Guides candidates in exploring teacher roles that are shaped by assessment activities: teacher as mentor, guide, accountant and reporter. Develops expertise in planning and constructing assessments inherent in at least one of these roles and challenges candidates to integrate newer learner-centred and growth-oriented approaches to assessment into their thinking and practice. Specifically, attention is paid to the use of observations, discussions, portfolios, journals, tables of specifications, teacher-made tests, standardized tests, Ministry rubrics, and growth-oriented rubrics, as well as peer assessment, self assessment, and student-led conferencing.
Guides candidates in exploring teacher roles that are shaped by assessment activities: teacher as mentor, guide, accountant and reporter. Develops expertise in planning and constructing assessments inherent in at least one of these roles and challenges candidates to integrate newer learner-centred and growth-oriented approaches to assessment into their thinking and practice. Specifically, attention is paid to the use of observations, discussions, portfolios, journals, tables of specifications, teacher-made tests, standardized tests, Ministry rubrics, and growth-oriented rubrics, as well as peer assessment, self assessment, and student-led conferencing.
