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[Assessment 601] Re: Your classroom todayBryan Woerner bryan at cal.orgWed Jan 24 14:34:05 EST 2007
Hi everyone, The information I posted about is actually through the American University TESOL program, which is where I got my masters degree. The information is copyrighted, but it is free to use by anyone and you don't have to be a student to download it. Bryan ________________________________ From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Marie Cora Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:27 PM To: Assessment at nifl.gov Subject: [Assessment 600] Your classroom today Hi everyone, Thanks for these great ideas and suggestions. Keep them coming! (Let me know if you find the use of bold below helpful or annoying - I was trying to highlight certain sections so that you could skip over things if you want to.) I'm struck by just how much everyone seems to do in terms of diagnostics and placement. I guess it could be argued that appropriate diagnostic placement is crucial in terms of making or breaking an adult student's experience. Some replies to folks who've posted: Susan - I really like the idea of using scenarios in professional development. I think that providing a real situation for people to respond to is really helpful in the learning process. Do you use this regularly with people? Where do you get your scenarios from? Real experiences or things you've heard about? Others - do you use scenarios with either staff or students? What's that like? Jeannette - you brought up IEPs (Individualized Education Plans). These are so useful in terms of providing the guidance needed. I know that they are used widely (always?) in special education - but do folks not working in special ed use them as well? I know Katrina mentioned that she does. I also love the idea of the teacher group discussions for determining student progress! There's nothing more powerful than talking things through with colleagues. Tina - you talked about pre-tests that you develop at your program. Do you do this on your own or with others in the program? Do you have pre-tests for various levels or content areas? Others - do you develop your own pre-tests and what does this look like? Katrina - you also mentioned IEPs, but also you talked about the fact that students have access to these and can use them as guides, is that correct? This is a really great form of student self-assessment. Others - do you have your students engage in self-assessment? What does that look like? Bryan - thanks for this great resource (Lesson Plan Blueprints, TESOL) - it looks very intriguing. Often you need to be a TESOL member to access their resources, but it appears that this one anyone can go to. There are a ton of useful resources at this site including white papers on rationale, bibliographies, real lessons, among other things. Anyone else use this and care to comment? Thanks! Marie Marie Cora marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com <mailto:marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com> NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special Collection http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070124/cc7e90a8/attachment.html
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