 UTC

I start to collect information about interest and skills, looking at is grades in the last year; by talking with students and is teachers.
The first three or four days of each year is for known better each otter; promoting math diagnostic activities and classroom and outdoor group dynamics.
During the learning process I use daily assessment shared with parents and others teachers.
After a brief look at the register tables and reflection I change the tools trying to all students reach their goals.

Patrizia Italy

patrizia_lucchelli — 2019-01-30 16:00:03 UTC

Interest is analyzed at the beginning of the year, in itinere and at the end of the school year with the use of questionnaires of various kinds aimed at students who analyze both their knowledge and their aspirations for the future. There will also be meetings with teachers from previous schools to learn more about each student's potential

prof_carlospegacha — 2019-01-30 16:08:40 UTC

After a reflection I change the tools trying to all students reach their goals.

Claudia Italy 🌻

claudietta_ciucci — 2019-01-30 16:36:28 UTC

Together with the teaching team we choose entrance, intermediate and final tests to evaluate the educational path of the students during a school year. At the same time, we look at the children, we compare ourselves with the family, the specialists and all those who work with the pupils. We prepare individualized educational plans to be able to intervene on each student.

Vida, Lithuania

2019-01-30 16:50:39 UTC

Formally assessed students' work in communicating, collaborating, solving individual tasks. I use a Socrative tool to analyze the results.

Melek Göksu,Turkey

2019-01-30 16:52:56 UTC

the education of the students in the classroom is no longer enough. Students are more active in the presentation of what they designed or in nature they love to learn with what they produce.

Roberto Italy

roberto_giglietto — 2019-01-30 17:07:45 UTC

I work in secondary school. I don't have any tool to gather information on student's interests. I do assessment every month or two.

Elsa Ramos, Portugal

elsa_ramos — 2019-01-30 17:40:21 UTC

In teachers group, we decide some diagnostic activities for the begining of the year, to understand the needs of our students. Then we observe and registed the work process of students. The final resultat is not so important like the process.

Hara, CyprusAt

2019-01-30 17:41:15 UTC

At the beginning of each school year, I begin teaching a unit called "Ourselves". Through the activities involved, the students get to know each other but I also gather important information about their preferences and learning styles. I sometimes use a survey or mindmapping tools to create a clear "picture" of each student. Learning is assessed both through formative assessment at the end of each unit t also through informal assessment with observation of everyday activities and various checklists.

Silvia, Spain

silvia_lopmar_2 — 2019-01-30 18:18:53 UTC

I use formative assessment and a communicative approach

Nils / Germany

2019-01-30 18:22:06 UTC

I could use self assessment in group work for example. I could invent a questionnaire for the students to decide which learning strategies are best for them.

Ana, Portugal

anarplcorreia — 2019-01-30 18:22:24 UTC

At the begining of the year I always take 1 or 2 lessons to have informal conversations with my students, specially if I am meeting them for the first time. This way I can assess what their interests, expectations, fears, etc are.

Then, they do a placement test (I teach English as a second language).
Throughout the year they do formative assessment usually close to the formal assessment, so that both me and them can find out wether they are keeping up or falling behind.

Yıldız Kara

star_kara — 2019-01-30 18:25:07 UTC

To evaluate the subject I frequently use some web 2.0 tools as mentimeter,kahoot,quizziz.. to keep students live in terms their interest on technology.I think integrating the technology with classic learning methods (that we have to implement) is an effective way.

Eduardo López. Spain.

2019-01-30 18:31:14 UTC

I like to ask them questions in order to get to know them better, it really motivates me when they want to tell me what they did at the weekend or on holidays, or just what they had for dinner last night, it's very hard for them to communicate in English so I appreciate their effort, sometimes I need to translate what they say to help and in order to foster understanding.

Lucia Italy

2019-01-30 18:41:39 UTC

Making targeted conversation with children is the best way to understand their interests and their aspirations.

Antonietta, Italy

miaaba — 2019-01-30 18:50:16 UTC

I USUALLY HAVE A CHECKLIST, A PADLET, A KAHOOT OR I GIVE ORAL FEEDBACK DEPENDING ON THE SITUATIONS. I share the results through debate

Klaudija/Croatia

2019-01-30 19:19:41 UTC

We usually play Kahoot quiz at the very end of class. On this way I use formative assessment.

Yune

2019-01-30 19:28:49 UTC

Communication is the key factor here. I try to have conversations with them to know them a little bit more

mine selvi

minenihalselvi — 2019-01-30 19:35:55 UTC

I use self assessment questions and oral quizzes

Seher Güzel, Istanbul, Turkey

2019-01-30 19:40:55 UTC

I usually use observation form, but before I fill it, I do some assessment like tests by using plickers. I also self and peer assessment forms. But in the first three years I do not give any low grade any student because I think there are a lot of differences between them.

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Giorgia, Romania

giorgiagroza — 2019-01-30 19:54:03 UTC

I use observation, conversation, tests, playing quiz and communication is an important of formative assessment

Maria Afonso, Portugal

maria_afonso08 — 2019-01-30 20:50:05 UTC

I am always very interested about my students preferences. When school starts in September, I usually spend two or three lessons to talk with each one in order to understand who they are and what do they like.
I use my notebook to note their main characteristics and by the end of the schoolyear I have good and enough information about each one of them. When my students want to read about themselves they can borrow my notes.
I use formative assessment, oral productions, writing, quizzes, padlets, roleplays, songs... but my favourite (and my students!) is liveworksheets plataform. I really do recommend this plataform. Students like to do their evaluation because when they finish the ws or the evaluation test they know their evaluation immediately.
I also have a blog where my students can find what they need to learn in my class.

Gül SAKARYA

gulsoy_sakarya — 2019-01-30 21:21:18 UTC

Edirne-TURKEY

In order to support my students' learning, I will make them identify the topic they want to learn. When I learn this very well, I share areas that can be used in daily life. Then he asks them to share what they know about the subject, I want them to share what they have learned after the topic is completed

gulsoy_sakarya — 2019-01-30 21:22:06 UTC

In order to support my students' learning, I will make them identify the topic they want to learn. When I learn this very well, I share areas that can be used in daily life. Then he asks them to share what they know about the subject, I want them to share what they have learned after the topic is completed

mustafa erkoç-turkey

2019-01-30 21:27:53 UTC

sylvie

equipa_multidisciplinar — 2019-01-30 21:31:41 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I collect information about my students to know and understand them. I usually use checklist and oral questions.

I use a lot formative assessment. I’m always asking and verifying how goes student’s progress.

Carolina, Italy💡

carolina_biscos — 2019-01-30 21:45:54 UTC

I live and teach in Rome.
At the beginning of each year, in class we look at the program of events taking place in Rome and together we choose the most interesting ones. We go out one time every month: theaters, museums, events.
We use EDMODO to make a program of our choises.
I assess my students’ learning throughout the whole process by oral productions, writing, drawing, quizzes, padlets, roleplays, problem solving.

Maria Helena, Portugal

escolasdamoita — 2019-01-30 22:02:40 UTC

In our present situation, in Portugal, we are conditioned by a curriculum and we have to plan it related to a time span. The focus is on the subjects and instead of assessing we are obliged to evaluate through written tests, or in the case of a language curriculum through written, oral, listening and grammar tests. Although fulfilling these mandatory tasks, teachers still try to incorporate as far as possible what is really important, that is to say the attention to the learning process of students. Bearing this in mind some measures are taken to collect information on students´ interests and learning preferences, for example in the beginning of the year students are asked to present themselves and refer their interests, preferences, likes and likes. And it is with this information that the teachers try to adapt some lesson plans to the students’ interests and preferences.

After having seen and listen to the different videos of this course, I realised that in fact systematically collecting of information on students´ interests and learning preferences might help the learning process more and improve students´ growth in several areas and not only on the subject studied. Thus I think that the following might help:

To collect information systematically

- In the beginning of the school year students do a self-assessment test with questions related to their interests and preferences, learning styles, the way they perceive the world and their several skills;

- Apply different teaching methods and use a checklist to record students’ reactions to them;

- Choose different types of tasks and assignments and after concluding them ask the students to express themselves on how they felt while doing them (the teacher takes notes on the answers given);

- At the end of each term (we have three terms) the students answer a survey about the tasks and assignments they liked best and the ones they disliked and why.

Assess students learning

- The self-assessment test in the beginning of the school year will provide a global starting point about their level of skills, abilities and knowledge;

- To assess skills or knowledge concerning one assignment we could start with a specific self-assessment task;

- During the tasks/assignments the teacher records students’ work while using, for example a checklist, and gives the students feedback on how to improve;

- At the end of the assignment the teacher could assess what the students have achieved and how it compares to the self-assessment they did in the beginning of the task;

- Students can also state what they have learned, how they liked/disliked the activities they have done and which ones helped them more to achieve the learning aims.

Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal

anacorreia1 — 2019-01-30 22:13:21 UTC

My deep interest in getting to know my students and finding ways to help them reach higher cannot be disconnected from assessment. I inevitably and informally do it every class, since the very first day – while asking questions, while listening to their doubts or curiosities, while observing their notebooks, procedures or distractions. I informally help them self-assess through games or small class activities. Bigger projects can have a rubric or an assessment worksheet to fill in. At the end of each unit a language and culture checklist is given: the main goal is to guide their self-assessment, help them organize their study and give the parents some information and support on what we are doing in class. We also talk a lot in class about how we are doing and how to deal with weaknesses or make the most of abilities.

I define several assessment methods in the beginning of the year, but some of them become time consuming and secondary as we go. At some point they collide with daily work – it is essential to help students learn how to use them, how to be autonomous and self-conscious: these are crucial competencies but take time to develop. As much as I find them vital, external demands (curriculum, testing, parents need for grades, etc) keep chasing me… How do you deal with that?

2019-01-30 22:43:42 UTC

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Anunciação, Portugal

2019-01-30 22:54:40 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I usually apply a self-knowledge questionnaire with questions like "I am ...", "I like ...", "My expectation with this discipline is ...", "I am sad when... ". This has been a method that has allowed me to know a little more about the interests and expectations of my students and to try, from there, to develop my work with them. At the end of each thematic unit, each student makes a critical evaluation, pointing out the aspects that he/she considered most positive and presenting suggestions to improve the learning process. Although the quantitative results are important, I try to focus more on the knowledge-building process.

João Teixeira, Portugal

joargui — 2019-01-30 22:59:23 UTC

First of all and for me the most important, I have conversations with my students to try to know their real interests and needs. Doing this, I want to find ways to help them reach higher and prepare classes with more activities they like.

After that, I use student’s observation forms, quizzes, formative assessment that textbooks have at the end of each unit, oral questions addressed at the beginning of each lesson on the subject that was treated in previous classes, oral questions addressed at the beginning of each unit to understand what they know.

Throughout the whole process I usually use an excel worksheet to register all the marks of the assessment of each student.

Miguel Correia, Poertugal

mi1kas — 2019-01-30 23:48:36 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I usually apply a self-knowledge questionnaire with questions about interests, preferred subjects, study habits, ... and during the school year I try, from time to time and with due care and not to appear intrusive, to know better some of these aspects.

Formative tests have an important weight in the evaluation, but I include other evaluation elements, some more formal than others, such as paired works, Mini test, Plickers or Socrative, ...

I do some of these activities before global testing. This way I can analyze concepts that have not been well assimilated and understood and I adapt the lessons to fill these flaws and to better prepare students for testing. Besides that, they now that in maths they need do be always studying because the contents are always interconnected and they can have a small moment of evaluation at any time.

Mine,Tur

2019-01-31 08:21:26 UTC

At the beginning of the school year our counselor apply some professional tests. Than test results are given us. So it is good for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Lq0OgZ7A0

Hatice YAZIMCI ÇALIŞKAN

2019-01-31 08:26:03 UTC

I assess my students’ learning throughout the whole process by oral productions, writing, drawing, quizzes, roleplays, problem solving.

ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE Bu bilgiyi nasıl daha sistematik bir şekilde toplayabilir ve öğrencilerinizin öğrenmelerini desteklemek için daha iyi yararlanabilirsiniz? Ve tüm süreç boyunca öğrencilerinizin öğrenmelerini nasıl değerlendiriyorsunuz?

oz_ogrtmn — 2019-01-31 08:31:32 UTC

Personalized learning requires the student to identify and reflect on his or her own learning history and method. The most difficult students are those who have not yet recognized themselves.

For this reason, sometimes I'm taking note of the answers I'm asking oral questions. Sometimes I just observe.
I also use Self-assessment forms.
I'm doing mini quizzes.
I use applications like Kahoot.
I am using online testing and forms.
I'm doing exams on the subject.
Sometimes I intervene instantly, sometimes I'm waiting for it to end. In the process, the student can discover his own learning path.
Sometimes, on some children, nothing ever works. Because they require individual work.

Stanley,Nigeria

stanonyedika — 2019-01-31 08:41:21 UTC

I carry out activities like giving students opportunity to pick the clubs and groups they want to belong at the start of each term.These groups are scientic,technical and literary.Students make choices based on their interest and what they aspire to be in future.

Fernando Fdez, Spain

2019-01-31 09:16:41 UTC

This year I test students using neurolingüistic programming quiz to know if they preffer to learn visual, aural or kinesthetic way. I get some information about likes so now I know that they care about environment and I use it in my practice

Mary, Italy

mariapia_borghesan — 2019-01-31 09:21:05 UTC

I teach in the same village where I live and I usually know several students and their families. Nevertheless I used to spend a few minutes almost every week to talk with my students, to ask them about their life and their interest outside the school. I try to connect their life oustside the classroom with the topics we are studying. I encourage them to follow their passion and I try to explain them how the school can be useful to realize their dreams.

Sema / TURKEY

2019-01-31 09:21:13 UTC

At the beginning of the year, the school administration apply a questionnaire and I usually do it informally in the clasrroom by talking to understand and guide them. There are also some checklists to get information about what they have learnt.

Jagoda, Croatia

2019-01-31 09:24:02 UTC

Jagoda, Croatia
I am not a teacher, but I try to encourage them to do assessment frequently so that they have feedbeck about students accurate level of knowledge and interests.

At the beginning of the courses I talk to my students to discover their interests and to make learning process more interesting.

2019-01-31 10:53:35 UTC

Oğuz YAVUZ,TURKEY

2019-01-31 10:55:47 UTC

Here in Turkey in state schools we have questionnaires prepared and adminstered by school guidance department. We make students fill in these forms that are baseed on their interests,personal inner world to have an insight of them periodically and we evaluate these forms privately by ourselves and along with the guidance department and with school administeration, if needed. We keep the ongoing and perpetual observation for our students' development and changes during the year we make contacts with the students themselves or with their parents in person,when needed.

Feyza , Ankara

2019-01-31 11:42:29 UTC

I apply various methods to evaluate the readiness of the students at the beginning and end of each semester. I follow a new path by evaluating the results.
I think it is necessary to constantly renew myself and my students.

Ksenija, SLOVENIA

2019-01-31 12:06:50 UTC

My students use Padlet as a portfolio. I learned to know them better through their products.

Ana, Croatia

2019-01-31 12:38:31 UTC

I try to assess frequently with 10 minutes' written tasks including various skill appliances from translation over gap filling to dictocomps and then I make categories of achievements in 4 skillls. At the end of the term we discuss their results and analyse progress - before the final assessment all students have the chance of selfevaluation and explanation so I get valuable information for the following period

Giuseppe, Italy

profgcorsaro — 2019-01-31 12:39:27 UTC

I often use formative assessement in my classroom to collect more information is possible about my students and theyr personal learning style.

parsaknilufer — 2019-01-31 13:07:12 UTC

Lalitha India

lilyraj — 2019-01-31 13:18:13 UTC

I believe that students should be assessed frequently which gives them a sense of achievement and for teacher it tells, which students need follow up on any topic.
Ideally in science, I used to develop the concepts with probing questions, experiments and video clipping or virtual lab experiments. Based on these students are tested with an MCQs. While developing the later part of the unit when students collaborate and come out with their findings we get to know their application and analytical skills. It is here that an intervention for some additional help to particular student is revealed.

Simona, the Czech Republic

2019-01-31 13:33:18 UTC

I always correct all the mistakes in written tests and essays so that students see what they still need to learn. In this way they can find out that there are things they could discover for themselves. At the end of the term I ask them to assess their own work. In 99% of cases they know exactly what grade they deserve. This gives them a chance to reflect on their work. I do not collect information about their learning style and interests much.

Tena, Croatia

2019-01-31 13:36:42 UTC

Unfortunately, I do not have the time to now all my students. I have around 100 students and some off them I now better. I try to find out more every day about them so I can help them in learning, but the only way to do that, with this amount of students, is through a survey.

Roberta, Italy

2019-01-31 14:59:15 UTC

I usually take the spare time to talk with them ask questions about private life and to let them talk about what they want to share with me. Since we’ve not so much time they’re free to write me a letter whenever they want and then we take some time to talk about it. I try to bring their personal interest when we learn about new things, making personal connections in what they like and what we’re studying pushing them to keep going in the research following their individual interests.

Lucia B, Italy (high school)

2019-01-31 15:12:25 UTC

As somebody else wrote here, it is difficult to personalize learning when you have 100+ students, let alone to learn about their interests when you see them for two 55-minute periods a week. Especially if you have to complete the curriculum and assess them formally as well! The turning point in my career arrived when I started using a digital learning platform. Now I can personalize instructions, communicate individually, provide more stimulating interactive activities.
This must go with close observation at school, though.

Teresa Cândido

tpcandido — 2019-01-31 15:20:29 UTC

I have 6 classes with an average of 30 students per class, so it means I have around 170 students. It’s very hard for me to know all my students interests and needs. It’s still difficult to know all their names. I do my best. I know which students have more difficulties which ones are better at English and the ones that I would say are average students. At the beginning of the school I gave them a diagnostic test, but the result gave me a general view of my classes knowledge more than a knowledge of their individual needs. During the lessons I give them support and I get to know what their difficulties are. I try to use diverse activities so that I can learn more about them. Every term they do a summative assessment, it’s compulsory because I need to evaluate them according to some criteria defined by school management. They also do formal moments of speaking and listening evaluation. But sometimes I realize that the formal evaluation tools do not give me the real value of my students. In other words, some hardworking students do not get good marks on the tests while disruptive students have good results. I do not believe I can know all my students needs (because I have so many) but I think I can try to find out general difficulties of groups of students. After last term evaluation meeting I made a plan with many suggestions of working activities to help students to improve their English skills. I shared it on google classroom and told my students to choose the activities they think are the best for them. I guess it’s also important to teach students to be autonomous and self-oriented. However I feel I need to do more formative assessment and I’ll try to use some of the tools suggested.

Filiz BİLİCİ/TURKEY

filizlenirken — 2019-01-31 15:26:42 UTC

In order for effective teaching to be carried out, there is a need for a student-centered approach in which individual differences are taken into account. Because each individual learns in different ways and at different times. In other words, each individual has a different learning style. Creating individual learning environments that are appropriate for the learning styles in which the students are born and affected by the environment will ensure that individual differences are taken into consideration. However, since each student's learning styles are different from each other, teachers find it difficult to create an environment suitable for the student's learning style.

Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY

benerkanerden — 2019-01-31 15:43:37 UTC

In individualized education, it is difficult to make an individual assessment. However, concept games can be played to get feedback after each lesson. It helps to find the child's interest.

Elisabetta, Italy

goshprof — 2019-01-31 16:20:44 UTC

It's really difficult to learn about students' interests or learning preferences when you have so little time and so many students. But I think technology can help us a lot: for example I create surveys and then we can discuss on the results of them. Also, a padlet page is a great tool if I want to get to know my students more. The we can discuss the results in a circle time activity.

goshprof — 2019-01-31 16:22:16 UTC

here's the poss

Dimitria, Bulgaria

dimitriaayanska — 2019-01-31 16:28:11 UTC

I talk to my students every day about everything. I think that when you have succeeded in creating tight connections with the children, when you've gained their trust, it is a lot easier to be up-to-date with what's in their minds. Because they have the need to share it with you. Anyway, I also think that technology is a big help to teachers in that case - qiuzes, surveys, polls, etc. About how I assess my student, it varies between essays, normal tests, speaking tasks and discussons, team work, participation in class, homework, extra projecs and, of course, with the use of echnlogies ( presentaions, online tests, etc.) and, basically, anything that shows me their involvement, creativity and progress.

Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia

jasenka_kuljak — 2019-01-31 17:30:27 UTC

I talk to my students not only about teaching topics but about everyday problems and their interests. I try to fulfill my wishes through teaching.

MANUELA, Romania

manuela_iacob12 — 2019-01-31 17:43:41 UTC

I have to communicate more with the students, otherwise I would not know what they want

gonca esendemir

gesendemir — 2019-01-31 17:48:29 UTC

ıf I need to suggest a way to learn my students interest in a systematic way, it would be a questionnaire, that can be done online.
The way I assess my students learning is by using written exams, addition to rubrics related with their behavior in class and projects that they complete..

Anabela Aguiar, Portugal

anabelaguiarprof — 2019-01-31 18:05:18 UTC

At the beggining of the school year I have students fill in a quiz to get to know them better, their interest and their favourite activities in the English class. I try to keep their answers in mind when I plan my classes.
As I teach English, and communication is so important I try to have them discuss their personal points of view on every topic we are dealing with and this is a great way to get to know them better.
As far as assessing is concerned, I try to have different types of assessment so that I cover their different styles of learners,. But the problem is this procedure often collides with the school's evaluation critearia which puts a great wegh on written tests.

Naide,TURKEY

2019-01-31 18:06:05 UTC

important interest and abilities

Emiliana Rufo, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2019-01-31 18:07:21 UTC

I have to talk more with my students to know them better, to understand their interests, their ways of learning. I use collaborative activities (such as the ones in eTwinning projects) to discover their talents and social behaviours. it's not so easy - when you spent only three hour-lessons a week in six different classes with 20-24 students - to learn everyone's own learning. I don't use surveys but I find really useful to give students self-evaluation rubrics.

Ksenija, Croatia

2019-01-31 18:19:45 UTC

First lesson is for getting to know each other, I prepare a paper, idea from the Internet :), where students write about what they like/dislike, listen, eat, play, read... about their skills... and we all read it. They can express themselves and ask questions. It is useful fo better understanding.

Roberto Martín, Spain

2019-01-31 18:46:40 UTC

The first days of the course I use to have two background sessions: one with previous year (or years) teacher of English, so I get a detailed report on students I will have in my class, and another one with the students: we don't talk in English so they can feel more comfortable, but I ask them about what they like in music, sports, ...
that helps me to get a complete background.

2019-01-31 18:49:38 UTC

Nina, Croatia

2019-01-31 19:00:46 UTC

Often I use tools that give my students immediate response, like Kahoot or Office365 Forms (like number of points that they achieved or a similar type of feedback). By doing this kind of assesment frequently, both me and my students can summatively track their progress through the whole learning process.

Ana Teresa Gonçalves

ateresag — 2019-01-31 19:29:21 UTC

In my school, at the beginning of each year, each classroom teacher conducts a diagnostic assessment of his / her discipline and the class director evaluates the interests / characteristics of the students from which, together with the objectives for the year, they are planned activities. During the year each teacher has to have several evaluation elements, all of them diversified, in order to be evaluating the evolution of each student. In particular I perform written and oral evaluation. In the case of oral feedback is immediate. In writing, in the case of performing multiple-choice and short-answer tests, students are also able to know their evolution to discipline.

Alex_PT

teacheralex_dua — 2019-01-31 20:16:04 UTC

Again, with 7 different classes (+an adult group) and three different levels, it’s not easy to know about my sts’ interests and learning preferences. At the beginning of the year, there are documents that sts and parents fill in with relevant info, at the end of each term, sts are also asked to fill in a self-report form giving their opinions, in their essays, conversations throughout the year and direct observation, a lot of (personal) information can also be inferred. In what concerns the subject taught and assessment, I can’ deny that the summative assessment plays the most important role and I can’t even dare to change the status quo – lessons learnt the hard way! However, in the past, I used rubrics that were discussed with the students, apps like polldaddy, polleverywhere (often embedded in the class blog). Kahoot and Plickers also work ok not just to engage sts but also as formative assessment since when playing and competing, they also learn and there is a spreadsheet available in the end we can discuss. Our coursebook includes checklists we also use in class.

Dumitru ,Moldova

gruscadumitru20 — 2019-01-31 20:20:37 UTC

According to our curriculum we should investigate our students through initial, formative and summative assesment. But a personalised discussion with students helps us to know their interests

Raquel Martins

2019-01-31 20:31:15 UTC

At the beginning of each school year the presentation of the students and the teacher is made. Through a small talk I try to know the interests and the tastes of the students that lie ahead. It is easier if these students had already been mine in previous years. Throughout the year, mutual knowledge is increasing both in activities that are taught within the classroom and in activities abroad. In the classroom and depending on the theme that is being given, I can always, through an initial conversation, know the previous ideas of my students on the subject. For example, in the 7th grade class with content about Ancient Greece, I took advantage of students' interest in computer games to bring it into the classroom. With this game I was able to arouse a greater interest in the study of this theme.
Assessment is an integral part of the teaching / learning process and today has gained a very broad space in teaching processes. It requires, more and more, a technical preparation and a great capacity of observation of the teaching professionals. In the evaluation of learning, we teachers should not allow the results of tests, usually quantitative, to be highly valued at the expense of daily observations, of a diagnostic and formative nature. The teacher, who works in an interactive dynamic, has a notion, throughout the year, of the participation and productivity of each student. In each class or activity, my students know that they are evaluated for their competencies, actions and participation. It is necessary to give the student the opportunity to learn from his mistakes and to demonstrate his way of learning. I also try to always understand what the student's greatest difficulties are in the subject being evaluated, since it may be necessary to change the teaching methodology so that the student can have a better understanding of the subject in question. The evaluation of learning should be a daily practice, that is, continuous, where the teacher is able to carefully evaluate all the students' evolutions, as well as the difficulties encountered.

Maria Natália Couto, Covilhã, Portugal

niacouto — 2019-01-31 20:36:36 UTC

As a “Diretora de Turma”, I may collect information about my students in a direct and also in na indirect way, through parents, for example. With other students I collect information indirectly through “Conselhos de Turma”. Direct information is, obviously, the one I get from students, not only during lessons but also when I meet them in more informal contexts, such as during breaks, study trips or other events that take place at school but outside the classroom.

I use the information I collect to plan what I am going to do next. For example: for the same level, I may prepare different materials/strategies or methodology, according to the different characteristics of the different students.

For me, formative assessment is really important in providing feedback both to the students and to me as planning what comes next depends largely on the results obtained through formative assessment. So, to assess the learning throughout the process, I prefer Socrative, Kahoot or Plickers as they provide immediate relevant information on how each learner is doing and also how each class is doing in real time. Another plus of these platforms, especially Kahoot is that students are having fun at the same time that they are learning or reflecting on the learning achievements.

Parallel to formative assessment I also prepare formal tests for my students. Most of the time these ones are used more formally to grade them. Anyway, in tests I also try to bear in mind the different characteristics of each group of students.

Cristina SantosIn the beginning of the year I have one survey for all my students that allow me to know them better. After that I try to lead my practices to their interests, as much as I can, so they could be more engaged in the learning process. I can use different methodologies and materials to reach the outcomes I propose to them. But, in Portugal this is difficult because I have 5 classes, 4 levels and national exams at the end of the year. So I must pay attention to the formal evaluation, to the long programmes and sometimes I must play traditional role. The assessment throughout the whole process is very important, so I that can correct my practices, sometimes I have self-assessment and peer assessment and I usually make Kahoots and Plickers to have instant results so students can see what they have done.

mcris_espl — 2019-01-31 20:46:27 UTC

Lejla Hujdur, B&H

lejla_hujdur — 2019-01-31 20:58:12 UTC

I use edmodo in my class, so every student pick on its profile the type of learning he/her prefere. I give them different type of tasks on edmodo connected with math in everyday life, differents materials not only connected with math but with other important things such as youth problems, powerty in world, education in the world,... Many of my students like these materials and give me a grat feedback on these issues not connected with the stuff we learn in the class. That way I can see their interests and ways of learning.

Rachel

rachelawhis_ra — 2019-01-31 21:09:34 UTC

Getting to know your students interests and learning preferences begin with actually getting to know the student. This can be achieved by having conversations with the student, intentionally finding out what they love and their ideas about certain or general subjects.

Students learning can be assessed by creating fun assignments, using concept tests (informal and ungraded) and assessing group work (especially if the students share the same interests).

TUĞBA DUYURUCU

tgbdyrc — 2019-01-31 21:19:57 UTC

TURKEY
I always fill the observation form.I used padlet and I do a survey..

Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia

drazenka_kuzman — 2019-01-31 21:24:41 UTC

Through the teaching process I try to keep track of the work of my students through various quizzes, output cards, and patterns. Such a systematic way of monitoring helps me in making a final grade.

Yasemin, Turkey;

2019-01-31 21:45:38 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I talk to my students parents about their kids. I learn what they love and care about..Then I observe all the students individually.. I prepare my activities according to their interests...

omfayildiz — 2019-01-31 22:06:10 UTC

he video and article below describe concrete strategies to effectively personalise learning. After getting some input from them, try to identify the pros and cons of those strategies and pinpoint effective elements of personalised learning in the activities below.

Cristina Dias, Portugal

crisprof7 — 2019-01-31 22:08:45 UTC

At school, in the beginning of the year, students fulfil a survey where they mention their preferences and interests which are summarized to characterize the class. Teachers can, then, reach their students' interests and link them to some of subjects' contents. It could also be possible to update the interests as we teach new contents.
My students are assessed by me throughout all the learning /doing process, because as they build things in my class, they are assessed through their projects, questionnaires, check-lists and the final object.

Claudya, Romania

claudia_neacsa — 2019-01-31 22:14:43 UTC

I talk to them, to know each other, to play educative games .

Maria Giuseppina Giammetti

2019-01-31 22:47:09 UTC

ITALY
I use evaluative and sel-assessment columns to make my pupils reflect on their skills and knowledges. I use classdojo , a funny virtual class , with the parents ..it's useful.

Madalena Macedo, Ponte de Lima, Portugal

2019-01-31 22:52:07 UTC

Developing a meaningful relationship with the students depends, among other things, on showing interest and getting to know our students' characteristics, learning styles, preferences, habits, and backgrounds. The most immediate and effective way of doing so is to cover those aspects in a questionnaire or checklist and hand it out at the beginning of the school year. It is the starting point to plan and select the best strategies and activities according to the "profile" of the students. Throughout the year, both teacher and students can monitor the progress of their knowledge and skills related to the subject through formative assessment tasks: traditional formative tests, online interactive assessment, project work to incorporate learned content and skills, self-assessment and self-regulation activities.

Nurcan Değerli /Turkey

ndegerli — 2019-01-31 23:00:54 UTC

At the the beginning of the school term I have the students writing bout themselves. Through the school term I also observe the students and try to understand what their interests are

Aysel YILDIZ, Turkey

altinokaysel — 2019-01-31 23:14:58 UTC

First, the number of students must be of a certain standard in order to make the learning environment the best. I'm currently entering classes of 43 people and I'm really struggling. I find it difficult to reach all of my students. First of all, I believe that the student is familiar with himself and introduces himself to the student. The teacher who recognizes himself and his students in all aspects will raise their parents' awareness and everyone will be aware of this. When associating our lessons with everyday life, we can approach each student with his / her own interests and then we can get closer to success. In fact, although I have a lot of information, I can have difficulty in structuring and systematizing information, and I act according to the needs at these times.

Okan

2019-01-31 23:31:57 UTC

Pre-test which is about the schedule is what i use in the beginning of the term, and during the season portfolios help me to observe their improving progress.

Simona Mona/Romania

simonaantoanela — 2019-02-01 00:38:49 UTC

In order to get to know my students better, I ask them to respond to a questionnaire at the beginning of the school year where the questions relate to their skills, their interests and their learning style. Then, throughout the learning process, I”ll have to conceive their tasks taking into account what I have learned from the questionnaire.

José Teixeira, PT

2019-02-01 08:48:03 UTC

At the beginning of the school year, my students fill in a questionnaire with relevant info about their interests and their favorite activities in class. The information that I collect is very helpful and I try to keep their answers in mind when I plan my classes.

At the end of each term, I also ask students to fill in a self-report nd they have to write down which were their favourite activities and which ones they didn't like.

Regarding to assessment, I use very often Kahoot, Quizizz and Plickers as formative assessment but also as a strategy to motivate them since when playing and competing, they also learn. Sometimes I also use checklists.

zelia_nunes — 2019-02-01 09:07:46 UTC

Margarida

margaridabzzz — 2019-02-01 09:47:07 UTC

It is very interesting the strategy adopted by many companies that hold meetings with the whole team at the beginning of each week (or fortnight) and plan the work for that time. At the end of the week (or fortnight) they meet again to evaluate what was done or not, what went well or not.
Importing this dynamic into our classes would be very useful and enriching. Students would learn to have a sense of planning, be forced to make compromises, and share how they would like to work. Evaluation in this process is also very rich, because as from the beginning both the student and the teacher know the objectives to be achieved, there may be a constant management or adjustment of the work that is being carried out which is no more than a constant formative evaluation .
In my case, in the classes where I can invest mainly in self-employment, I use an evaluation grid of the work that the students and I have to fill weekly. At the end of each week, each student has to assess the amount and quality of work he has done, as well as his or her attitudes, then I also fill in my "opinion" and if there is a difference in assessment and / or the realization that something should be changed, I have a conversation with the student in order to try to adjust and / or improve the situation.

Nives Bogdan, Croatia

nives_bogdan — 2019-02-01 09:56:54 UTC

I talk to my pupils much, playing different games where we get a chance to know each other better, they are all talking about themselves, about their interests, hobbies, learning styles...

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inmanegrete — 2019-02-01 10:01:10 UTC

Inma, Spain

inmanegrete — 2019-02-01 10:04:33 UTC

On the very first day I ask my pupils about their interests. This is a way of building a rapport with students. I do it during the rest of the year after the lessons or at the beginning. It is really valuable since it gives me lots of information about them and how to plan my teaching . Regarding assessment , I do a continuous assessment apart from a formative and sumative one. We assess every day by using different means such as observation, students' participation, collaboration in groups, capacity to solve problems, go on the internet to search for information....

Rebeca, Spain

rebecapeso — 2019-02-01 10:08:58 UTC

I always ask my students at the end of the year or the term how they want to learn, and what activities they prefer to do in the class. It is anonymous and give me a lot of information about their learning process.

Gabi, Czech Republic

2019-02-01 10:23:23 UTC

I collect information about my students during all school year. It’s very useful to know about them individually. I communicate with them, I watch how they behave in the school group, I find out which subjects they like and in which are they successful and what their family environment is. And I try to cooperate as much as possible individually with everyone.

Ana Pereira, Portugal

2019-02-01 10:34:25 UTC

We can collect data using a survey, asking for preferences: individual or group work, school subjects they prefer, resources they like to use…We also have tools we can use, for example the VAK Learning Styles. This tool can help to know the student’s dominant learning style (visual, auditory and kinesthetic), the best way for them to learn new information. All learners use the three modalities to receive information but they have different styles and preferences. Knowing those preferences can help us to define and adapt strategies, resources and activities.

Sandra Gomes, Portugal

sandragomes — 2019-02-01 10:40:37 UTC

Actually asking students, in the beginning of the school year, to answer a questionnaire about their interests is a quick way to gather information about what they like doing / reading / watching outside school. Surveys like the examples given - D2learn and KYVirtualCampus - seem to be appealing to students since it allows them to use a computer instead of the traditional paper and pen.
However, if I think about the 190 students I have this year, plus all the paper work I am asked to fill in, all the meetings I have to attend and all the projects or activities at school I have to deal with.... sometimes getting to know my students as I should seems an herculean task!

Nevertheless, I always try to look for ways of getting to know them during the lessons by asking them questions or their opinions about certain topics, observe how they work / solve problems while they are developing a project work or their behaviour in field trips.
The data collected can help me when I'm planning activities because I try to incorporate that information. I can also gather information about my students' backgrounds in teachers' meetings.

Reflecting on how I assess my students' learning, I came to the conclusion that I use homework assignments and the result of the activities I give them in class. From time to time I ask them what they think could be done differently in case the academic results aren't the desired ones.
This kind of feedback allows both the students and me to adapt the learning and the teaching process to individual needs.

Carla M., Portugal

carlamarinho — 2019-02-01 11:03:03 UTC

I think both D2learn and KYVirtualCampus are very interesting examples of checklists that can help me learn more about my students in the beginning of the year. The OpenEd seems to be an excellent and useful tool for automatically graded formative assessments.
I assess my students’ learning every lesson, by asking them questions and when I start and end a new unit. The students do a diagnostic test just to check what they know and in the end they do “Test Yourself!” page to monitor their own progress.I also use Kahoot to assess the students’ understanding. The students are fully engaged in this activity because it’s over vocabulary/grammar they’ve all studied and they get instant feedback.

halil sünbül Turkey/Osmaniye

2019-02-01 11:20:14 UTC

I try to ask questions about questions or ask questions about questions, try to find ways of getting to know them, and observe how they conduct / solve problems in a project developer or on their field trips.
I'm trying to include this information while the collected data can help me in planning events. .

Gulum Turkey

2019-02-01 11:33:32 UTC

Till the end of the year we house

Gulum

2019-02-01 11:46:22 UTC

Gulum

2019-02-01 11:46:22 UTC

Choosing daily temas according to our subject let me understand their preferences.

Gulum

2019-02-01 11:46:22 UTC

Eugénia Abreu - Portugal

2019-02-01 12:41:04 UTC

All through the learning process of my students, I create and use different instruments to assess them and to gather information related to assessment so that I’m always aware of their progress.

At the beginning of the year, after having seen my students’ different levels, I take that into account when I make the year plan. I apply a diagnostic test. By doing so I formulate questions or make quizzes to understand their expectations and interests both concerning the topics that will be learnt and the methods in which they choose to learn. I introduce images for them to comment on. I also introduce exercises in which they will have to deal with drawing: compass, ruler and transferor.

Throughout the year, I apply formative assessing moments so that I get closer to their progress, their strong and weaker assets, so that I can guide them and motivate them to continue learning.

I directly observe them, their note books, their portfolios, their self- corrections, formative tests that corrected in class, questionnaires, written compositions and graphical compositions, exercises where they have to manipulate painting materials, drawings, images and other works of art. I also provide them with written exercises so as to prove the acquisition of knowledges and self-evaluation grids.

I slowly promote the success of each student, certify that they have acquired the necessary skills and when it comes to those who have more difficulties, I decide over the topic units, the methodologies and resources so as to help them learning.

marta_sil_martins — 2019-02-01 14:39:13 UTC

Share We already asked you in the first module what you know about your students’ interests and learning preferences. Now we would like you to consider: How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring.

Ester Degennaro, italy

esterdegennaro — 2019-02-01 15:21:00 UTC

I collect students’ interests and learning preferences systematically. At the beginning of the school year, I usually survey this information such as their interests and hobbies, their habits and aspirations. They can do it in a playful way as in the following example. At the end of the year, they create their portfolios.

Furthermore, I assess their acquired knowledge by using Socrative, Plickers or Kahoot as peer assessment, Tricider both as brainstorming and as gathering feedback my students know and need.

Analysis of student learning based on a formal/chosen assessment is conducted using evaluation criteria such as rubric, checklist and self-assessment.

Formal assessment with traditional tests is used too.

Döndü,Turkey

2019-02-01 15:48:20 UTC

think about the subject and think of activities that can attract students' interest. I build the learning scenario on it

Štefica, Croatia

2019-02-01 15:51:52 UTC

With all m students I talk a lot, not just about the content of the subject that I submit to the general about their interests, hobbies, etc. During the curriculum I often ask questions to the students so they can see if they understand what we are talking about. I often make a check by using an online quiz because it's interesting to students, and I get feedback.

Đurđica, Croatia

durdica_lucek — 2019-02-01 17:00:09 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I talk with all of my students about our curriculum, their interests and how to participate in the learning process. During learning processes I ask students do they understand or must I repeat something. Often I talk with my students and they share with me their own interests and opinions.

Fabiola

2019-02-01 17:40:06 UTC

At the beginning of the year I always ask my students what their interests are, but unfortunately almost never there are students who like the subject that I teach, mathematics. So I often have to motivate boys to study maths. Step by step we try to achieve goals together so they have more self-confidence and are more interested in continuing the learning process. I think it is very important to help students self-evaluate so that they can recognize their abilities and their frailties and enhance their abilities to overcome difficulties.

Ana, Spain

arbenito — 2019-02-01 17:45:22 UTC

I invite my students to talk about their free time activities. During the lessons I let them express their preferences and ideas in order to design activities. I sometimes use interactive tools to ckeck their progress.

Tina, Croatia

2019-02-01 17:46:05 UTC

At the beginning of the year I can make a survey of the ways of learning and students interest in the subject. I can show them the curriculum and encourage them to participate in the discussion and decide what parts of the curriculum they can explore themselves and other ways of learning.

Maria Pinto

mariafernandes — 2019-02-01 17:47:44 UTC

Maria Pinto, Portug

mariafernandes — 2019-02-01 17:47:45 UTC

I do not have the systematic habit of collecting information on preferences, but I have every interest in doing so more effectively from now on. I would choose to integrate a checklist (online), for
immediate response on the group and a "do2learn" questionnaire like
the example.
Integrating this information into school work promotes the development of study in the form of projects and more personalized interests.
I evaluate the learning of my students with the criteria that the school requires me and through personalized study projects, integrated in the curriculum.

Antonija, Croatia

tonka312 — 2019-02-01 17:49:02 UTC

Cinzia Fontanive, Italy

2019-02-01 17:49:40 UTC

I collect information about my students at the beginning of the school year through an entry test but also with informal conversations talking with them , asking about their interests, the music they like, free time activities ect. and then I use formative test all the year round to assess their levels of learning and to program the following teaching / learning activities.

Raquel Santiago, Portugal

prof_raquelsantiago — 2019-02-01 18:18:38 UTC

I usually learn about my students' interests and learning preferences in different ways. First of all, they usually fill in a questionnaire in the first lesson about themselves, where they supply details about themselves, their family, hobbies, etc.

Secondly, I also ask them to answer a questionnaire on their learning styles and call their attention to how they learn, and how to learn according to their own learning style.

Lastly, I also ask them for a composition on "Who am I?" and get to know them and their English level.

Nevertheless, I believe I also learn a lot about my students during informal chats during breaks or discussions in class.

I believe I could gather more information about my students and make this more systematic if I used some online tools or sites like Google forms, surveys or even some classroom games. The questionnaires and lists this MOOC has provided me with will come in very handy.

The assessment of my students' learning is usually done in some more formal or informal ways, and it is both formative and summative. I assess them through direct observation, formative exercises or formative / summative tests. Besides that, I often start a lesson by asking them about what they learnt the previous lesson, and try to end the lesson by asking them to summarize what they learnt. Textbooks also offer a self-evaluation section at the end of each unit, as well as a diagnostic test at the beginning of a unit to help me assess what they already know.

I believe monitoring our students learning process is very important, as important as making them conscious of their learning styles, preferences and content knowledge. I wish we teachers at secondary schools had more time with our students per week, or smaller classes so we could get to know them better and help them improve as much as possible.

Hakan TATLI Talas KAYSERİ

2019-02-01 18:21:57 UTC

I determine what every moment and pleasure the students enjoy. I follow their development using formative testing.
I follow this job all year.

Clara Vitorino

clara_vitorino — 2019-02-01 18:30:03 UTC

To be honest, it’s difficult to put in practice the knowledge of students’ interests because of elevated number of content we are compelled to teach in my subject – Portuguese language and grammar-, as students have to pass an external/national exam. Nevertheless, I ask them in the beginning and in the end of each trimester what did they like the most to learn or do in class and what they would like to do in the future. Strategies as work in groups (collaborative work), research in the net, using apps, gamification of activities are usually successful in their learning process.

Assessment in Portugal is defined by our educational law and programs. In my subject, I have to assess the capacity of oral and writing communication and reading and their knowledge of grammar in a pragmatic context. So every trimester students have to present papers orally, make written exams, listening exams… it’s very formal. But I try to use a little imagination and creativity and of my students have to tell a story we sit in a circle, we light some candles and bring blankets to class and we all tell stories (me too). Paper presentations are also creative because students can use do it in different ways: once they made a “doll” inspired on the verses of a Portuguese poet, Cesário Verde, “Num bairro moderno”. These were students of arts.

María de Arriba (Spain)

2019-02-01 18:42:01 UTC

Using a survey in Nearpod and then engage them with pictures about the main themes they´ve chosen

Maria, Portugal

mariatiago — 2019-02-01 18:56:31 UTC

Well, my teaching changes depending on the characteristics of my students. If they are younger, they often have less fear of making mistakes, but they have shorter attention periods too. Older students are able to have more control on their own learning.
Knowing a little of this background by talking to the students during the breaks, outside the classroom; sometimes observing the students’ interactions inside and outside classroom; sometimes reading their school academic records; sometimes giving the students a survey that asks questions about themselves; speaking with their parents; the other school staff; use icebreaker games in the beginning of the schoolyear. All the collected information will help to know better my students and communicate better with them.
The above checklists shared are a great useful resource to be used in the classroom in the beginning of the schoolyear:

KYVirtualCampus and D2learn

At the end of each Unit my students are used to answer a small survey: How well Am I doing? By this way they (and I) can monitor their success and overcome their difficulties or aspects to be worked harder.

Marta Martins, Portugal

marta_sil_martins — 2019-02-01 19:00:50 UTC

In my classes I use the following formative assessment techniques:

• on the first day of classes, I apply a questionnaire, with the purpose of obtaining some information (academic, difficulties, interests, ...) about each student, in order to obtain an overall characterization of the same;

• colored cards, double-sided (green and red), which I give to each student at the beginning of the class, to put on the table and turn to indicate if they are following the class (green) or if they have difficulties (red);

• direct observation, for the collection of information;

• diagnostic evaluation at the beginning of the school year and before a theme;

• oral questioning of the student - a Mathematics class, we can consider three fundamental types of questions: focus; of confirmation; and inquiry.

• inventory of learning goals - at the beginning of each didactic unit, I make known the teaching objectives; weekly alert for the goals they are working to achieve; and, before a test, I indicate the objectives / contents to be evaluated;

• lesson question, for gauging acquisitions and difficulties;

• preparation sheets for the evaluation form;

• assessment sheet - when returning the form, inform the students about the difficulties detected and the objectives achieved or not; the students create a plan of action (exercises) to fill the difficulties.

• "minitest", with a small number of quick correction questions: multiple choice, T/ F, association; with immediate discussion of responses and outcomes; involving the students in the correction - each student corrects a test of one of his colleagues;

• mini Whiteboard - an excellent tool to get students' response to a questioning simultaneously; each student records their response and shows it at the same time; taking immediate advantage of the results of difficulties / progress;

• use of technological tools such as kahoot, plikers, among others;

• recourse to the virtual school;

• At the end of the lesson, I ask students to summarize orally what they learned most importantly, in order to promote reflection and self-assessment.

Harun CEYLAN/TURKEY

hartulbb — 2019-02-01 19:39:11 UTC

of course, each student's level of comprehension varies.

ı observe them at all the lessons(art, math,social studies),ı talk them, and ı want them to write, draw,talk, ı provide them show me their best sides safely, and also use the breaks to observe them

nazlinry — 2019-02-01 19:49:42 UTC

Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy

soleemare_a — 2019-02-01 20:08:09 UTC

At the beginning of each school term, I could ask my students to write down what topic they would like to learn and what activities they would like to do. In order to assess my students' learning I could introduce some rubrics.

FilipaGFM, Portugal

filipagfm — 2019-02-01 20:10:47 UTC

First, at the beginning of the school year, I would create a questionnaire to know more about students' tastes and interests. Then, take some lessons to create a project based on those interests - for example, if 4 students like reading comics, they would make a project (show and tell) to present to their classmates.
The assessment could be done after each lesson, centered in a questionnaire that would measure their strenghts/weaknesses during the making of that project.

Ana Perak,Croatia

anap2711 — 2019-02-01 20:24:05 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I can ask them what they like for example, do they like reading, listening, watching, drowing, making things with hands, walking, playing outside...In that way I can plan activities for them.

A

anaanic — 2019-02-01 20:37:44 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I would ask my students about their hobbies and interests. We talk about the things ahead of us and how to make the best of our classes.

Feri Yaman

2019-02-01 20:44:25 UTC

Aydın/Turkey

Feri Yaman

2019-02-01 20:46:25 UTC

Aydın/Turkey
I think the best way to determine the interests of the students in the pre-school is the game. If the technology for today's pits is integrated into the game, the teacher will be able to work. Learning will follow when we find out the area of interest.

Susana Peixoto, Portugal

2019-02-01 20:50:46 UTC

In order to collect my students’ preferences and interests I ask them to answer a survey at the beginning of the year and I also assess their level of knowledge through a diagnostic test. During the year I always introduce each thematic topic with a warm-up conversation where I present the contents and I try to find out how students would like to learn more about the topic. Sometimes I plan an activity just because during one of my lessons students asked a question or showed curiosity about a specific subject. I think it’s very important we are able to reshape our lessons according to our students’ needs.

As regards formative assessment I always give my students small tests that can assume the shape of a simple worksheet or be a kahoot quiz. This assessment is very important so that not only me but also my students can reflect their learning. At the end of each unit, students answer a progress test to check their knowledge and revise contents for the summative assessment.

Diana Pádua, Portugal

dianapatriciapadua — 2019-02-01 21:26:43 UTC

In order to meet our students needs, it’s essential to know them well, what their stengths and weaknesses are, what they are interested in and in what way they like to learn. In the beginning of the school year, I make a diagnosis to check their previous knowledge, but I don’t use this diagnosis only in the beginning of the year, actually I’m constantly using it to check their understanding of the topic and I use this feedback to redirect my practice. This can be done through a simple test, a quiz and last but not the least through disussions with the class and the individual Ss with the aim of finding as much as possible about their interests, expectations and needs. I use some icebreakers in the beginning of the school year. An example of an activity I like to do in the first lessons, because it helps me memorise their names, but is also a first step to get to know them, is: each student is asked to say his/her name followed by something they identify themselves with (a hobby/sport, an animal…), preferably something which starts with the same letter of his/her name, then the next student will have to repeat this classmate’s name and favourite thing and add his/her own, and so on and so forth, until all the Ss say their names and repeat the names of their classmates and favourite things. The teacher has to repeat all the names and favourite things in the end. They get surprised to see this is not that difficult. Another activity I like to do is ask them to draw a few things they identify themselves with and then share it with the class. I’ve also found some interesting things about my students through a “Show and tell” where they were asked to bring a special object and describe it and explain why it is so important for them.
Using diagnosis and formative assessment are the best ways to help us identify our Ss understanding of the content being taught, check their motivation and interest and identify their needs. In the beginning of each lesson I recall the topics from the previous lesson and, depending on the Ss’ feedback, I decide if we can move on to the next step/activity. I normally do this orally, by asking them questions and having them identify the vocabulary and chunks of language taught previously.

In the end of each unit, my primary school Ss, have to identify what they’ve learnt by colouring some smileys according to each of the topics. Then they choose a sticker. This kind of metacognitive evaluation helps them realise what they’ve learnt and what they still need to improve.

selma meral-turkey

selmameral1988 — 2019-02-01 21:34:28 UTC

I would like my students to be interested in the lesson. for this I do activities in lessons. I try different methods. thus, I try to identify the method in which students learn the easiest.

dianapatriciapadua — 2019-02-01 21:46:54 UTC

Andrea, portugal

hipozzbastos — 2019-02-01 22:00:37 UTC

I start by triying to know them and their interests. I apply a diagnostic test to understand their knowledge. And during the class i try to do differents activities that promote their interest and t

Maria Anversa Grasso, Italy

mirellanversa — 2019-02-01 22:08:31 UTC

I usually use formal assessment to measure my students' learning (compositions, multiple choice tests etc) because forced by the system and the necessity to express some marks for their evaluation. However, I use often games and quizzes for formative assessment as well, in particular Kahoots.

Nihan

2019-02-01 22:31:37 UTC

I try to learn the kids’ interests through games and stories during the lessons.

Rute Vieira, Portugal

rutecvieira — 2019-02-01 23:06:14 UTC

I usually don’t use a form to question my students’ interests, I get to know them trough the lessons and activities.

I use oral interaction, written exercises, tests and others to evaluate their knowledge in a formal assessment.

Although, I also use the “story cubes”, “plickers” and simple games to promote may students’ interests and to develop their skills and creativity.

João Nunes, Portugal

2019-02-01 23:12:24 UTC

I usually use some exercises related to the topics that are being taught to try to understand what the students' interests are so I can use those interests to try to make classes more appealing to them.
As for formal assessment, I collect information from oral interaction in class, written practice, namely compostions, short texts and tests. I also use games, especially those related to vocabulary and formative worksheets about contents that are being discussed in class or about topics suggested by the students.

Magdalena Brzezinska, Poland

2019-02-01 23:37:59 UTC

This is the first year that I'm working in a semi-Montessori environment. I call it like that, as even though the school consistently follows Montessori pedagogy, my grades (7 and 8) are mostly "newcomers" who didn't fit in elsewhere. There are only 16 students in my class, and I see them three times a week at least (our classes are electives, so I see some students 8 times a week). This lets me collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences very systematically. It happens in a variety of contests: in individual and group project work, private conversations, etc. I also assess them formatively throughout the year, and I'm working on using the gained knowledge to support their learning. I do need more practice, though. Hence my being here.

Arlete Leitão, Portugal

2019-02-02 00:08:02 UTC

With time we get to know more about our students and we identify the ones who prefer participating orally in class, the ones who are quieter and prefer writing to speaking, the ones who are always offering themselves to read texts out loud, the ones who never get bored of doing grammar exercises and panic when they have to invent a story or write a longer text …However, they all have to develop the four skills of language learning.

As I am with my students only twice a week, besides the knowledge I get at the beginning of the year when they introduce themselves and talk about their interests, favourite subjects, hobbies and free time activities, I usually do a brainstorming about each new topic we are going to study to see what interests them more.

In class, all of them have to perform listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. Everything they do, every small paragraph they write, every oral interaction in class, every Socrative quiz they answer, every group work contributes to their final evaluation. I use continuous assessment based on direct observation and I also use the so-called tests, which are mainly formative. I always give them immediate feedback and after marking and delivering the tests, some are corrected in group but, sometimes, each student has to correct the mistakes he/she made. It takes longer, but if students are really interested in making progress, this work is certainly worthwhile. Another example is that when students do group works or write dialogues in group and then roleplay them in class, I use self and hetero assessment.

However, not all the students show the progress we would expect to, but we also have to be aware that they have different styles and different rhythms of learning and that learning activities have to be varied, motivating, dynamic and meet students’ interests and needs.

Özlem,Turkey

tyln3506 — 2019-02-02 00:20:37 UTC

I want them to fill out a personal information form at the beginning of the semester. I want them to evaluate themselves and their peers at the end of the unit. I use an observation form in the process. I give them the necessary feedback.

İLKNUR GÖZERİ

2019-02-02 00:40:17 UTC

I am an English Language Teacher at a Primary School.My students are aged between 8 and 9.Considering theır age,I would like to work with Guides beacuse they help me to learn about my 300 students' interests and preferences.We can use interest and prefence tests.Instead of giving them the information directly,we can guide them to learn about theır abilities and improve theır capacity according to theır interests.We can offer them to choose a project subject,investigate the points they like and submit an original product of themselves by web tools so we can integrate digital abillities into education.They need to learn self and peer evaluation.

Sandra Mendes-Portugal

sandrabn_13 — 2019-02-02 00:42:20 UTC

In order to collect info about their interests and learning preferences I guess I could provide them with interesting quizes and surveys, students could even interview their colleagues and fill in the info in forms and also present it to the class as well so everybody could get to know each other better. Using that info and adapting strategies and different resources could help support my student's learning. I assess them in a formal and informal way, , formal with tests (something imposed by the system) and informal-show and tell activities that can be done in groups/pairs.

Maria Zélia Nunes - PORTUGAL

zelia_nunes — 2019-02-02 06:44:01 UTC

In my classes (Physical Education) the collection of information is carried out fundamentally through observation and registration. The information collected allows me to provide the student with information and support about my planning decisions.

The opinion of their peers, in certain situations, is a contribution to the learning of each student.

Student learning is assessed in previously established situations (exercise criteria / games / contests / choreographies). It is performed during the process, in a systematic way, providing elements for correction and development of the learning and in a final moment of based on aggregation of the results.

The evaluation is qualitative, with the main aspects of improvement being mentioned (what was done wrong, why, how to improve / correct) and has the self-assessment procedure.

Cristina Antal, Romania

cristiantal44 — 2019-02-02 07:00:35 UTC

Observing !

Sabine, Belgium

2019-02-02 08:51:29 UTC

I could let them build their "learning star" which translates motivation and feelings about learning into a kind of star. Another quiz like the one on do2learn.com would add a dimension of outside-of-the-school interests.

Ezgi K. Turkey

ezgikiroglu — 2019-02-02 09:14:06 UTC

Observation is the key for me. First month of my classes I usually try to know my students characters, learning styles and their interests of math. But after this online course I'm going to use those materials which are helpful to figure out their interests and learning styles.

Cristina Elena Voicu - ROMANIA

voicuelena18 — 2019-02-02 09:46:40 UTC

I use questionnaire about their learning styles, interests, talking to them in non-formal contexts (online - through social networks, outside the classroom), observe their behavior during class, working on projects, presenting their work, etc.

Andrea, Portugal

2019-02-02 09:47:03 UTC

At the begining of the school year I introduce myself and we play a game "Who am I" where the students talk about themselves. With this I get a general idea of what are their interests, ambitions or even problems.
Regarding to the subject at the end of each unit students do a mini test and fill a report progress chart. With this activity they can understand and be conscientious on what they learnt and what they need to improve.

Anita, Croatia

anitabranisa42 — 2019-02-02 10:00:34 UTC

I admit, I haven´t done it so far, but I'm thrilled with the proposed D2learn questionnaires. Immediately I will make translated, "my" online version and tomorrow will offer it to my students.

lauranasci — 2019-02-02 11:27:29 UTC

lauranasci — 2019-02-02 11:27:49 UTC

How could you collect this information more systematically and make better use of it to support your students’ learning? And how do you assess your students’ learning throughout the whole process? After you've answered, browse through your colleagues’ contributions and "like" at least 2 others that you find particularly inspiring.

Laura, Italy

lauranasci — 2019-02-02 11:39:03 UTC

I collect information about my students in some more formal or informal ways. I observe them during the activities and I get notes during the informal conversations talking with them and then I use formative tests. I try to give them instant feedback and supportas soon as I can. I often start a lesson by asking them about what they did in the previous lesson, and try to end the lesson by asking them to summarize what they learn, because I try to plan self-assestment and promote reflection.

Birsen, Turkey

2019-02-02 11:49:24 UTC

I use manual questionnaries about their learning styles and interests. Sometimes I talk with them and observe them. I think the checklists you 've shaed are wonderful and if my students and I achieve to apply them with an online survey, it will be great.

Lalitha India In the beginning of the academic year,every teacher should get a detailed feedback of the students’ strengths and weaknesses from the previous years’ performance.Also, the record of observation done by the teachers who have taught the class will be needed. However students’ interests do change and as teachers we should start off with activities which test the students’ passion. For example, to grade 8, once I started with the class newsletter(titled Back to school with Techno Feet). Here all the 25 students had to put in their contribution . Google classroom code was given to them and a week’s time too to accomplish.The result was , I could identify different types of learners. After all the aim is to improve their existing potentials and expose them to new areas of learning.

lilyraj — 2019-02-02 12:05:46 UTC

Ivica G., Croatia

2019-02-02 12:51:46 UTC

I try to learn the kids’ interests through games and stories during the lessons.

Mirela, Croatia

klaricmi — 2019-02-02 13:01:13 UTC

I didn't have any system for collecting information about student's interests before. I would gather information about them through my regular work but none of it was

In my classes, at the first week, I try to learn my students' interests and needs by using different activities nd tasks

2019-02-02 13:36:35 UTC

Mara Machado_Portugal

maracamachado — 2019-02-02 13:36:50 UTC

I have taught mainly in secondary education where students are subject to external evaluation, this is done taking into account the knowledge they acquired on the programs imposed by the Ministry of Education. That is why this information collection is carried out in a systematic way through the application of sheets with exercises chosen and elaborated by me taking into account the matters to be addressed. During the correction quantitative data are introduced in Excel that allow me to know what contents the students have more difficulties and / or do not know. Informally converse with students about their interests and what subjects they enjoy most in the discipline.

The evaluation of learning is done following the assessment criteria defined by the school and the Ministry of Education, because as I said the discipline and years that I teach are subject to external evaluation, national examinations. In general I can say that there is a percentage for the experimental part (preparation and performance in laboratory work, reports, etc.) and another for the direct application of knowledge (training and summative forms)

Ivana, Croatia

2019-02-02 14:06:42 UTC

My students often talk about their interests, especially on Monday. They talk about the things they did for fun during the weekend. The checklists (Interests Quiz in particular) provide a good way of finding more about my students' interests. Talking to them about their learning preferences can help adjust my teaching methods and help them be more successful. At the beginning of each unit, there is a list of things in the class book children are going to learn about. During the unit, children colour a happy or a smiley face to show if they understand or have problems with grammar or vocabulary. At the end of the unit, there is a checklist and the children can put a tick in the boxes next to the things they have learned.

Josip, Croatia

josip_strija — 2019-02-02 15:10:40 UTC

I don't teach, but I've learned from my colleagues that there is always possible, after some time, to see the best way for students to individually present what they have learned. Some of them like virtual tasks, some like to speak about it, some like to write or work in project or workshop. So I think that the teacher's task is to adjust to the students' capabilities.

Ana Hrvatska

2019-02-02 15:53:14 UTC

My young students always happily talk about themselves, their interests nd hobbies. I always try to ask them questions about their personal experiences as we talka about different subjects in our lessons. That is mostly how i find out more about them and their interests.

2019-02-02 15:55:41 UTC

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edurne_andres — 2019-02-02 16:02:07 UTC

Edurne Andrés Crespo, Spain

edurne_andres — 2019-02-02 16:02:09 UTC

At the beginning of the academic year, I always ask all my students about their personal and academic interests, preferences and learning objectives and suggestions for that year. I could ask them again every month to check if they are fulfilling their learning objectives or if they need more help or different kind of activities in order to learn better.

I try to use all this information to improve my teaching and to try to adapt my classes and the material to their interests.

I usually assess my students´ learning through observation and tests, but it´s true that there are brilliant students who find it easy to pass the subject and other students that find it difficult in spite of their great work because of their different levels and abilities. Assessment should consider the different levels of the students and their abilities and value how much they have learned taking into account their starting point.

Hale Şenbaş, Turkey

2019-02-02 16:20:02 UTC

I usually talk about their expectations from the lesson at the beginning of the year. That gives me an idea about their learning styles. Observation is another method to find out about their learning preferences. I usually try to use multiple methods addressing different learning needs.

Maria Cristina Rocha, Portugal

mcrisroch1 — 2019-02-02 16:20:10 UTC

Usually I use a registration in my notebook for the class, because I must buy a tablet, but I couldn't yet. So , observation and oral participation is important to be assessed.

I often use, though, quizizz, short stories writing exercices, drive and google form.

Socrative and plickers are not yet used this year but I used in last years. I also use the oral presentation a lot and the presentations in padlet built by students, as well as PPT.

Daniela, Malta

daniela_dimech — 2019-02-02 16:56:56 UTC

At the beginning of the scholastic year I like to meet my new students and collect information about what they like and what their hobbies and interests are. I also use different games, stations and activities to try and figure out what type of learners they are. For example, this year I have a group of kids who love music and so to teach them new vocabulary and structures I use lots of songs. This week we rapped a poem that had vocabulary related to food.
When it comes to assessment , I use technology for example Kahoot!. I also use exit notes: Today I learned ... I did not quite understand ...
I also use self reflection sheets. I give them the different learning outcomes covered and then they mark smiley faces : 😀 I can do that! 😐 I’m getting there but I need a little support 😒

I need help!

Marta Oliveira, Portugal

martoliveira12 — 2019-02-02 17:03:08 UTC

In order to collect this information more systematically I would build with he students a bulletin board entitled "End of the week meeting" where each group would write/draw what they liked the most, during the week, about their learning, what do they highlight. Also, what they would like to learn or talk about in the following week.
Concerning the second question, a way to assess my students' learning would be using platforms such: microsoft forms, quizlet, socrative or kahoot

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2019-02-02 17:36:53 UTC

Farah

2019-02-02 17:36:54 UTC

At the beginning of every lesson , can give students a small questionnaire and ask them about their interests and use this knowledge to design my learning activities. As for assessing I will start using formative assessment more often.

Catarina Isabel Brito

caty_brito_5 — 2019-02-02 17:43:53 UTC

It is always difficult to "measure" different kinds of learning when students and their parents are only focused on the summative assessment. In my school there is a lot of collaborative work among teachers , so we make our materials together. At the beginning of the year we give students a small questionnaire asking students about their interests and the way they like learning. According to their answers we try to give our classes different learning activities. However, this is easier when students are up to the 9th grade. After the 9th grade students are more difficult to reach because their language level is totally different as well as their interests. With these students we often use oral assessment activities, using pair work or group work. Whatever activity we choose we surely need to take a register in our notebook. Assessing 30 students during a 90' lesson is not easy at all!

Elisabete Pires

pirelisabete — 2019-02-02 18:05:38 UTC

I start the year asking to my students to fill a quiz about their interest and learning preferences and extracurricular activities. At the final of each period, I ask them about their performance in each area that we worked, what were the activities that they liked the most and what they didn’t like and why.

This way, I see their progress in different areas and if they improve their skills.

I also use KAHOOT, PLICKERS and SOCRATIVE when I want to get a rapid assessment. I use GREEN SCREEN to promote their interacting skills. I use AUDACITY to help them to record their voice and know how to use the program. They also use recording programs to make videos. I teach them how to use NATURAL READER to get better in a foreigner language and practice the sounds in which they have more difficulties. Sometimes, my students say: teacher, we have enjoyed doing the homework because we have spent the weekend together. It’s so funny working together.

When my students have a project to do, they are aware that I’ll assess the process and the final product. They also have to evaluate their work in the group and the work of each peer. When another group present their work, the other groups have to evaluate the presentation. At the end, we discuss the presentations and we reflect about the aspects that are correct and those which they must improve. Each group and each student have always something that they do correctly.

Elif B/ Turkey

elftheelf — 2019-02-02 18:06:33 UTC

At the beginnig of the year, I ask my students their expectations and what to hope to gain at the end of the term. By this way I clarify their goals. I prefer to give formative assessment and want them to search it and duringf the process I want them to get in touch with me and give information about the period of their assessment. Withmy collaegues we made a scale and we aggreed to observe students in that style.But I prefer to make pre test and post tests in my lessons and I use Kahoot and Quizzez in my lessons.

Aiste, Lithuania

2019-02-02 18:45:45 UTC

During the first lesson of the year my students have to fill the form about their skills in different areas of chemistry. In this form they also have to whrite their expectations during the term. At the end of each term they also have to fill the same form and make conclusions about their results.

Maria Antónia Brandão PT

dolores_brandao — 2019-02-02 18:54:30 UTC

Understanding What Our Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing is very important.

As Teachers we must incorporate a variety of formative and summative assessments to inform and direct our practice for the purpose of improving, evaluating and reporting student learning. Assessment tasks used for summative purposes may be in the form of performance tasks, demonstrations, projects, and/or essays as well as tests or exams and/or assignments.

To assess students i usually use rubrics

Sara, Spain

sacedofuentes — 2019-02-02 18:59:15 UTC

At the beginning of the year I use different activities to get to know students. One of my favourite activities is to give students a letter telling them some things about myself and asking them to reply. It's not a compulsory assignment, but all the students end up writing a reply and telling me about themselves.
In order to collect info more systematically I use an app in my tablet.

Ana Santos, Portugal

crissantos2304 — 2019-02-02 19:07:16 UTC

To collect information about interests and learning preferences I would present them a survey about their preferences, at the beginning of the year. To assess my students' learning I prepare formative tests to guide them in their study.

Marialena, Greece

2019-02-02 19:10:06 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I deliver a form to the parents to complete the interests of their kids , their preferences, their weakness, their special features. I also organise playful activities , giving kids the chance to express what makes them happy and competent.
Through this investigation, I design a lesson's workplan to meet my kids interests and needs. It willa have video presentations, visualising the new material, hands-on activities, and space for kids to present what they learnt in their own preferable style.

At the beginning of the school year I asked my students to write themselve a letter talking about their expectations and fears. They will get the letter back at the end of the schoolyear. After that we were discussing different learning settings they would like to do. In this I registered what they like to do in their way. I use for that different methods and give them a task they have to do in their own way. It is offen very creative. Between that I have a lot of conversations with every student about their situation and the things they need personaly

weber13 — 2019-02-02 19:47:56 UTC

merve kapcı/Turkey

hsynkpc84 — 2019-02-02 20:07:03 UTC

I am a teacher in secondary school and I have more than a hundred students .Unfortunately it is very difficult trying identify all this students in terms of their interest ,ability and needs .But,At least ,I will try to use your skill invertory and interest checklist for my class that lead by myself.

Irena Peček, Croatia

2019-02-02 20:48:08 UTC

It is very important to understand our students, their preferences, needs, background, etc. That way we can plan how to teach them and motivate them throughout the learning process. A simple verbal communication is the easiest way to reach them. Other strategies include observation and survey.

Emilia A./Romania

teacherro — 2019-02-02 21:38:11 UTC

It is important to know students' interests .I try to adapt the activities accordingly , but when you teach using the textbooks and the curriculum and you are pressed by national tests, the choice is limited.In general, the textbooks are modern and they are designed taking into account students'interests.I find my students' interests through free discussions and observations during the whole year.Some students' interests may change from year to year.
I assess my students through tests and project works.

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2019-02-02 22:26:25 UTC

Rosalba, Rome

2019-02-02 22:28:11 UTC

In the vocational inst

Elizabeth, Malta

2019-02-02 22:39:45 UTC

At the beginning of the scholastic year, children are given a writing task in their journal book, whereby they are asked to write something about themselves, and if they are comfortable they may read it to the rest of the class. But to get to learn about each individual, is making the time to listen, and to talk with them during breaktime, or even during lessons. Communication and building a bond is the best way to get to know your student.

Milijana, Serbia

2019-02-02 22:43:44 UTC

Olívia, Portugal

2019-02-02 23:08:14 UTC

In my first lesson I usually play a game with them, where I introduce myself and talk about my family, interests and hobbies and they have to do the same. It is not much, but I get to know them a little bit. During classes, within English language curriculum topics, it is very common to talk about interests, houses, hobbies, family, holidays, friends and so we get to know them in an informal way. Furthermore I also take notes of their participation in class and I take into account what I know about their personalities to support my strategies. When planning a lesson, I try to establish a balance between the four skills and I ask for their participation accordingly to their strengths. I try to bring out the best in them, to keep them motivated and prove them they can do it. I sometimes take some notes at end of the lesson to help my assessment later on.

Sandrina Martins, Portugal

nani_sandrina — 2019-02-02 23:08:38 UTC

I begin by doing an initial questionnaire with simple questions - How do you like to learn? Do you prefer to work alone or in a group? You learn best how? Listening, reading or seeing?
I try to diversify the strategies throughout the year:
- I propose group work in the classroom, where at the end of an activity we can discuss the results and each one gets to know what they really learned.
- I make small tokens and in the end students can easily assess themselves using symbols (when they are younger students).
- Encourage students to self-assess
- evaluate by observing your performance (it's easy on more practical tasks).
- I use interactive digital tools

Cândida Tavares, Portugal

candida_tavares — 2019-02-02 23:48:16 UTC

At the beginning of the year, as class director, I applied a school questionnaire about the activities that students like to do in their free time, about their favorite subjects, the kind of classes and teachers they prefer and I give the answers to the class council.
At the beginning of the year, when the class is new, I also apply a survey about their musical tastes, their readings, what they prefer to do in Portuguese classes, etc.
At the beginning of the Unites, I also probe about what they have learned in previous years or review concepts already conveyed to anchor new learning. However. But I do not do it in a systematic way and the data I get are general, relative to the class and not to each student specifically. During individual or group work, I make corrections and give students guidelines to improve their work, I provide intermediate assessments in order to reorient the work if necessary.
I confess that a few years ago I used more diversified materials according to the most individual needs: for example, a set of explanatory and exercises sheets that the students performed in function of their difficulties. These tokens were paper-based and self-correcting.
With the spelling agreement, the change of the grammatical nomenclature of the Portuguese, these materials became obsolete.
Today there are numerous sites where you can find more specific exercises, but the constraints of space and poor functioning of the internet in school, have led me to implement this individual work less and less duri

Suncezgb, Croatia

2019-02-03 00:00:48 UTC

Talking with my students' interests, using exit tickets, short survey, observations through practical work, questionnaries or games (for example - icebreaker).
After collecting the results As well as work on yourself - I always try to improve my teaching.

Cláudia S., Portugal

2019-02-03 00:43:11 UTC

I could collect some information about my students' interests and their learning preferences by the filling of a questionnaire /survey about themselves. I woukd give it at the beginning of the school year.
I assess my students' learning through self-assessment, direct observation, oral participation, collaborative work and obviously, summative assesment.

Mª E

lami_mila — 2019-02-03 04:24:44 UTC

Mª Emília Baptista, Portugal

lami_mila — 2019-02-03 04:24:45 UTC

Formative assessement is very important in student centered learning process.

Normally, I use evaluation grids (my notes) to collect information about the students ' learning process. At the beginning of the module, I give students the goals of that module and I check through a quick dialogue what they already know and what they need to learn. I can also use a game. At the end of the module, I present a questionnaire or a game to check if the students achieved the goals. Then, each student fills his/her self-assessment indicating the learning he has accomplished. I give feedback to the students and, If necessary, remediation activities are followed.

Dan Sovan- Romania

2019-02-03 04:42:01 UTC

Formal assessment is an integral part of the teaching process and if you follow the steps of the teaching process, you will have a vision of how the course was held and how the students got the notions and skills taught. It is that stage of reflection in which questions that emphasize essential concepts give you an evaluation fedback. Also, ICT with automated progress tests gives us a comprehensive picture of the level of progress made by students in the preparation and learning of objectives set in the didactic approach.

Murat PAZARCIK,Turkey

ayal — 2019-02-03 07:11:20 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I will inform you about the ways of measuring and learning academic mathematics. I give feedback on the learning styles of students over time.

Renata, Croatia

renata_bernic — 2019-02-03 08:39:12 UTC

During the lesson I ask students how they understand what I am explaining. If something is not clear I repeat. Likewise, at the end of the lesson I give them a survey in GoogleForms with 2-3 lesson questions to see how many students understood what I was explaining.

Marina

2019-02-03 09:41:33 UTC

Marina, Croatia

2019-02-03 09:42:34 UTC

In every class I have a very small number of students, so I often find out about them throuhg conversation. For example, how they spent the weekend, what they were doing for the holidays. Through these things I get a big impression on a students - whether they like to read, stay in nature, play games ... and accordingly to that I adjust my teaching. The same approach does not work with all students, so it needs to be changed to help them.

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renata_pintar — 2019-02-03 09:51:38 UTC

Renata, Croatia

renata_pintar — 2019-02-03 09:51:39 UTC

At the end of each class I try to ask students and check if they learned the outcomes of the lesson. Sometimes I make them short worksheets and sometimes we discuss. I encourage them to ask questions if they didn't understand something.

Cândida Passos,Portugal

candidasampaiopassos — 2019-02-03 09:56:52 UTC

At the beginning of lessons I put my pupils to explain What we did in last lesson. So, I see what they learned. I I usually resort to games to see if they've learned what I taught

Fatma/

fatmasarikayis — 2019-02-03 10:01:10 UTC

at the beginning of lesson, ı can learn what they learned before lesson. at the end of lesson, ı can give some forms that related to that lesson to assess my students' learning.

candidasampaiopassos — 2019-02-03 10:28:51 UTC

Cândida Passos,Portugal

Tanja

2019-02-03 10:58:17 UTC

My very young learners sing with me and play, so through games and songs I learn a lot about their interests.

Ata Ayvaci, Macedonia

2019-02-03 11:33:37 UTC

Hi everyone, I am a secondary high school math teacher and When I give the students lectures then they say how to use it in our daily life I mean that how to apply it to daily life and I think it is a fundamental belief for students and actually problem is other science subjects. If we confront in this such a case, we should go outside and try to teach them through nature, LEARN BY TOUCHING AND FEELING but unfortutanely we can't.
This is not our fault but of the system itself.

Vera Lourenço - Portugal

vera_lourenco1 — 2019-02-03 11:54:15 UTC

I use formative assessment to give feedback to students and myself about what students have learned from the content. As a rule, I use games like Kahoot or Socrative that automatically give feedback. This school year, I started to put into practice a platform with my students, Classdojo, where students can see how they are doing the classes, they can also add extra work they do in order to create their portfolio that is available to everyone. I have to approve and then all the students can see what the classmate did. As it is something recent, for now only the good students have used this tool more and the only one that has made comments is me. But their portfolio is being built by them with photos, documents and images. All pupils like to see the puppets (monsters), change the profile and see the points that have already been assigned to them, because depending on their performance in the room and the work they are presenting, points are increasing or decreasing. They always have access to this platform, since at the beginning of the second period all students were registered, so at home or at school, as long as they have a mobile phone with the Internet they can see the evaluation and share their work with colleagues and the teacher.

Līga, Latvia

kraukle_liigak — 2019-02-03 12:30:08 UTC

I usually talk to pupils. Because my classes are small I can get information about their knowledge and interests.
I try to allow them choose the learning way they want, to get the better result.

Jasmina/Serbia

jasmina_micic — 2019-02-03 12:59:39 UTC

At the beginning of school year, to collect information about interests and learning preferences I prepare a survey about their preferences. My favourite formative assessments tools are: Kahoot, Nearpod, Educaplay, Quizlet, Versal and Quizalize.

Jasminka, Croatia

jasminka0909 — 2019-02-03 14:04:25 UTC

One of my teaching strategies is using entry/exit cards as a quick assessment tool.
I also encourage my students to ask questions at any time if they do not understand something.

Serenella Silenzi Macerata Italy

2019-02-03 15:07:42 UTC

At the beginning of each school year I usually ask my student to investigate about their learning style by using an online test: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml : its results may help them and me very much to improve the whole learning process.
Moreover this year I was assigned a new class with a lot of different learning problems, skills and needs. Therefore I have asked them the following question: What is the school you would like to have? They have written a lot (even 4 pages!!), some in fluent English, others half in Italian and half in English, a few completely in Italian. I could collect several excellent ideas to better my teaching practice and get closer to their life/thoughts, but above all they felt to be understood and welcomed. It was a marvellous experience!

Stefania, Italia

StefaniaMagli — 2019-02-03 15:14:12 UTC

As a music teacher, I only have two hours per week and nine classes, so I will need a survey to find out what the students are interested in at the start of the school year. I can prepare it with Google and send the link to the class group via Telegram. Formative evaluation: The tools I tried, such as Quizlet or Kahoot, are fun, but they don't challenge students enough about developing skills, or even knowledge, unless they themselves prepare tests for other students. I admit it: when the class plays Kahoot, it seems to me that they are wasting their time. I have only two aspects of the discipline where the formative evaluation is punctual and personalized, through interactive apps. I am studying to learn new solutions, for the other parts (flipnet class, uthentic task, etc.)

Iva, Croatia

2019-02-03 15:15:17 UTC

At the end of the lesson or after a few lessons I use output cards or short questionnaires that give feedback to me and my students did they understand and how much they did understand learning theme.

2019-02-03 15:52:41 UTC

It will help us all to get a better picture of how the widespread use of formal evaluation is already widespread.

Gordana, Croatia

2019-02-03 15:55:05 UTC

I mainly get to know my students through conversation with them. During the process of learning, I evaluate them by taking notes about their activity during the lectures and also by recording how often they write their homework. Students can always ask for an explanation of the task they do not understand or can not solve themselves.

Celeste Simões, Portugal

2019-02-03 16:02:24 UTC

I use formative assessment in all my lessons, as I constantly give oral (or written) feedback on my students’ performance. I teach English, so use a very communicative approach in classes, which means I’m constantly monitoring and guiding my students’ learning process. I try to vary strategies, although this is not always possible/easy, due to the number of students in the classroom. I keep pairs working so that they can help each other doing the tasks. I keep daily records of their work (I use observation grids) and always inform them when they are doing well or explain what they must do in order to improve. I keep close attention to what they do in class, as I go from table to table checking their work. I do formative tests and grade them (qualitative grading), so they know how well they are doing and what they must revise for the summative test at the end of the term.

Ignacio, Spain.

2019-02-03 16:19:30 UTC

Best way to learn thier interests is talking to them, not just in class, also in informal ways of learning and wait for their answers.
Best assessment is to give them daily feedback of what they are doing and how.

Yeşim, Turkey

yyildogan — 2019-02-03 16:35:51 UTC

I share a self-evaluation or a group evaluation form.I take time to grade and give feedback .Now I know what to do and how I will be able to do it using technolog

Nertila, Albania

nertilamucka — 2019-02-03 16:39:48 UTC

I think that we teachers have good skills to understand what the learner's interests are, especially when we know them from a long time. Personally, I understand what are the interests of my pupils during the performance of the special tasks assigned in classroom or at home, during group work, during discussions, etc.
Even so, I may not always be able to support pupils' learning because the class has a large number of pupils.

Conceição Rodrigues, Portugal

ConceicaoRodrigues — 2019-02-03 16:47:01 UTC

To collect information about my students' interests, I apply anonymous questionnaires, where I ask students to indicate what they like / do not like to do, what their dreams are, how they relate to others (family, friends), what is for them the school, what characteristic they enjoy in the teacher. Taking into account the students' responses, I orient the activities to match the two expectations / interests. From the last questionnaire that I applied, most of the students said that the school is "boring" and that they liked to have more classes outdoors and there was more activity based on games. In order to evaluate students' learning, I try to apply several evaluation tools. Students enjoy doing questionnaires in pairs, in the context of the classroom. I also apply a questionnaire using online platforms (Forms, Plickers). Students use the digital notebook, Padlet, where they place their investigations and the works requested by the teacher, evaluating the quality of the interventions. Students take reading sheets to analyze documents. When students perform an experimental class, they report, recording the data, calculations, and conclusions of what they observed. Students are also evaluated in the field of oral communication when presenting the work to the class. Students also carry out written evaluation tests.

I

imariacpereira — 2019-02-03 17:10:18 UTC

Isabel Pereira, Portugal

imariacpereira — 2019-02-03 17:10:19 UTC

Initially, at the beginning of the primary school, and whenever there is a new student in the class, I make an individual interview with the parents of the students. Its main goal is to know the student taking into account the perspective of the parents. Once I work in a private institution, a meeting with the pre-school educator is also held, which provides a series of information and strategies that allow me to plan my intervention according to the interests of the group and each child. In addition, students are encouraged to do individual and group work, and the themes they select and the resources they choose to use often indicate the best way to "reach" each of them and to address various contentes. At this stage, there is a close proximity between students, teachers and parents, and everyone is involved in the various strategies used throughout the year to ensure greater suitability in class.

The evaluation is carried out in a continuous way through observation registers, which allow the monitoring of student evolution during the classes; oral presentations; works proposed by me (worksheets, for exemple) or carried out on the initiative of the students; through online questionnaires and evaluation sheets.

Georgeta, Romania

2019-02-03 17:10:30 UTC

I work with very young students and I use mostly direct observation. We have formal , nonformal and informal activities and after each activity we keep records about how do students work or enjoy the activity.

Luísa Lopes, Portugal

2019-02-03 17:57:22 UTC

Once a week the English teachers get together to plan lessons (materials, strategies), assessment …

When a new school year begins, we always have a diagnosis which can be done in the form of a questionnaire (Google forms / Microsoft forma / Kahoot, Quizzes, and so on). There are always questions related to what and how they like to learn most or/and least; what their interests are … Then, whenever it’s possible, we try to integrate their interets in our lesson plans, e.g., use one of the topics they like most and that is common to everyone, and plan the lesson around it, using the strategies also suggested by them. They like to work in groups. So we prepare a research guide, or simply introduce the topic to them and let them show what they know about it, develop a powerpoint presentation and then, share with the teacher and class.

When it comes to assessing the students, through the presentation of the group work they are already being assessed orally. Students are aslo encouraged to self evaluation using grids given by the teacher.

Sometimes students also do online tests through which they can have instant access to the results. However, we cannot forget the formal evaluation. When students are evaluated through a written test, they get feedback from the teacher and remediation activities are applied if necessary.

Lídia Mota, Portugal

sanchesmlidia — 2019-02-03 18:08:11 UTC

I ´d love to know the answer for this activity. I enjoy seeing the examples of the formative assessments, but they were very long. identifying what my students know and need it´s hard because they are 200 students, it´s a permanently work, to try to understand what they know and what they need. I could try to analyse with time those instruments and adapt to may reality, and that way know better about my students. I think small interviews can be also useful.

CEREN, TURKEY IZMIR

ceren35 — 2019-02-03 18:23:28 UTC

LSP ( Learning Style Preference) plays an important role in learning. It means how students prefer to learn. As teachers we should help them understand and see their learning style preferences. In addition, students should also be aware of their strengths and weaknesses. For this reason, at the very beginning of the semester I apply a strengths and weaknesses questionnaire to my students. During the year we are working on these areas and search how they can improve their weaknesses. Thanks to the projects we carry out in the school, we can easliy understand which students are interested in painting, which students are good at languages, which students are more likely to cooperate, which students are good at using web 2 tools, which students have high power of rhetoric. We also use PBL ( Project Based Learning ) in our school. It really helps us analyze the students better.

Makbule Serpil Boz,

2019-02-03 18:24:46 UTC

Observing and using different checklists or quesionaiires help a lot.

ceren35 — 2019-02-03 18:28:06 UTC

Lidija Škrlec, Croatia

2019-02-03 18:36:07 UTC

I would definitely make a survey like the ones posted here and use it to get to know my students better. It always helps if what we do in class correlates with students' interests and abilities. So, it is great to sometimes flip the classroom and do things differently, the way kids like to do it.

Rui, Portugal

ruitei57 — 2019-02-03 18:42:14 UTC

I like to do surveys and checklists to see the different skills/abbilities and intelligens in classroom.

Helena - Portugal

2019-02-03 19:01:21 UTC

Throughout the year students have to be formally assessed through tests and exams although I don't totally agree with this type of assessment. So, throughout the year, I usually use different types of assessment to try evaluate specific unit contents in my Natural and Socila science lessons while using the CLIL appraoch. Sometimes students use their computers to use the Socrative platform where they have a short quiz with true or false questions or multiple choise questions or short answer questions. Sometimes I use team games and when there is project work, students have to fill in a short self-evaluation as well as a short quiz that shows what they have learnt through their project work.

Tomislav, Croatia

2019-02-03 19:20:50 UTC

The most common approach is to talk to students. But I use various web 2.0 tools (Kahoot, Padlet, etc.) as well as various forms of self-evaluation that give me more insight into achievement.

Luísa Pires, Portugal

luisap36 — 2019-02-03 19:51:16 UTC

I believe checklists, diagnostic activities and informal conversations are good ways to find out more about our students. But of course we get to know them better with time - we learn which type of activities they prefer and they preform better at. I try to engage different types of intelligence when preparing lessons. I try to mix games, music, videos, texts and grammar as much as I can.

Isabel, Portimão-Portugal

2019-02-03 20:14:41 UTC

To the collect and systematization of information about how students learn, I usually use different instruments and strategies: observation lists; Questionnaires Conversation with students; Sharing information with other teachers in the class; among others.

During the learning process I also use different instruments and evaluation strategies: formative and sumative evidence; Experimental work; Reports Group work; Presentations Games (Quizz; Kahoot,...)

Đurđica Krtanjek, Croatia

krtanjekdjurdjica — 2019-02-03 20:39:55 UTC

As I work with the youngest students, I learn the interests of my students from interacting with them. Through the activities of learning and teaching, one quickly finds out what a particular student is interested in and motivates. Assessing students also adjusts to their abilities and I try to encourage them to bring their knowledge in the way that best suits them.

sonia bras

2019-02-03 20:52:55 UTC

During the classe, I give all students feedback about how they can provide their knowledge. I also have a observation grid to collect the information and register the student's evolution and to assess the student's learning.

Ceyda Demir Trabzon?TURKEY

Ceydademir — 2019-02-03 21:07:25 UTC

Since the children are small, I would like their parents to fill out a "children definition form alar at the beginning of the year. I'il have a meeting with individual parents. So I'm trying to get to know the kids better. If there are any special needs I continue to teach. I'm often trying to make evaluations with observation forms.

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Paulo Alves - Portugal

pjfalves — 2019-02-03 21:21:38 UTC

Using Menti.com or Kahoot. By gamification students feel more mind free and you can give them feedback.

Ayla Akhan

ayla_yegnidemir — 2019-02-03 21:29:39 UTC

first of all, I pre-assess the introduction of a topic and measure the readiness of the topic. Then I try to make sure that they can see their strengths and weaknesses by evaluating their peers.

Sérgio Barroso

sergiobarroso — 2019-02-03 21:42:05 UTC

I use two kinds of formative assessment: one using Plickers, so that some of the curriculum contents and most common cognitive questions are asked. We have in the final a class panorama on the learning path. The students also use the famous web formative assessment sheet, where visually the do their auto evaluation.

Helena Almeida - Portugal

helena0almeida — 2019-02-03 21:46:04 UTC

Usually at the beginning of the school year I give the students a short quiz where they select the activities they like most. It's called "How do you like to learn?" and they select the activities they prefer, for example: listening to songs; writing; reading stories; singing; etc... Then I try to use more the type of activities that suits the class. I also give students a diagnostic test at the beginnng of the year to formally assess their knowledge...

Maria P., Greece

petropouloum — 2019-02-03 22:01:10 UTC

As I work with very young students, I use mostly conversation with them and direct observation. At the beginning of the year, I ask my students to explain what they did in previous year. So, I see what they know and I prepare my lessons properly. Throughout the year, I usually use different types of assessment like: quiz with true or false questions or multiple choice questions, tests and exams to the older students.

Rosário Sá Pinto

rosariopinto — 2019-02-03 22:12:17 UTC

First I have to know my students' interests. To achieve that knowledge I like talfking with them about what they do in their free time, what are their expetations for the future, what they expect from school.
Then I try to adapt my teaching to those interests and I usually give them feedback of what they accomplished either at the end of classes or at the beginning of the next class.
Frequently I use Kahoot to assess the students knowledge. This tool also allows me to give the students instant feedback of their performance as well as identify the contents they need to improve.

menabianco — 2019-02-03 22:25:57 UTC

Filomena Bianco

menabianco — 2019-02-03 22:27:05 UTC

I collect information in 3 ways. First I use a personal diary where I take notes even during the lesson. Then, I use some useful grids of observation. Finally, I encourage students to self-assessment through questionnaires.

menabianco — 2019-02-03 22:39:07 UTC

Marina Stanojlović Mirčić, Serbia

marinastmircic — 2019-02-04 00:41:45 UTC

I use ProProfs and Google Forms for creating quizes.

Maria Luisa,Genova, Italy

2019-02-04 08:09:29 UTC

work with boys from the Triennium of Superiors, that is, with students who are 16-20 years old.
They all have different skills, abilities and skills for which
I believe that for a good lesson it is important to know well their pupils and know what their needs and their ways of learning are and their interests.

Julijana,

julijana_novakovic — 2019-02-04 09:38:55 UTC

Beatriz (Spain)

2019-02-04 09:45:05 UTC

I collect information in different ways. For instance, students take a diagnostic test at the beginning of the school year to know the point of departure and students’ prior knowledge. Then, I keep a diary and I take notes in class when I am monitoring them throughout the different activities that we carry out in class. From time to time, I use tech-like tools (e.g. Plickers) to check students’ knowledge on a given topic and also, as students are often engaged in group projects, they assess each other by means of a rubric.

Ana Rita Silva, Portugal

2019-02-04 12:42:19 UTC

Throughout the evaluation process, I use diagnostic activities and informal conversations, as well as checklists. I think they are good ways to find out more about students. In the life of the teacher, the time spent with the students facilitates their knowledge. I try to involve different types of intelligence in preparing classes, using games, videos, texts and practical laboratory activity as much as I can.
To collect information about the interests of my students, I apply anonymous questionnaires, where I ask students to indicate what they like / dislike doing, what their dreams are, how they relate to others (family, friends), what it is for them to school, what characteristics they like in teachers. Taking into account the students' responses, I try to orient the activities to match their interests.
To evaluate student learning, I try to apply various assessment tools. Students like to do questionnaires in pairs, in the context of the classroom. I punctually apply a questionnaire using online platforms (Kahoot, Plickers). Some students use Padlet, where they put their research and the jobs requested by teachers, but not all have access to the internet. Students also take written assessment tests as laboratorial tests.

Ivo Cruz, Portugal

2019-02-04 15:12:24 UTC

The information is collected through diagnostic tests and information or training sheets. Throughout the year, are elaborated written evaluation tests, laboratory experiences with reports and several types of records are made in observation grids.

Throughout the process there are more formal moments where teacher-student feedback is more pronounced. There is a set of criteria developed in a disciplinary group that formalizes the relative weight of each type of information collected.

Sandra Viana, Portugal

sandravian — 2019-02-04 15:22:48 UTC

It's very important to know our students interests since the beginning of the school year. There are many and different intelligences in a classroom and bearing this is in mind is a great start for students personalised learning. Being close to students and affectionate is essential when giving and guiding instructions so that they can create and build and assess their learning. I try to listen to my students every week and take into consideration their opinions. It's great working with teenagers as they are very honest and fair and often tell me what they would like to do and how. They often tell me they would love to do more tasks outside the classroom. I try to relate what we do in the classroom to real life as often as possible. For example we have been talking about giving directions and places in the city and now I'm going to divide students in groups and I'm going to give them a map and they are going to follow the map in the city with my guidance. They are very excited and it's the type of activity they really enjoy. The knowledge is related to a real life situation.
I think I should create more checklists more often despite trying to be a good listener and observer when it comes to assess students.

Leticia Gil from Toledo, Spain

leticiaalfonsovi — 2019-02-04 15:40:49 UTC

Wheneverwe start a topic or project I ask my students for their previous knowledge to start from them and thus increase their motivation. We record all your ideas on continuous paper or cardboard and we are working from it. In the end, we can see how they have learned and if they have achieved the goals we set ourselves

Çiğdem Alvan

2019-02-04 16:54:11 UTC

Dulcínea Almeida

2019-02-04 17:11:05 UTC

In the beginning of the ear I asked my students about their preferences in a questioner, I ask about what teacher they prefer, what subjects are more interesting; whish method they consider more adapted for theme to learn; what must be their role in the process of learning. I think that kind of information must be used by me more systematically for preparing tasks adequate for all kind of students jn way that they can be more engaged in the whole process and can achieve more success in learning.

Birgül Ç.-

birgulcelikler — 2019-02-04 17:36:39 UTC

I think that I already know most of them based on my observations. I think that having more information about their learning preferences, I may talk to them as group and also one by one. Besides, I can apply different teaching methods and kind of activities and I can observe them during this process. In order to assess my students learning in formative way, I may use OpenEd website, Skills Inventory, Interest and Interest Checklist which are mentioned above. I may also use drama skills, role playing and impersonating techniques to engage them to my lessons. Besides, I may use learning website such as quiz programs (Kahoot) or simulations (Phet).https://phet.colorado.edu/

Inge

ingedc — 2019-02-04 17:45:44 UTC

I found the examples of the questionnaires very useful and wuld like to use them to know more about the interests of the students. I think it is important to implement assessment throughout the lessons, not only at the end. I want to use simple (digital) tools to do that.

Ana Nunes, Portugal

accnunes — 2019-02-04 17:52:16 UTC

I think questionnaires are a good tool to collect information about our students’ interests and learning preferences. Checklists such as those shared in this course are very useful and digital tools are very helpful to facilitate the process of collecting the data in a timely and more efficient way. But I believe that to collect this information more systematically it is essential to listen to the students. In order to do that you need to create plenty of opportunities and also to promote the adequate classroom climate. I strongly believe that if we listen to the students, if we really listen to what they have to tell us they’ll see that we care and that we know them at a personal level.

To assess their learning throughout the whole process I try to use different strategies. I use some strategies to have a quick feedback on their understanding (thumbs up/thumbs down), I ask questions to check their understanding and ask students to explain in their own words, after an assessment task I try to review with them what didn’t go so well and what they can do to avoid those mistakes next time. I try to help them reflect on their own learning and to promote a climate where they feel they can make mistakes. But it is not always easy to do this and sometimes it’s really difficult to change a certain view of assessment and evaluation, too focused on tests and exams, that still prevails in our schools.

Maria

2019-02-04 17:57:51 UTC

At the beginning of a topic/lesson I get to know what students know about it. Since I work with young children we do this mostly verbally or through drawing/writing, and sometimes children fill their KWL chart (this depends on the topic at hand). I try to guide the children to come up with the learning intention themselves. I feel that this helps children to focus more on what they are learning. By the end of the lesson/topic we review the learning intention and children say verbally/in writing what they have learned. Sometimes the children themselves come up and say that they need more practice in a particular area and this is one way of guiding children to assess their own learning. Assessment is carried out through various class/home activities on a group and individual basis. Such activities help me to see where students stand, who needs more guidance or who needs more challenging tasks for instance.

Güneş K.,Turkey

2019-02-04 18:13:09 UTC

I am pre-testing my students. So I shape the subject according to readiness level. I prefer portfolio application for a process based evaluation.

Gülseren Kalafat, Ankara

gulserenceylan — 2019-02-04 19:33:42 UTC

As teachers, our biggest challenge is knowing how to engage students in the learning process. First week of school activities we can have ‘getting to know your students activities’ such as interests, hobbies, and activities. For insatnce, one simple way to discover your students’ interests is by having them fill out an interest inventory. These are questionnaires asking all types of things about a student’s life. There are questions about favorite books and TV shows, sports, family activities, career interests, and so on. As an another strategy would just be to talk to the students. The purpose of this would be to open the lines of communication between you and the students. Observing your students is another strategy for understanding students. As an another strategy to understand your students is to look at their past school records or IEP. This helps the teacher project what the academic performance might be for the class. A teacher can see what subjects his/her individual students need help with. For example if a student received an A in math, but a lower grade in English, the teacher could guess that the student is left brain dominant, good at logic but needs help with reading and writing.

Ignacio, Spain

imonclus — 2019-02-04 19:36:47 UTC

Continuous observation, reading reports, individual interviews, interviews with parents, consultation of academic results, interview with tutors from previous courses, surveys.

Dana, România

danapunei — 2019-02-04 19:49:17 UTC

At the beginning of the school year I apply initial tests to assess students' knowledge, and during the school year I apply alternative assessment methods, such as systematic observation of student activity, project, laboratory report, portfolio, etc.

Vicky, Greece

091083 — 2019-02-04 20:25:53 UTC

I use a questinnairer

Paula Cotter Cabral

paulacotter70 — 2019-02-04 20:27:29 UTC

I usually ask general questions about personal interests at the beginning o the year. Then, in each assessment I includ a chart with teacher information and a space for students to register their opinion about what they have difficulty, what they already do without help, what they liked, what they didn't like and what they think they could improve. We discuss these aspects and all the intervenients sign (students, teacher and parents). After, we compare with other assessments and conclud if there was any improvement.

Sadık

sdk44drk1 — 2019-02-04 20:35:38 UTC

student reports, observations, peer review,

Alina, Timisoara

alinajucuti — 2019-02-04 20:40:43 UTC

Romania
I use questions about personal interests at the beginning of the year, continous observation, conversation with parents.

Paulo Almeida, Portugal & Bélgica

pauloalmeida19691 — 2019-02-04 20:43:56 UTC

Usually, at the beginning of each school year, I apply an instrument (written questionnaire) that was developed in a research group to which I belonged "Interaction and knowledge" and that allows to evaluate competences developed by the students. In addition to this instrument, I distribute a small questionnaire asking questions about the students' personal and scholar preferences, the subject areas they prefer and least liked. However, the most important question in this questionnaire is the answer to the "whys", as this allows us to have a more accurate picture of the reasons behind the likes of the students. This questionnaire is read carefully and categorized, which allows me to have a deeper understanding of each of the students, as well as the potentialities of the classes that I teach. At the same time, during the year, informal conversations or small discussions that arise spontaneously in the classes, allow me to know even better the interests of the students.
About the formative evaluation, I give the students opportunities to perform a certain task in phases, giving them feedback on what to improve before the final version is delivered. These phases are not subject to a mark because their objective is centered in the improvement of the learning and the quality of the final product.

Esther from Spain

estheriitawork — 2019-02-04 20:56:45 UTC

When I start teaching a new group of students I ask them to write on a piece of paper what do they expect, how did they feel on the first day before coming to school, what do they like doing in their free time... in a spontaneous way. Then, they read it to their pair colleague and those who want, can read it aloud for the whole class. I take them home and I read those pieces of writing and I get an idea of my students in a new school year.
I have saved those handouts about personal interests for next time. They are great!

Manuela Silva, Portugal

mmsilva46 — 2019-02-04 21:24:07 UTC

I think it is fundamental to change the students’ perception of the assessment process. Many students feel immediately pressured when they know they are going to be assessed. I always try to make a diagnostic evaluation of their knowledge at the beginning of each unit and I usually do it by using questionnaires (usually multiple choice) that I take home with me and go over them. I collect the strengths and weakness of each student and I also analyse the global performance of the class (I try to determine what I have to reinforce).

I agree that the assessment process should be embedded within each lesson therefore I do my best to give them information about their performance. As I teach English as a second language I usually give them assignments from http://www.liveworksheets.com that they do at home when we don’t have computer access in the classroom . Each student has a password and they log in to the worksheets that I give them, it gives immediate feedback and I also know how well each one of them did. Inside the classroom I try to engage them all in the activities and recently I started using https://kahoot.com/ for immediate feedback usually on grammatical contents. Students react very well to everything that makes use of technology to enhance their learning. Kahoot allows me, as a teacher, to keep record of each student performance and I can analyse their results later, but the students get immediate feedback.

I keep observation grids of the classroom work of every student and we also have self-assessment questionnaires at the end of each unit.

Adina. RO

2019-02-04 21:59:58 UTC

At the beginning of the school year we apply the questionnaire of learning styles; for regular evaluation we use different kind of tests with various items, observation, dialogue, self evaluation

Igor CROATIA

2019-02-04 22:19:07 UTC

Rui, Portugal

ruimbtc — 2019-02-04 22:24:50 UTC

Throughout the year, I use some class time to talk to students in a more informal way, so I can gather information that can be useful to me to direct student learning. Also some of the works developed are proposed by the students.
The evaluation of the students, in the whole process, in addition to the observations made, I follow the development of the activities, guiding the work and requesting with some regularity feedback from it. With some regularity, I use tools such as Kahoot or Plickers that allow me to evaluate and reorient learning and at the same time allow students to have immediate feedback.

Nicoleta Ro

2019-02-04 23:46:37 UTC

at the beginning of school i provoke them at different projects and competition and they told me in which of them want to work and why .

Yasin Tabanlı

2019-02-05 06:56:16 UTC

I use history consciousness and Google Forms to create exams.

Remzo, Serbia

remzodestovic — 2019-02-05 09:13:43 UTC

I am a math teacher, so we have nine chacklist during school year. We also use google forms 4 times .

Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal

mmafg — 2019-02-05 09:39:43 UTC

I often take some time to ask the students how they are feeling about the classes and I ask them for strategies and activitys they would like to do.
I try to envolve them on the contents and lessons by showing the importance of knowing several

Maria S. Italy

aquilone331 — 2019-02-05 10:53:52 UTC

To understand how my pupils learn, I mainly use direct observation, while they do their daily work, trying to understand what they are most interested in.

Francisco, Portugal

2019-02-05 12:02:04 UTC

I think that Classroom Response Systems should be used even when no tech/money is available. I'm even developing one, ar@school, that can add a lot to classes without disrupting them too much!

Isabel, Portugal

2019-02-05 12:10:25 UTC

I think it is really important to listening students about how are they learning - it is their perspective that matters!

Carla Barros, Portugal

2019-02-05 13:31:48 UTC

I also use direct observation and provide “real life situations” so they can practice dialogues in the foreign language. There are also self-assessment check lists at the end of each unit. I also give them a great range of topics they can choose from and then develop their own projects

Alessandra Amideo,

2019-02-05 14:17:32 UTC

ITALY
I collect information from a student in a systematic way and use it to support the learning of my students. I value the learning of my students during the whole process with classroom observation, written and oral tests, reality tests, and expert tests, and curricular projects.

Vlatka Čus, Croatia

vlatka_cus — 2019-02-05 15:14:28 UTC

That is what I´m allways ask myself again. I use Kahoot quizzes in introductory part of a lesson and after some parts of lesson. When students are solving a task, I follow their work and give them instructions how to proceed. However, after reading these materials, I´m not sure that is enough.
When I start working in some class, I´m testing my students in order to find out how much they know about Maths in beginning. It seems now to me that I need to know much more about them, about their working habits, way how they like to learn, and what interest them.
In order to collect information more systematically, I consider about regular using of collaboration tools that allow to set tasks tailored for different students.

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2019-02-05 15:24:14 UTC

I daily collect information about my students both in formal and informal ways: I observe them during the learning process and take notes; I give instant feedback and ask them for self-assessment or peer assessment; use thumbs up/down to have a quick feedback; I ask questions or ask to explain in their words to check ustudents' understanding; I use sommative assessment at the end of a topic.

Neslihan from Turkey.

2019-02-05 15:38:15 UTC

I would use the interests quizes, formativeasment technique.

Rosa Barros, Portugal

guilhermana — 2019-02-05 15:51:49 UTC

As a foreign language teacher and as communication is one of the most important skills for students to develop in my classes, I collect lots of information about my students’ preferences, their learning preferences and even about their personal lives with 2-4-minute conversations, usually at the beginning/end of the class. I do get to know a lot about them and whenever possible I try to use materials that meet what they love.

Students play an active role as far as their assessment is concerned, so we have self, peer and teacher’s formative and summative evaluation throughout the whole learning process. We use diagnosis activities, quizzes, kahoots, Plickers, questionnaires, (vocabulary) games/competitions…; they do extra-class work to improve the weaker skills; they write reflections on their learning style and activities reinforcing their positive points and suggesting solutions or setting goals to overcome the negative ones; I go through their notebooks; …

I give them constant feedback on their work/process, and I must say this is very time consuming and exhausting.

The formal assessment and quantitative are still regarded as important. I always set their dates at the beginning of each term and I try to focus my evaluation on the learning process and on the skills acquisition more than on the syllabus contents.

I systematically use excel tables and sheets to make it easier for me to register my daily observation and the assessment of all the activities and because I can easily project them and discuss and analyse them either with the students, my colleagues in meetings and even, if necessary, with parents.

Vicky Greece

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091083 — 2019-02-05 16:26:24 UTC

Gönül Ekşi,Turkey

eksigonul — 2019-02-05 19:13:01 UTC

student reports,observations,peer review

Maja,Cro

maja_knez_vranic — 2019-02-05 19:44:57 UTC

I am a language teacher so during class I talk to my studentas a lot and find out about their interests and likes.I also give them feedback about their progress.At the end of the class we do different kinds of ICT tools and games

Montsse, Spain

4edplastica — 2019-02-05 19:47:51 UTC

Basically, children like playing and interacting with their hands, physical tools and sharing with peer group.
Then the better way that I would teach them, it would be through learning by “doing” and practising something over and over again.
The handicap it would be that students don’t pay attention while teacher explain or all of them don’t understand well and when it’s time to show their learning then, they have doubts or don´t know what to do.
In my experience, I assess in many different ways, for example with some simple questions with Kahhot or plickers, revise their notebooks, their daily homework, if they are active in class or not and also, with an exam for unit. I try to balance all ways of knowledge that students have acquired. Obviously, as human I may make a mistake with the final mark but I assess all process.

Dana Floareș, România

floaresdana — 2019-02-05 20:57:15 UTC

At each school year start, I invite my students to define their goals and propose themes and activities that they would particularly like. at each end of the semester and school year, please specify the strategies, methods, activities that they liked the most. also if I feel that they have made progress in terms of French, but also individual and team work, etc.

alexandra_sofia_fernandes — 2019-02-05 23:12:58 UTC

Alexandra Fernandes

alexandra_sofia_fernandes — 2019-02-05 23:13:02 UTC

At the end of each unit, I usually solve a reflection, in which the students make a list of learned facts and reflect on the activities that allowed them to acquire greater knowledge and / or to develop a greater number of competences. I think, however, that the reflections of the students are not very rigorous and show some lack of maturity for the resolution of the task.

Sunčica, Croatia

2019-02-06 02:59:52 UTC

When a school year begins, I print out a table for each class, for notes. For each student I make notes with dates during the school year: finished tasks, homeworks, notebook content, group activity and class activity, grades... From time to time I talk to every student and say what he or she has to make better, and where they already made an accomplishment... For this to be easily revised it's good to have just one A4 paper on which I write with silly small handwriting. But this way I can see on the first glance for whom I lack formative assessment, and also in which field.

Betul, Turkey

betulkrs — 2019-02-06 08:00:34 UTC

I leave my students face to face on a subject they don't know. They're looking at it blankly, not knowing what to do first. Then they begin to explore the topic. They are moving forward with pleasure from the process. When they realize what they have learned, they are truly happy. Thus, science is a complete discovery for them. They're coming to class with pleasure. They do the evaluation themselves.

RABIA SHAH, PAKISTAN

2019-02-06 18:09:19 UTC

i always try to take feedback on daily basis by using both formal and informal ways. sometimes i asked questions at the end of the lecture to check their understanding. sometimes i conduct an activity for them

Teresa, Lisboa

2019-02-06 18:11:29 UTC

I use formative assessement in my lessons and I gave them feedback for performance. I use strategies diversificates that they answer short questionnaires. In fact receive the feedback about the lesson and the same time if they understood the theme.

Mirjana, Croatia

2019-02-06 18:20:08 UTC

I use short quizzes, crossword puzzles or something else at the end of the lesson and so I immediately learn what and how they learned. I take notes for each student and sometimes solve questionnaires about their interests, desires, and opportunities.

Cláudia Meirinhos, Portugal

claudiameirinhos — 2019-02-06 18:34:59 UTC

In my classes, I usually do the formative assessment through direct observation of the students' performance and interest in the activities. Sometimes I use observation log grids, but not as complete as those provided in the course, simpler. I often provide the immediate feedback on students achievement and when necessary new strategies are used to achieve the desired skills.

İsmail Çağlayan ÖZKAYA

2019-02-06 22:13:52 UTC

I give them a problem about something that they can face with it. How we can go home through this dangerous streets ex. ı show them different ways then they start to think in different shapes

Florentina, Romania

2019-02-06 22:22:25 UTC

Direct observation, feedback, questionnaires, " The Author's chair", role play.

Engin Turkey

Engins — 2019-02-06 22:36:35 UTC

The best way to determine students' interests and abilities is to observe them using structured forms. As a result of the data I have obtained in this way, I can also talk with them. Even though it will take time, organizing learning activities as a result of the analysis of the obtained data will enable personalization of learning.
After this stage, the activities I will be involved in the learning of the contents of the unit will be created according to the students' interests and abilities. Meanwhile, the continuous planning of individual evaluations of students will also facilitate my work.

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Engins — 2019-02-06 22:36:37 UTC

Ivanka, Croatia

ivanka_cvetko — 2019-02-06 23:03:09 UTC

I spend my students short reviews of knowledge and online quizzes.
In Edmodo, I announce the assignment that the students deal with and get the information back so quickly.

Sunčica, Croatia

s_remenar — 2019-02-06 23:54:57 UTC

A good way for collecting this information is a quiz where I could offer few different ways/protocols for learning on a specific subject. The results would give me percentage info on ways of learning but then I could plan the learning process by organizing "islands" for specific group of learners in the classroom. While organizing this kind of learning I could spend some time with every group and make notes on their learning. It would include different factors like collaboration skills, communication skills, reading, writing, presentation...

Burcin,Turkey

burcin_incee — 2019-02-07 06:40:41 UTC

I ask a question about what they want and did they reach their wants. so, they could asses themselves. In addition, I use a form to asses the students. This form is special for every student.

RICARDO , BOLOGNA - IT

2019-02-07 08:48:53 UTC

Some of the ways I use is collect what they are learning during the process, but more general. We have at school a paid service online to create assessment to students that after completing the task it shows what the students should learn more. I like talking face to face to understand better the feelings about the subject we are studying.

Laïla, Morocco

2019-02-07 10:12:32 UTC

For the moment I have very short sessions with each class. So before each lesson I do oral questionning to evaluate knowledge level , then individual check just after the lesson. Without technology it is time consuming, but necessary.

Cristina , Romania

cristina08ichim — 2019-02-07 12:48:24 UTC

To have information about students about their interests and learning, I ask them oral questions, but also apply initial assessment tests.

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Aygün ERGİN ROMANCI,Turkey

aygunergin — 2019-02-07 14:55:58 UTC

I usually collect information about my students by observing them in the classroom, making questionnoires

Nlüfer parsak

parsaknilufer — 2019-02-07 15:45:09 UTC

I use peer and group assessments and problem solving tests

António Gomes, Portugal

AntonioGomes — 2019-02-07 15:56:46 UTC

I gather information about the interests and preferences of my students in different ways, but always starts with the initial conversation, more informal and where I approach issues that have nothing to do with the subject to teach, but with their life goals. Then with each new subject I usually use questionnaires. With these data I direct the learning of one form or another.
I evaluate my students through project work, presentations, work reports, tokens, tests.

Hello,

2019-02-07 16:51:01 UTC

i often use ICT tools to assess the knowledge, for example Kahoot!

Liubov Maliarchuk, Ukraine

malyarchuklyubov — 2019-02-07 17:00:36 UTC

Havva

2019-02-07 17:03:04 UTC

To understand my students' interest ı use questionnaire and then ı collect and read all of them so ı give more attention while teach the topic. I assess my students' learning via exams, project and I also use portfolio

Lidija Hatadi,

2019-02-07 20:07:30 UTC

I often follow my students and their work. I look at all their work and give them feedback. Sometimes I talk to the student individually and try to explain what needs to be learned and how.

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cornelia_bascau — 2019-02-07 21:08:12 UTC

simple verbal communications, observation, follow
them and their work

Alida. Al

alidatelegrafi — 2019-02-07 21:40:08 UTC

being friendly, communicating with students helps a lot to understand them, and their learning needs.

Catarina, Portugal

2019-02-07 22:21:20 UTC

Aleksandra, Croatia

abrmbota — 2019-02-07 22:35:49 UTC

I use Kahoot, MS Form, Quizizz for formativ assesment; Auto-graded Assessments; Team work; Collaboration in pair and peer assessment. Explore and discuss in group, peer to peer learning. Explane problems/tasks for homework and turn it via Edmodo.

SEDA, TURKEY

sedasagin — 2019-02-08 11:36:29 UTC

I have less than 100 students in my school so I have a chance to build intimate relationships with them. That’s why I have more or less knowledge about their needs and interests. But also I use personal journal logs that they can collect their all activities and works throughout the year. They lead me to design activities and course design for the rest of the year.

Alexandra Fejer

alefejer — 2019-02-08 15:45:12 UTC

1. I am thinking of creating a short illustrated survey (as my students barely know to write and to read) to collect more systematically information about their interests.
2. I have to say that I use more often summative assessments. I heard about Kahoot and Edmondo, but I never tried them.

Banu Güven,

banuguvenster — 2019-02-08 15:50:23 UTC

Actually use both assesment style in my lessons. Sometimes we need to repeat and improve to solving questions skills, and sometimes we need to use what we learn in real world problems , for this they use kahoot, sway , Joomag and Canva e.t.c. They all like to use web 2.0 tools, it's very interesting to use their smart devices in the lessons and for learning.

E. Mouzinho, Portugal

elsa_mouzinho — 2019-02-08 17:17:20 UTC

Through literature! Yes, literature! I love to challenge my students to immerse themselves in the literary texts ... I do not invite them to read simply, but to immerse themselves in the sense of the texts ... All the reflection and joint analysis that follow from this "dive" allows me (and them!) to get to know their thoughts, ideas and personal values ...

Using the questionnaire and systematic observation I will identify the learning style of each student.

2019-02-08 17:45:30 UTC

Andreia - Portugal

andreiabento2 — 2019-02-08 22:53:52 UTC

To evaluate how students reason and apply mathematics usually let them work in groups and discuss problem solving strategies; I circle the room and attend to the discussions, the schemes they use, the way they defend their point of view relative to their group colleagues, how they collaborate ... and I take notes according to the characteristics observed. In order to evaluate the specific acquisition of knowledge I often ask simple questions that test what students should have retained on the subject in this lesson, which they respond in writing and which I return in the next class with a comment about what they can do to improve this job.

Celeste, Portugal

mcelramos — 2019-02-09 08:25:19 UTC

I usually try to do several formative assessments so that I can have an idea of how they are learning and if they are getting the relevant contents. Then I use small quizzes and even essays(for higher students) so as to infer if they have got the rules, the vocabulary, the most important to communicate in a foreign language. In class I usually "seduce" them to talk with each other and with me freely in the foreign language as thus I can acquire the information I need to repeat some items or even to deeply teach them again.

Silvia

2019-02-09 08:26:31 UTC

Gizem T-TURKEY

elttakacgizem — 2019-02-09 11:00:54 UTC

At the end of units,I make short quiziz also I use plickers and kahoot.We play a game ''I was there'' we make a circle and if the students remember anything related with the previous topic they step up share saying I was there.

Thomai Greeece Through fairy tales....The tale cultivates the spirit of children, helps them to clear their feelings, to perceive the difficulties andat the same time proposes solutions to their problems.It makes it impossible.

thome06 — 2019-02-09 13:36:09 UTC

Rukiye, Turkey

86mrscabalar — 2019-02-09 15:10:28 UTC

usually ı use role play to communicate each other. they can like playing games, so ı use web2.0 such as Kahoot, Cram. I sometimes give immediate feed back ,and especially after written exams we talk about their right and wrong answers

Christine, Malta

2019-02-09 15:26:59 UTC

In the beginning of the lesson I ask questions to see what the students know already. I also use quizzes such as Plickers and real life investigations. I also ask students to tell me what they learned in this particular lesson.

ana_paula_estremoz — 2019-02-09 15:35:30 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I usualy ask my students to make an interview to the student next to him. This activity allows me to assess my students’ writing, theirs critical and creative thinking and find out about theirs interests and hobbies. Another activity that allows us to get to know our students better is a field trip. The change to a more informal environment and the sociability between teachers and students allows not only closer relationship but also a better knowledge of the students. These activities can be evaluated by the teacher and allow to discover our students interests and motivations

Ana Estremoz, Portugal

ana_paula_estremoz — 2019-02-09 15:44:45 UTC

Another activity that allows us to get to know our students better is a field trip. The change to a more informal environment and the sociability between teachers and students allows not only closer relationship but also a better knowledge of the students.

These activities can be evaluated by the teacher and allow to discover our students interests and motivations

Olinda, Portugal

olindamartins — 2019-02-09 15:54:27 UTC

In the beginning of the lesson I often have a look at an English-written newspaper so that they can have a general overview of what´s going in our country and all over the world. Students show their interest in some articles and give their opinion about them. I also ask students what they did in the previous weekend/last holidays/in their free time and use this informal information to plan and organize the approach of the topics and follow-up activitities.
I usually ask students about what we had studied/done in the previous lessons. Then, I ask some of them to explain to the class what that content is about. Another way of assessing the way the learning is being process is by checking the homework and through short formative assesment activities carried out for some minutes during the lesson. Sometimes, students are given some model-ativities a week before the final assessment of the unit. For that, I also use some apps such as quizizz, kahoot or edmodo.

Snjezana, Croatia

smzoraja566 — 2019-02-09 17:26:17 UTC

In the beginning of the lesson, I make a experiments (chemistry), I ask questions to see what the students observe and what they think, or I put ppt or film on projector, and than we talk (what they know, same situation in real life)....

Ljubica Ruzhinska, Macedonia

rljubica_78 — 2019-02-09 19:04:57 UTC

I use different formative assessment techniques in my classes: brainstorming at the beginning of class, discussions, thumbs up/thumbs down, green-yellow-red markers during activities, exit-slips (using sticking notes), thing-pair-share, learning diaries, polls using different digital tools, interactive quizzes (Kahoot, Quizzizz)…

BülentAKŞAHİN Turkiye

2019-02-09 19:26:23 UTC

Murat , Macedonia

2019-02-09 21:45:59 UTC

To understand my students' interest ı use questionnaire and then ı collect and read all of them so ı give more attention while teach the topic. I assess my students' learning via exams,

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ionita_alinamihaela — 2019-02-09 22:08:46 UTC

Cátia Sousa, Portugal

catia_diana_sousa — 2019-02-09 22:18:51 UTC

Well, as I am a performative arts (music and drama) teacher, I frequently ask my students to bring in to the class a song, a music, a film (excerpt), a toy, a cartoon, …, and I keep the perception of some of their preferences. I also develop class experiences like improvisation, talks, self created performing exercises that facilitate the observation of students and collect information about them. I often share my observations with the student main teacher because I think it gives precious information about him, his reality (family, friends, …) and his preferences, so he/she can reach him easily. I assess during the whole process, by direct observation, relating their daily performance with the curricula.

Silvia Canali - Italy

silvia_canali77 — 2019-02-10 01:49:16 UTC

I use Circle Time, I ask them to write papers or stories about what they like most, we discuss during the process, they assess my job and they assess their peer with "emoticons".

Ronel, Philippines

2019-02-10 05:21:26 UTC

Formative assessment plays a vital role is the teaching and learning process. This is our tool in evaluating our learners to what extent they learn our lesson very well.

Hümeyra/TURKEY

2019-02-10 07:10:20 UTC

I make a intimate relationship with my students. Than I have more knowledge about their needs and interests. So being friendly with them help lots of understand them and learnings needs.

Edith, Romania

2019-02-10 07:58:33 UTC

I use different games, thanks to them I can find out what my student think, what are their preferences, we are learning from each other without any difficulties.

Francesca, Italy

2019-02-10 12:41:30 UTC

Mihaela, Roman

michaela_balint — 2019-02-10 14:08:59 UTC

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michaela_balint — 2019-02-10 14:09:43 UTC

As my students are very young different kind of games are regurlarly used for assessment. Simple hands on activities ( individual, in pairs or small groups) related to the topics of the lesson are also useful. Role play, learning diary(more illustrated than written), children presentations.

Marina Nj.

marinanjers — 2019-02-10 18:05:28 UTC

Kahoot, wiz.er, crosswords

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Daniela Tanu,Romania

2019-02-10 18:29:37 UTC

For assessment of primary education, I use formative or summative assessments, various games by group, in pairs, mentimeter questionnaires, quizziz

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2019-02-10 19:43:59 UTC

Getting to know students' needs

2019-02-10 19:44:49 UTC

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Vítor Silva - Portugal

vitorlousilva — 2019-02-10 23:42:35 UTC

Although using some technologies in the classroom context to motivate students to the teaching-learning process, using the interactive whiteboard with flipchats and Applets, Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Google Forms, leading students to interact with technology; using their smartphones and tablets and where they end up looking at these activities as a game, but in reality they are showing / applying the knowledge of the learning addressed, making a formal assessment in an informal way, instantly getting feedback from their answers. Everyone likes to use web 2.0 tools. In fact, I use both styles of evaluation in my lessons. Sometimes we need to repeat and improve problem solving, and sometimes we need to use what we learn in real-world problems. The whole concept of education leads us to evaluation. We have, therefore, two forms of evaluation: summative and formative. Every day in the classroom, everything we do is a way of assessing whether they are learning or not. Because students usually participate in group projects, they evaluate each other through a rubric. Student learning analysis based on a formal / chosen assessment is performed using assessment criteria such as rubric, checklist and self-assessment.

Ignacio

2019-02-11 09:03:03 UTC

I think that the best way to collect informatoin is though online surveys done at the beging of the academic school year.

Esmeralda Esteves, Braga, Portugal

esme_esteves1 — 2019-02-11 11:58:59 UTC

I currently use questionnaires, (individual or team) interviews, team assessment, observation grids, final product assessment by teacher and students.

Different students different activities different assessment

2019-02-11 12:21:14 UTC

at the beginning of the term I talk to my students and their parents about their interests, life outside school, etc. During the term I observe them , I look at their tasks, how they carry out the task. As every student's needs and interests are different , in order to assess their learning, I use varied strategies, varied activities. Some students wants to be assessed orally, some wants kineasthetically, etc. If you assess a student's success by one criteria, it will be nonsense.

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cayirovamem — 2019-02-11 13:32:58 UTC

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cayirovamem — 2019-02-11 13:32:59 UTC

Öğrencilerim için bir anket düzenliyorum. Fikrini alırım.

Krunoslav

prof_stefanek — 2019-02-11 14:35:08 UTC

I often do small exams and check homework, but also we make disscussions, do quizzes, play games and more... depending about amount of time we spare after explaining the topic...sometimes thay need more time then I expected to see some points

Lucrezia, Italy

edimol — 2019-02-11 14:57:22 UTC

To understand my students' interests I often use questionnaires and interviews.

To assess them I make use of rubrics.

Ana

2019-02-11 15:28:58 UTC

I often use digital tools to see what they know and

Laura, Romania

lauraelenaburcus — 2019-02-11 16:56:55 UTC

- observing the students in different situations, because some of them do not really know what they like
- Talking with them about their interests
- notice their results in a diary

Anda Laura Silea, Romania

andasilea1980 — 2019-02-11 17:34:02 UTC

I observe my students, we talk about the sublect and I use quizzes and Kahoot!to check the infomation they accumulate

Reyhan,Turkey

reyhangndodu — 2019-02-11 18:40:00 UTC

Surveys
Questionairres
Chatting with them
Talking about their leisure time activities
The sports that they are interested in.
Obsevation

Cris Nóvoa Presas Spain.

2019-02-11 19:03:21 UTC

I can ask my students frequently about their preferences. They can make pictures about how they want learn. Then to asses my students basically I follow them daily.

Semra UÇAR ŞAHMELİKOĞLU, Turkey

cafersahmelikoglu — 2019-02-11 19:14:13 UTC

I try to get their attention first. Curiosity is the most important method of observing. An example of a highway can be given from daily life to grasp resistance in physics. Working with a learning model that matches their daily experiences and experiences in their minds gives them pleasure.

MUSTEATA DANIELA, ROMANIA

instdanutza — 2019-02-11 19:42:43 UTC

I use formative or summative assessments, I use questions about personal interests, I apply alternative methods, systematic observation of students activity.

Menada,Albania

cankjam — 2019-02-11 22:06:45 UTC

I use various games by group,quizzes,alternative methods.

Lesya, Poland

lesya_lesyk — 2019-02-12 10:25:33 UTC

I sometimes use different questionaries. But I think, the best way to know my students better is to involve them into different after classes activities or projects.

Susana Tenreiro Oliveira, Portugal

2019-02-12 10:57:28 UTC

Assessment is continuous and formative along the way with some moments of formal evaluation.
Using apps and games such as Kahoot, Socrative, Plickers, Google Forms, thus leading students to interact with and learn how to work with technology at the same time!Constantly getting feedback from their answers and giving them feedback and registering in a diary everything that occurs in class together with their perforfance.

Mafalda Lapa, Portugal

lapa_mafalda — 2019-02-12 12:28:52 UTC

I often use Kahoot and Mentimeter to access students'learning in real time but also tabels of self evaluation and group evaluation. We usually discuss them in the class.

Sorina Rimbach, Romania

2019-02-12 13:31:08 UTC

I spend a lot of time with my students, so I get to know them pretty well. However, I often apply questionnaires, talk to them in recesses, play get-to-know games and remember all the information I gather this way.

Carm

2019-02-12 20:28:46 UTC

Carmen Voinea, România

2019-02-12 20:28:49 UTC

The formative assessment is applied throughout the activity with students. For students' knowledge and inter-knowledge, they use various games to learn about their experience to date, qualities, interests, skills, skills, but also about their ability to relate, engage in solving their workload, their ability to overcome failures , about their learning style. For the same purpose, applications, questionnaires, involve them in various extracurricular activities. I also directly observe the activity of the students, evaluate their level of knowledge / skills both in writing by solving certain work tasks and the oral work for the students who feel more comfortable with this type of assessment, through portfolios or work tasks such as debate, role play. It is important to provide students with the opportunity to be evaluated by several methods

Ceyda

ceydaozpacal — 2019-02-12 20:39:23 UTC

Ceyda, İstanbul

ceydaozpacal — 2019-02-12 20:39:28 UTC

Now i have to obey curriculum but if i had chance i would make "wonder hours/ days" so each student could choose the topic and how to learn it and on his or her hour they could learn with their preferences

Adelaide Jordão, Portugal

adelaidejordao3 — 2019-02-13 00:16:46 UTC

In order to know my students' interests and learning preferences I observe them in diverse contexts of formal and non-formal learning, in the accomplishment of tasks, individually, in group work and peer work. The better I get to know my students, the better my personalized teaching can be.

The easiest way to assess my students' learning throughout the whole process is to collect data on an ongoing basis and to provide a fast feedback to students. I turn to technology as a tool for efficient formative assessment: I use digital tools like Google forms, Kahoot and Socrative. Sometimes I use simpler strategies: I ask students to show a thumbs up for solid understanding and a thumbs down for additional support. I also use self-graded assessments.

These data provide me and my students immediate feedback and give me the information I need to to redirect my practice and personalize teaching.

Marta Curto, Portugal

2019-02-13 00:35:40 UTC

As I teach in a private school, I get to know my students in many different contexts. So, I geto to know them and their interests. I try to assess them everytime, everything they do is for evaluation; however it's very hard not being able to use every bit of information with the same weight in their final marks.

2019-02-13 12:01:20 UTC

I think the best way to know interests of our students is to have a chat with them. I observe them in the classroom when they work on their tasks and I take notes. I pay attention to their reactions to activities implemented in the classroom. I ask questions and collect information about their interests with surveys or quizzes. According to the data I collected, I differentiate activities activities relating to their needs and interests. I try to use Web 2.0 tools to assess their learning during the process.

2019-02-13 12:10:19 UTC

MAHEK BUTT, PAKISTANI take feedback on daily basis. I use to take a discussion session at the end of the lecture so that the queries of the students will be solved. And if any point is missed or not clear then it will be cleared to them. As well as on next day before starting the new topic revision of previous will give one more repletion of the topic so that the understanding of the students can be evaluated.

2019-02-13 14:14:51 UTC

Francesco, Italy

2019-02-13 16:00:07 UTC

I uIsually spend yime talking with my students. I try to discover their interests and preferences

Sónia Guerreiro

2019-02-13 20:43:43 UTC

To get actualized about informations of my students it's intersting to pass light surveys sometimes, p.ex. in 3 to 3 months. Also works very wellto take one class once and awhile to share impressions. I also use direct observation and questionnaires. With this activities it's easier to adaptate and/or to update future activities based on waht students are interested on. Having attention that personal and group interests are volatile.

Anna Grignetti

annagrignetti — 2019-02-14 17:52:38 UTC

I try to use different methods to know their interests: brainstorming, cooperative learning, concept maps.
I do not always ask them what they would like to learn. Maybe it would be better to do it.

Maria dc, Italy

mariadecarlo — 2019-02-14 17:56:44 UTC

I try to use different methods to interest them, brainstorming, circle time, cooperative learning ... but I have to admit with sadness that students continuing to receive from almost all frontal lecturers do not want to adapt to these new methodologies ... I struggle .

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2019-02-14 18:47:35 UTC

Sophia, Greece

SD1000 — 2019-02-14 21:34:15 UTC

Using the Interests checklist is a good idea. Assessment takes place every day in different ways. Mind maps, using tools to make a cartoon story and using drama are three common ways of assessing students.

Ljiljana, Croatia

2019-02-14 22:13:27 UTC

I use different ways of testing. These can be on paper after one hour of work, computer work, publications, posters, quizzes, Kahoot, seminar work, group work, etc. Mostly, I constantly change the methods of testing. They are varied.

Sónia Pereira, Portugal

soniapereira — 2019-02-15 14:48:11 UTC

I like to show my students a book https://www.wook.pt/livro/o-genio-dentro-de-ti-thomas-armstrong/666014

It is very interesting because we can evaluate each student's learning style and understand the best strategies for each style of learning. With this book students can realize that all learning styles are valid and that there are talents and professions associated to which one.

Luísa Nogueira, Portugal

luisaltnogueira — 2019-02-15 15:35:18 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I can survey your interests through a questionnaire.
It is also possible to prepare the materials to contemplate the various intelligences.
Throughout my practice, several situations have arisen in which the doubts put by the students helped me to understand how students learn.
Regarding the evaluation, I consider the student - teacher interaction very important, because it allows to perceive the doubts or difficulties and to help them when they need them.

Vicky, Spain

victoria_zotes — 2019-02-16 07:46:35 UTC

I am trying to adapt lessons so low-skilled students not get struggled. Low-skilled and high-skilled are asked to do different tasks. These tasks are assessed and handed in back to the student to be reviewed for a new assessment.

Burcu, Turkey

2019-02-16 07:57:15 UTC

Sónia Ferreira, Gaia

sonjaf — 2019-02-16 10:44:16 UTC

At the beginning of the year, I can survey the interests of students through a questionnaire.
I also prepare
materials to contemplate various intelligences. Sometimes I ask them what they want to learn or how.
Now It seems to me that I need to know much more about them, about their working habits, way how they like to learn, and what interest them.

Eleni, Greece

ezalavra — 2019-02-16 10:54:37 UTC

I have to admit that in the past I haven't considered requesting feedback for my students' interests. I only assumed that as young people would be more involved in the learning process by the integration of technology (TEL). This MOOC has so far provided me the rationale of the importance of considering their interests. I plan to utilize the inventories suggested.

Cristina (Spain)

cristinagomezdi — 2019-02-16 12:40:17 UTC

I try to adapt my lessons to connect them with my students' interests, all our sessions are very active, so they have to participate and being involved.

Anamaria Ghiban, Romania

anamariaghiban — 2019-02-16 16:12:05 UTC

Rita Zurrapa, Portugal

zurrapinha — 2019-02-16 19:58:00 UTC

Collecting their interests with a survey is an option. But I am afraid that my questions can lead them to something they are not. Open questions are always an option. Questions type can influence the answers. I think that getting to know your students is a process that never ends. Information teachers get must be

The assessment is varied. I prefer to have tools that students have immediate feedback and that allows them to improve.

João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal

jpedsr — 2019-02-16 21:08:05 UTC

In the beginning of the academic year, when I receive unknown students, I ask their, to answer a brief questionnaire about their interests and their knowledge on the subject I teach.

In every class, I always do a diagnostic assessment to identify their interests and knowledge.

During the academic year, the formative assessment is the most frequently way of assessment used, collected by diversified instruments as written works, oral presentations, writing and oral communication, responsibility, curiosity, commitment, participation, among other things. The results obtained are regularly reported to school identities, to students and their parents through various channels. For that, an informatic program used in the school is very important, not only to gather and manage all the information but also to communicate it.

However, the assessment criteria, add value to summative assessment, which in a certain sense is correct, because students will have to do a final exam in the end of the year, which assessment will affect the advance to a new school year.

Renata

2019-02-16 23:18:16 UTC

Every morning I tell students what we are going to do at school today and ask them what they want to do first. I use a variety of techniques and assessment methods during my work to give students immediate feedback on their success.

özlem

2019-02-16 23:21:47 UTC

AT FİRST ım asking them their family and life.What they like we spoke.I plan my lesson with this first ideas.I watch them in that time .I m doing a lot of activites and use learning skills

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2019-02-17 10:34:35 UTC

Marta Tarantino, Italy

martatarantino — 2019-02-17 11:25:43 UTC

Interest checklists and skills inventory as well as the other types of checklists are good examples of tools I’d like to use in my classroom in order to learn more about my students. I like the idea of a “Genius hour” where students are allowed to develop a project based on anything they’re interested in and thus show what they’ve learned and how they can apply it to real life. I'm definitely convinced that rubrics help to bring structure to our grading as they help us determine exactly what to measure. Moreover, they provide transparency to the students and, most importantly, they encourage self - evaluation. Since I started working collaboratively on the eTwinning platform I've been using rubrics and checklists .I need more training with regards to designing this kind of assessment tools, but I'm absolutely convinced that they help me and my students in the collaborative learning journey we started a couple of years ago.

Susan Rees, Spain

2019-02-17 12:58:56 UTC

In class I use seesaw, pupils can add all their work there and get feedback from me, their work is saved in their online file and I can see what everyone is doing, I can share different types of activities with different pupils. I use a class diary where I add observations orally. Pupils have a diary too, on seesaw, and they can ad what they enjoyed, what they found difficult etc. at the end of each lesson or day.

Meltem,Turkey

meltemakdeniz — 2019-02-17 14:46:12 UTC

I spend a lot of time with my students. I try to know them with in-class and out-of-class activities. I communicate and collaborate with my colleagues. At the beginning of the school year, I plan classroom activities like get-to-know games or icebreakers. I try to create a classroom environment which encourage the students reflect and talk bout what they need and want to learn during my class. And after this warm-up period, I shape my lesson plans. Even if it isn’t possible to adjust the curriculum to every single student as the classes are really crowded, I try to do my best.

Mariangela Fabiana Gramegna, Italy

facararolina — 2019-02-17 19:22:27 UTC

I ask, I look for; i make a list of interesting subjects.....I use structured -objective tests or cloze, or guided summary---

İsa ÇET

2019-02-17 21:36:45 UTC

İsa ÇETİN, TURKE

2019-02-17 21:36:48 UTC

I try to adapt my lessons to associate my students' interests and skills, all of our sessions are very active, so they all participate.

Miguel A. (Burgos, Spain)

2019-02-17 22:42:38 UTC

I use an interest questionnaire on the first day of class in all subjects.
The evaluation of the learning was carried out through continuous feedback with the student. I review the tasks, ask and try to be accessible.

Gamze Siper/ Turkey

gamzesiper — 2019-02-18 09:34:40 UTC

I like to use rubrics for these kind of activities. Because it creates a more objective method of scoring; specific criteria are identified and the students are evaluated only on those criteria. Also I like to make students involved while I am creating a rubric because it helps their motivation and engagement.

Pedro Pereira, Seixal - Portugal

2019-02-18 11:48:15 UTC

In the begining of the year i generaly use a survey to beter know their learning profile, using a VARK survey. My instruments are very different from calss to class in order to promote that different students with different habilies have the possibilty to learn also. Usually use a DUA methods. Motivate engane and prepare for future. My instruments have the possibilty the students make a self evaluation of their performence and have also a feddback of what competence isnt reached, in order to became better in next oportunity. Usully use pratical activities , group work, and sharing ideias discussion. We also use zipgrade and other appps in class.

rmi, Sweden

urmimalabanerjee — 2019-02-18 18:14:51 UTC

I talk to my students alot when they are working to understand their need. I have a student observation book to write small notes about each child which helps me to gather data. I do oral assessments alot while students are engaged in practical classes.

KORAY BOZKURT

2019-02-18 20:01:10 UTC

Burcu, Turkey

2019-02-18 20:20:14 UTC

I observe my students during the lesson and ask them about their preferences. I change the activity if I see that it’s not the right fit for them. I try to use different ways to engage them all. I take their wishes into account. I think we discover their likes by time but in order to learn it way before, I think interest quiz and questionnaire are good ideas
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Dunja, Croatia I would give them different activities that involve different types of learning and then check results and students' satisfaction with the activity. I would also talk to them and point out the good things about their

quince6219 — 2019-02-18 20:59:00 UTC

Maro, Cyprus

mconstantinou1 — 2019-02-19 09:08:12 UTC

At the beginning of the school year, I spend time to get to know my students and their interests. This helps me design the lesson according to their needs and enhance their results.

Natalia Grushko, Ukraine

20122013 — 2019-02-19 10:07:14 UTC

For students in junior high school , i give a questionnaire on their activities and admiration. So I will find out their interests. It helps me to know more about my students and to conduct interesting lessons. I also always help students with their problems.

Nurettin Aykan Türkiye

nurettin_aykan — 2019-02-19 12:18:55 UTC

1-Collecting information on knowledge. 2- Attention draw step. 3- To determine the learning method. 4- Joint identification of formal and informal learning steps. 5- Presentation of information or sharing of learning logs and opening to peer evaluation. 6- Use of knowledge in solving problems in daily life.

Maria,

2019-02-19 16:40:55 UTC

Maria, Valencia, Spain

2019-02-19 16:41:22 UTC

Maria, Valencia, Spain

2019-02-19 16:49:06 UTC

My students’ current knowledge, attitudes, and skills about subject matter. I used to get information through analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles.

Think-pair-share is one of the my favorite formative assessment strategies, asking a question, related to current days, if possible and waiting for my students' answers. Students are then placed in pairs to discuss their responses. I move around the classroom and listen to various discussions, gaining insight into an individual’s levels of understanding. After a time, the students discuss their responses with the entire class. I also use research methodologies when students are responsible for their own learning, their performance is enhanced. One of my aims is make their learning meaningful.

Nina, Romania

petraru_olaru_nina — 2019-02-19 21:03:07 UTC

I collect information about my students' interests and learning preferences observing them in diverse formal and nonformal learning contexts, in the accomplishment of tasks, individually, in group work and peer work. I also give them questionnaires.
For assessment I use different assignments, tests, projects, oral presentations.

Rania, Greee

rlambou2 — 2019-02-19 22:18:27 UTC

I would try to gather information and apply a formative assessment with the use of questionnaires, quizzes like Kahoot, projects, etc.

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2019-02-19 22:40:13 UTC

2019-02-20 07:01:24 UTC

Asking them questions abou

Teresa Moreira

tmoreira11_1 — 2019-02-20 09:52:53 UTC

I observe the performance of the students during the performance of the activities equestiono the students.

Cristina Raposo, Portugal

ciraposo — 2019-02-20 15:19:09 UTC

I observe them and I take notes, but I also ask them to answer questionaires and to self evaluate their work in order to know their strengths and weaknesses.
I think I still have a long way to walk in this matter.

hera

catalinahera — 2019-02-20 16:00:57 UTC

Students have been tested on the learning style and projects on different subjects are chosen by a student from several subjects

Maria Amalia, Greece

maria_amaliav — 2019-02-20 16:32:17 UTC

Discussions, questionnaires and online activities!

Fernando Emídio, Portugal

2019-02-20 19:15:12 UTC

I use some digital tools like Class Dojo to have more information about my students, like having them and their families do some home tasks, asking and involving the parents in some activities, I talk a lot with them and I observe while they are interacting with others in many settings

Filiz, Ankara

sezerayfiliz — 2019-02-20 19:39:47 UTC

Digital activities, Learning style and asking them questions about

Vera Dinis, Portugal

dinisvera — 2019-02-20 21:37:01 UTC

Experiences, discussions, questionnaires, surveys ..

aysesozturk_aso — 2019-02-21 17:31:13 UTC

Ayşe ŞİMŞEK ÖZTÜRK,
I want them to teach their friends digital tools ,and ask their friends questions

Alexandra, Portugal

2019-02-22 16:43:20 UTC

At the beginning of the year I always ask my students if they like or not the subject and why... Then I ask them what kind of subjects and activities they like the most. I try to gather
from them as much information as possible and first of all I begin my lessons with several and completly different activities towards students' preferences, using the ITC, and try to "make" the less interested in it to "like it"! doing what one most love is half way to sucess, so this is my first challenge. Then I use three important tools: good humour; activities related to students' preferences (changing them in a way that all of them can be satisfied) and the ITC. I change from school to school every year, so, obviously the same happens with students and classes. I can´t say that these strategies actually result at a medium-long term, but I can affirm they do work along the year.

Eylem GÜRKAN/TURKEY

eylemgurkan — 2019-02-22 18:52:38 UTC

I understand the level of readiness of my students before I add to the training.
I let them explore and find different questions and ask them to look at things from different perspectives. I generally focus on everyday life skills and support them to solve the existing problem.

Ania. Poland

anajas11 — 2019-02-22 19:22:27 UTC

I work in a nursery. I know that the best way to learn about the interests of our students is to talk to them and observe them during any classes. I watch them in the classroom as they work, play, draw and take notes in the observation sheet. I often talk to children, ask them questions. According to the collected data, I distinguish between activities related to their needs and interests. I try to use TIC tools to assess their progress in the process of gaining knowledge and skills

Ferhan YENİ / Türkiye

2019-02-22 20:39:42 UTC

2019-02-22 20:40:33 UTC

Experiences

Kavita

2019-02-23 13:05:13 UTC

Have a student's portfo

Iva Naranđa, Croatia

2019-02-23 14:49:50 UTC

I could use the poll or interest checklist to collect informations about students interests. After that, taking this into account, I can propose some topics or projects to my students. I observe students and I take notes, I give my students feedback mainly via Edmodo and in person.

Selma,Turkey

selma_krt — 2019-02-24 11:52:42 UTC

I love my students so much.I want to see their eyes.Nice to see what can be done with personalized learning.I have a student who is academically unsuccessful but loves and memorizes rep songs.now I want to win the information in the style of rep.we are both happy

António Faria, Portugal

2019-02-25 00:50:40 UTC

At the begining of the year I assess my students about what they are learning during the year, I can see what they already know about it and the incorrect ideas they have. This allows me to creat activities to brainstorm ideas and help them rebuild knowledge.

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bilocan512 — 2019-02-25 10:36:20 UTC

Dragana Krstic

draganakrstic88 — 2019-02-25 11:15:56 UTC

I look at them at any time and follow their interest and needs. I try to adapt my lessons to connect them with my students interest. I use the evaluation sheets

Patrícia

pilgcorreia — 2019-02-26 11:35:04 UTC

Pat

pilgcorreia — 2019-02-26 11:36:03 UTC

Patrícia Correia, POrtugal

pilgcorreia — 2019-02-26 11:36:04 UTC

No início do ano letivo realizo sempre uma avaliação diagnóstica para avaliar os conhecimentos dos meus alunos. Na aula de apresentação peço para cada um dos alunos se apresentar e falar sobre os seus gostos, as suas atividades extracurriculares, tempos livres e se pratica algum desporto. Nos próximos anos vou também complementar com um questionário realizado no Survey, que não conhecia.
Para avaliar os meus alunos realizo avaliação formativa e avaliação sumativa. Além disso, durante as aulas questiono acerca das suas decisões e se haveria outras formas de resolver as atividades propostas.

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2019-02-26 16:15:24 UTC

Angela, Italy Hi everyone!

2019-02-26 16:18:07 UTC

I'm checking out the learning of my students with lessons discuss, where do I review questions at the beginning and during.
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oc_may_haz — 2019-02-26 18:43:23 UTC

Learning about their interests through

I can assess their learning throughout the process of the task I assign them with meticulously designed rubrics.

Safaa_Egypt

sfmohamed6 — 2019-05-12 20:09:40 UTC

I use questionnaires, interests or learning styles inventories.

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