https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci (i) Opportunities, (ii) Challenges and (iii) Solutions en-us 2018-11-19 08:13:34 UTC 2018-11-21 03:37:47 UTC hello@padlet.com geckwoon https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306589500 Assessment for Feedback and Reflection]]> 2018-11-21 02:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306589500 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306589510 i) Opportunities 
With reduction of graded tests and exams, this creates more time for students to do more reflection and more time for Teachers to do formative assessment and more time to do markings to provide feedback to students to gauge and guide them along the way towards the EOY exams.

ii) Challenges 
Students may switch off when they realise the assessments are non weighted and not counted towards their final year for promotion to the next level. Our students and parents are very practical and they may eventually stress their children to still study and prepare for the final year high weightage exams.

iii) Solutions ]]> 2018-11-21 02:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306589510 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590054 Challenge: Some students may not be serious in learning throughout the year and become anxious just before the EOY Exam.

]]> 2018-11-21 02:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590054 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590558 1) Able to explore other types of assessment of learning that makes their thinking more visible and more qualitative, and questions which may not lead to right or wrong answers 
E.g., recording videos of their thoughts, 2-step multiple choice, having them wrtie their observations 
2) more time to implement more practical sessions to assess practical skills in students rather than teacher demo
3) more time to explore peer feedback 

Challenges
1) students will not take the assessment seriously and will not out in effort 
2) parents are worried how the school will show that the child is learning 
3) parents may turn to tuition to know how well their child do
4) quantitative assessment of learning may also take more time (more time than the freed up time given to us) so teachers need to be selective of how many and type of assessment of learning to conduct

Solutions 
1) make their non weighted assessment results available to parents 
2) need to emphasis clear expectations from beginning of the year - that every task is a reflection if learning
3) communicate to parents how each different department will conduct their non-weighted assessment and how parents will be kept informed of their child learning.]]> 2018-11-21 02:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590558 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590570 2018-11-21 02:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590570 geckwoon https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590702 Answers no longer required to be quantifiable (can be open ended)  ]]> 2018-11-21 02:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590702 geckwoon https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590747 Videobased submission instead of writing it. ]]> 2018-11-21 02:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590747 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590819 Opportunity : Non weighted assessment 
challenges: students may not treat it seriously 
Solutions: communicate the intent of completing these NWA to students in that it helps them learn the bigger concept]]> 2018-11-21 02:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590819 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590941 2018-11-21 02:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306590941 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591166 OPPORTUNITY: asking questions to sieve out mind gaps, peer marking and feedback to sieve out mind gaps, White boarding allows students to present their ideas and concepts to the class and have the peers give feedback, tell students the learning objectives of lesson on whiteboard at start of lesson 

]]> 2018-11-21 02:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591166 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591213 1.Students will not take the assessment seriously.
2. ]]> 2018-11-21 02:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591213 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591699 Students cannot catch up with a less teacher directed learning, students may not take it seriously, dependent on class profile, not able to assess all students as some may not be called to answer, to change parents mindset to help them understand that we teaching and learning is not compromised despite the change in the manner that school embarks on assessment e.g, less emphasis on weighted assessment


]]> 2018-11-21 02:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306591699 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306592205 Encourage students to take more ownership and be more self directed in their own learning , have the less able students to complete assignments in class to allow more close monitoring (?), have a townhall meeting to highlight to parents on change in assessment and purpose of this change ]]> 2018-11-21 03:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306592205 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595691 Allow alternative assessment. If it is a written test., keep to a fixed duration for all the subjects ]]> 2018-11-21 03:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595691 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595713 SBA to be check point, bite sized, less than 1h paper. And lessons will resume after that, so that curriculum hours will be protected.

And all dept’s tests hours should be consistent.

]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595713 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595730 What I think SBA would look like.

SBA is a good initiative to reduce the workload of teachers and students in order to increase the joy of learning. While their are trade offs and potential pit falls of the system, the benefits simply cannot be ignored and are worth the trade offs being made. 

SBA in school should give students and teachers more time to focus on the skills that are taught through the various disciplines that the students undertake. For example science teaches scientific inquiry and data driven conclusions. The ‘white space’ created should be filled with authentic learning activities so that the students are truly able to achieve the joy of learning.

On the other side of the coin, teachers need to be given top down support in order to implement the changes made. There needs to be a consistent tone and message from the ministry to the parents and the children on the merits of the new system and the importance of self-ownership of learning so that the benefits can be fully reaped.]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595730 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595761 How SBA should look like

More freed up time for more opportunities in authentic learning. 

It’s not about removing exams but rethinking about exams. ]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595761 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595783 To be more focused]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595783 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595853 Students able to have a good grasps of the LO
Teachers would have the opportunity to address the gaps in learning
Parents can be more relaxed in giving schools the trust in educating the young

Leon]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595853 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595876 Common Test at start of day... then continue lessons? 
Seems less like an exam but students may not pay attention during the lessons as they are more concerned about the test the next day. So it might be a "wasted" curriculum time as teachers cannot start teaching new concepts.
Evelyn Koh]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595876 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595880 Common test will be a standardised test that all students will take at the same time. Students can check their learning and be aware of what it is like to take a paper in serious condition. Common test also allows parents to know their child progress.]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595880 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595885 Ronnie Goh

]]> 2018-11-21 03:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595885 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595921 Ideally, I hope to see SBA less about pen and paper assessment but more about having a choice to demonstrate what you have learnt in the mode they are most comfortable with.


]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595921 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595923 Common Test will carry out in class for the first two hours of days for the week and lessons will resume after that. CCA will still run as usual without stopping for the common test.]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595923 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595950 Students can gain recognition for their skills set and not only on pen and paper.]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595950 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595957 List down clear objectives of each assessment and encourage students to manage their stress more effectively (also teach strategies of stress management) ]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595957 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595977 It will not be the main determine factor in a child’s learning & progress but rather contribute in part to a child’s learning experiences & acquisition of skills & competencies. ]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306595977 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596040 For common tests to be more mini assessments. E.g. Lesser total marks, trim down number of topics tested perhaps, shorter duration perhaps? ]]> 2018-11-21 03:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596040 geckwoon https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596112 Geck: 

Part and parcel of classroom work that should not interfere class time. Teachers to make use of assessment fully and take the students through the results after each assessment. 
Ideally, it does not even have to be pen and paper. ]]> 2018-11-21 03:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596112 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596308 SBA to be bite-size and varied if possible, for NWA]]> 2018-11-21 03:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596308 https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596962 SBA can be weighted down in terms of depth while maintaining the width. Although our intention for SBA is to assess student’s learning, we need to give them more time to deepen their understanding. The students can bridge this gap by practicing yhr TYS]]> 2018-11-21 03:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ng_geck_woon/Sci/wish/306596962