Assessment for conceptual understanding in Science by M'chelle https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm What is one thing you would do differently when you next assess your pupils' answers.. en-us 2017-03-27 13:26:47 UTC 2017-04-05 12:33:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163040048 Though I have been looking at their answers in totality, I would remind myself to read their answers as a whole and if their answers satisfy the concept tested. ]]> 2017-03-28 08:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163040048 I will go back to asking what science concept is being tested and if that was answered. https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163048991 2017-03-28 09:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163048991 Reflection dunmingo https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163049648 I realised that I have to read the question as a whole and look if students have answered the questions to what the objective of the question wants. ]]> 2017-03-28 09:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163049648 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163063062 I would refer back to the objective tested for that question to assess if my pupils' responses can be accepted.]]> 2017-03-28 10:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163063062 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163063843 2017-03-28 10:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163063843 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163065509 I realised that pupils may not have the language ability that we expect them to have and as such, we should mark for conceptual understanding rather than penalizing them for their language. As long as they can show evidence of conceptual understanding, pupils should be given the mark that they deserve. ]]> 2017-03-28 10:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163065509 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163066793 2017-03-28 10:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163066793 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163067022 I think of all the possible answers from the perspective of a teacher and as well as from the pupils]]> 2017-03-28 10:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163067022 I would set better questions. Questions that are not vague or too open to other interpretation. https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163067350 2017-03-28 10:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163067350 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163068442 I think this is an ongoing process of undoing the way we have been doing assessment so that it achieves it's intended objective (the concept we are testing). When we talk about being open to other answers, the problem may be that not every teacher may be able to agree on the boundary around this. ]]> 2017-03-28 10:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163068442 To get pupils to expand on or explain their answers especially if they seem correct but yet not so conceptually right. https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163080968 2017-03-28 11:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163080968 I would refer to the assessment objectives and see if pupils' answers match these objectives. https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163082424 2017-03-28 11:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163082424 I will always bear in mind the concepts tested for that particular questions when I read their answer. Teachers cannot assume for the pupils. Pupils must learn to elaborate their answers rid_zal https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163344214 2017-03-29 08:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163344214 Refer back to the concepts being tested and then read the answer in totality https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163361069 2017-03-29 09:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/163361069 Reflection jesus_love_me15 https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/164852685 I learnt that it is important to constantly communicate with other science teachers to achieve a consistent level of understanding for our marking and in t&l. 

This also helps to level up the competency of the teachers. ]]> 2017-04-05 12:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/svps491/zua20pqhghsm/wish/164852685