Assessment for Learning in Primary Language Learning and Teaching

Assessment for Learning in Primary Language Learning and Teaching

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  • Author: Maria Britton
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1800410662
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 134

This volume provides a detailed account of the practical use of Assessment for Learning (AfL) in primary language classrooms. It gives an in-depth account of the ways in which eight experienced primary language teachers incorporated this type of assessment into their practice and discusses the possible impact of AfL on primary language learning. Key themes discussed in the volume include the relationship between AfL and language learning in childhood, which assessment methods are appropriate for primary-aged language learners, which methods support learner agency and engagement in the learning processes, and possible paths for future action, with a focus on implementation and researching AfL in primary language contexts. The findings of this book are relevant to global contexts and it will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of language education, language assessment and teacher education, as well as to primary and language teachers and school leaders.


Integrating Assessment into Early Language Learning and Teaching

Integrating Assessment into Early Language Learning and Teaching

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  • Author: Danijela Prošić-Santovac
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1788924835
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 249

The volume unites research and practice on integrating language learning, teaching and assessment at preschool and early school age. It includes chapters written by experts in the field who have studied some of the very youngest (pre-primary) children through to those up to the age of 12, in a variety of private and state contexts across Europe. The collection makes a much-needed contribution to the subject of appropriate assessment for children with the focus of many chapters being classroom-based assessment, particularly formative assessment, or the case for developing assessment skills in relation to even the youngest children. As a whole, the book provides useful case study insights for policymakers, teacher educators, researchers and postgraduate students with interest in or responsibility for how children are assessed in their language learning. It also provides practical ideas for practitioners who wish to implement greater integration of assessment and learning in their own contexts.


Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

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  • Author: Mary Briggs
  • Publisher: SAGE
  • ISBN: 0857252070
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 176

This core text for primary trainee teachers is a clear introduction to the different kinds of assessment and their purposes. Throughout the book, tasks encourage the reader to practise assessment skills and to reflect on planning, listening, questioning, observing, diagnosing and target-setting. This second edition is referenced throughout to the 2007 QTS Standards and has been fully updated to reflect the Primary National Strategy and key initiatives such as Every Child Matters. There is increased emphasis on peer assessment and target-setting linked to personalised learning. In addition, new material on Early Years observation and foundation/core subjects has been added.


Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education

Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education

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  • Author: John McE. Davis
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • ISBN: 1626165416
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts. Divided into three parts, this volume first examines theoretical considerations and practical implementations of assessment conducted for the purpose of enhancing and developing language learning. Part 2 addresses novel assessment development and implementation projects, such as the formative use of task-based assessments, technology-mediated language performance assessment, validation of educational placement tests for immigrant learners, and the use of assessment to help identify neurolinguistic correlates of proficiency. The final section of the book highlights examples of argument-based approaches to assessment and evaluation validation, extending this critical framework to quality assurance efforts in new domains. Adding to research on traditional and conventional uses of testing and evaluation in language education, this volume captures innovative trends in assessment and evaluation practice that explicitly aim to better inform and enhance language teaching and learning.


Assessment For Learning

Assessment For Learning

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  • Author: Black, Paul
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
  • ISBN: 0335212972
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 147

Assessment for Learning is based on a two-year project involving thirty-six teachers in schools in Medway and Oxfordshire. After a brief review of the research background and of the project itself, successive chapters describe the specific practices which teachers found fruitful and the underlying ideas about learning that these developments illustrate. Later chapters discuss the problems that teachers encountered when implementing the new practices in their classroom and give guidance for school management and LEAs about promoting and supporting the changes. --from publisher description


Teaching, Learning And Assessment

Teaching, Learning And Assessment

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  • Author: Blanchard, John
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
  • ISBN: 0335233791
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 229

The focus of this book is on teaching pupils to direct their own learning. It deals with formative assessment, that is, assessment designed to inform and enhance pupils' learning. It questions how pupils learn, why they have the curriculum they have, and how they are helped or hindered by their provision. This is a profound and extensive challenge, consistent with an agenda of inclusive education. It indicates that pupils' learning about learning provides a model for professionals' and schools' development.


Assessment and Learning in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms

Assessment and Learning in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms

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  • Author: Mark deBoer
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030541282
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 284

This volume builds a conceptual basis for assessment promoting learning in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms and proposes practical assessment approaches and activities that CLIL teachers can apply in the classroom. CLIL as an educational context is unique, as language and content learning happen simultaneously. The efficacy of such instruction has been studied extensively, but assessment in CLIL classrooms has drawn much less attention. The present volume aims to fill this gap. Arranged based on different ways that content and language are integrated in CLIL, the chapters in this book together build a solid theoretical basis for assessment promoting learning in CLIL classrooms. The authors discuss how assessment eliciting this integration yields insights into learners' abilities, but more importantly, how these insights are used to promote learning. The contributors to the volume together build the understanding of classroom-based assessment as cyclic, of teaching, learning, and assessment as inter-related, and of content and language in CLIL classrooms as a dialectical unity. This volume will spark interest in and discussion of classroom-based assessment in CLIL among CLIL educators and researchers, enable reflection of classroom assessment practices, and foster collaboration between CLIL teachers and researchers. The assessment approaches and activities discussed in the volume, in turn, will help educators understand the scope of applications of assessment and inspire them to adapt these to their own classrooms.


Assessment as Learning

Assessment as Learning

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  • Author: Lorna M. Earl
  • Publisher: Corwin Press
  • ISBN: 1452242976
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 161

Using clear explanations and cases, this must-have resource shows how formative assessment can improve student learning. Included are lesson plans and ideas for easy implementation.


Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

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  • Author: Mary Briggs
  • Publisher: Learning Matters
  • ISBN: 1844458083
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 177

This core text for primary trainee teachers is a clear introduction to the different kinds of assessment and their purposes. Throughout the book, tasks encourage the reader to practise assessment skills and to reflect on planning, listening, questioning, observing, diagnosing and target-setting. This second edition is referenced throughout to the 2007 QTS Standards and has been fully updated to reflect the Primary National Strategy and key initiatives such as Every Child Matters. There is increased emphasis on peer assessment and target-setting linked to personalised learning. In addition, new material on Early Years observation and foundation/core subjects has been added.


Toward a Reconceptualization of Second Language Classroom Assessment

Toward a Reconceptualization of Second Language Classroom Assessment

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  • Author: Matthew E. Poehner
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030350819
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 258

This book responds to the call for praxis in L2 education by documenting recent and ongoing projects around the world that see partnership with classroom teachers as the essential driver for continuing to develop both classroom assessment practice and conceptual frameworks of assessment in support of teaching and learning. Taken together, these partnerships shape the language assessment literacy, the knowledge and skills required for theorizing and conducting assessment activities, of both practitioners and researchers. While united by their orientation to praxis, the chapters offer considerable diversity with regard to languages taught, learner populations included (varying in age and proficiency level), specific innovations covered, research methods employed, and countries in which the work was conducted. As a whole, the book presents a way of engaging in research with practitioners that is likely to stimulate interest among not only language assessment scholars but also those studying second language education and language teacher education as well as language teaching professionals themselves.