Assignment_Unit_103,_104.2,_104.3___Evaluation_of_Teaching_&_Learning_Activities_by_Basit_Abrar

City & Guilds 7407 Level 4 Certificate in Further Education Teaching: Stage 1 (QTFE 1) Assignment Unit 106.1, 106.2: Evaluation of Teaching & Learning Activities By Basit Abrar Question 10 – answer The assessment method I used during my observed lesson was the formative assessment. The reason was that we were working through the Skills for Life curriculum, on a specified unit which was to do with work. I have been working on this unit for the past couple of days and was coming to the end of the unit. This assessment method I use most often, and I find it useful because it tells me how the students learning is proceeding, as well as how my teaching is progressing. Once the unit is complete then we will move to an end of unit summative assessment, with an end of unit test. This is useful because it shows me how much the learners have actually learned during the unit, where we need to improve on, and it prepares the learners for their exams. Question 11 – answer The reason why the formative assessment was used with this group was because it was the right assessment method to use in this unit. It is an ongoing assessment, to see how successful the learners have been learning, what was intended to be learnt. Question 12 – answer The assessment method I used did take account of the abilities and prior levels of achievement by the variety of methods I used in the class, such as question & answer techniques, discussions, working through Skills for Life workbooks, listening on the audio CD. By using all these assessments in the class it gave the lesson the flexibility, and helped the learners understand the unit more easily. Question 13 – answer The information that was gained from this assessment was to see how the process of teaching was measured by the learners understanding the components of the lesson. It also shows that the formative assessment helps both teaching and learning. Question 14 – answer The ways in which the results of the assessment are reflective of teaching and learning is that the formative assessment helps to monitor learners learning objectives. This is taken to account when planning a lesson for a group of learners, for example some of the learning objectives will be covered on more than one occasion. Question 15 – answer How to improve lessons being assessed, and to improve the achievements of the learners being assessed can be done by following the three reasons – 1. Diagnosis • Establish Entry • Diagnose learning needs/difficulties 2. Feedback • Feedback to students on their progress • Diagnose strengths and areas for development • Reinforce learning • Feedback to teachers • Motivate students 3. Standards • Maintain standards • Make shore learners achieve • Watch progression With these achievements, the lessons will improve and you will be assessing the learners more closely. Question – 16 Other formative assessment techniques that I could use in my subject area would be the use of projects and assignments. At the moment I have asked my learners to choose a simple book from the library, and will be given a small project to write about the book, for example in the questions will be - what they thought about the book, the characters, their opinions. From this we will see if this assessment was successful, and could be used again.