Rational & Thought Process week 3

Joanna McCane

EDU: 645

Week 3

Thought Process and Rational

Behind week 3 BLOG

            When creating my testing items and essay for the week three assignment, I was initially lost. This was my first time being asked to upload assignments to Blogs, Glogs, or any other website. Therefore, I called myself starting off with something a tad bit more familiar for me. I am in school for counseling and have never thought about all the things a teachers job entails; although, now I would never look at it lightly again. Now, that we have cleared the air let me explain my thought and rational behind my created test items and outcomes.

            I started this lesson by creating outcomes for various assignments for various grade levels. My first objective was to provide an outcome and test items for students beginning the first grade and having to recognize the alphabet. I felt like I would begin by introducing my student to the alphabet with an illustrated alphabet chart. Then, after a period of time I would test their knowledge by providing them with classroom assignments to help them to retain, recall, and write out the alphabets in various forms like: capital letters, lower case letters, word, and sentence format. Lastly, I would provide a matching test; which will allow the student to match the letters in column A with the words provided in column B.

            The next lessons, objective was to demonstrate my students knowledge of shapes taught the prior year of school. I would be able to recognize which students were secure with knowing the shapes and which one’s still needed help. I thought that providing them with worksheets and having them to draw each shape will help them to apply what they are learning in a hands-on, cognitive observational learning process. Upon completion of unit, I would incorporate a true false test. The student would have to apply a T or F on the space provided indicating if the statement about the shape is true or false, with 90% accuracy.

The purpose of my third outcome is to teach my third grade class weekly spelling words and test their comprehension of them. The student would be provided with class and homework assignments like: writing words 5x each and using words in a sentence to observe how they recall, and rewrite them according to their own understanding. My projected outcome is for each student to pass a weekly spelling test with an 85% retained accuracy. I would test their knowledge by supplying a multiple choice spelling test as well as an essay  in which students will have to provide a paragraph that includes so many of the spelling words in story format. The overall rational is intended to illuminate classroom activities and assessments in an approach that is reliable with modern cognitive theories of learning and instruction. Examples of my outcomes and testing items can be found on my Blog @

http://offthahook.blogspot.com

Test and Essay Items week 3

Joanna McCane--BLOG

EDU:645   Week 3 Learning outcomes/test items

Measureable Learning Outcomes

           

According to the article Presentation on Instructional Objectives, there are observable learning outcomes and unobservable learning outcomes. Learning outcomes are measured according to how the learning objectives were presented. Here I will provide three examples of measureable learning outcomes the way in which I interpreted the lesson. My objective refers to the cognitive, mental, or thought complexity caused for by the objective presented to a first, second, and third grade class. In each learning outcome, students are to either demonstrate their comprehension skills, application skills, and knowledge skills as described by educational taxonomies as presented by Bloom and co-founders. In order to develop the outcomes for my selected grades and topics the previous aspects of the cognitive domain are utilized, accompanied by my list of three possible outcomes, and three test items that support my selected outcomes.

Example 1. First grade class learning alphabets

Knowledge- the ability for one to remember, recalls, and recites information given to be retained.

Outcome: The student will demonstrate his/her ability to remember alphabets on alphabet chart by verbally identifying them in class and writing each one on paper as they are being heard in class. As well as identifying them upon sight in words and sentences.

Test item- matching test- student will match capital letters in row A with words that begin with capital letters in row B by drawing a line to each.

                        Column A                           Column B

1.      A                           1. Mittens

2.      C                           2. Lion

3.      M                          3. Apple

4.      Z                           4. Candy

5.      L                           5. Kite

6.      K                           6. Zebra

Example 2. Second grade class learning shapes

Application- the ability for students to demonstrate awareness of shapes learned from previous grade.

Outcome: The student will demonstrate knowledge of shapes by drawing them on paper, and circling them on worksheet.

Test item- true-false- students will reveal knowledge of shapes by identifying them while answering questions by placing either a T or F on the appropriate line provided.

_F_   Circles have four corners

_T_   Triangles have three sides

_T_   Stars have five points

_F_   A square is round

_T_   A stop sign is an octagon

Example 3. Third grade class learning weekly spelling words

Comprehension- requires a student to understand information, as well as recall and rewrite it according to his or her own understanding.

Outcome: By the end of the week, students will be able to recognize, spell, and write words given for unit with 85% percent accuracy.

Test item- multiple choices- student will place a C in the space that represents the correct spelling of a given word. An essay item test will also accompany spelling test.

1.___ miten    2. _C_ Kitten    3. ___ wagone   4. ___ Airplan   5. ___Orage

   _C_mitten       ___  Kiten        ___  wagon        _C_ Airplane     ___ Orang

   ___mittn         ____ Kitchen    _C_  wagon       ___  Airplain     _C_  Orange

Essay item

Provide a paragraph using three of the five spelling words from this week’s list.

            Last week my dad brought me a pretty, orange kitten. I rode the kitten around all day in my big, red wagon. I enjoyed using my wagon because I have not played with it in a while. I also liked seeing the look on my kittens face when it was scared. I saw the hair on its orange back stand straight up. My mom yelled, “Stop scaring that kitten like that before it runs away and never comes back”.

References

http:// www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED505999 Presentation on Instructional Objectives                  Retrieved 11/18/11

Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. (2010). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and practice (9^th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

My Blog link:

http://offthahook.blogspot.com

measurable learning outcomes.

Measureable Learning Outcomes

            According to the article Presentation on Instructional Objectives, there are observable learning outcomes and unobservable learning outcomes. Learning outcomes are measured according to how the learning objectives were presented. Here I will provide three examples of measureable learning outcomes the way in which I interpreted the lesson.

Example 1.

The student will demonstrate his/her ability to recall alphabets on alphabet chart by verbally identifying them in class and writing each one on paper as they are being heard in class.

Example 2.

The student will demonstrate knowledge of shapes by drawing them on paper, and circling them on worksheet.

Example 3.

By the end of the week, students will be able to recognize, spell, and write words given for unit with 85% percent accuracy.

References

http:// www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED505999 Presentation on Instructional Objectives                  Retrieved 11/18/11

Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. (2010). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and practice (9^th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.