Assessment in Education: Homework Assignment, Module 1

This assignment analyzes the article on "Types of Assessment," focusing on formative and summative assessment methods. The student identifies key takeaways, including the importance of both assessment types in gauging student understanding throughout the learning cycle. The "AHA moment" highlighted is the use of pre-assessment to gauge students' prior knowledge. The student reflects on their personal experience as an intern teacher, emphasizing the effectiveness of formative and summative assessments in adapting teaching methods to students' capabilities. The assignment covers differentiated instruction, assessment purposes, and the use of assessment data to inform teaching practices. The student provides examples and personal insights related to the reading and experience.

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1. Major take away from the following article.
Answer 1: Major takeaways from the following article mainly include the fact that
two assessment procedure to determine how much of the lesson has the student
understood. Two assignment procedure are known as the Formative process and the other
one is known as the Summative process. The Formative process is the assessment
process, which is done before and during process of the learning. The Summative process
is the process that determines the assessment process at the end of the key segments in a
learning cycle or ay the end of the whole learning process.
The Formative assessment can be of two types, the Pre assessment type and the on
going assessment type. The Pre assessment is done before the beginning of a study lesson
and it helps the teacher in determining or understanding what the students already
known’s related to that subject and to see if any pre requisite learning is missing or is
miss understood. The teacher does this assessment in order to determine the various
teaching activities that would help in motivating the students and match their learning
process as much as possible. Various assessment procedures may include Homework,
quizzes, and exits cards.
The Summative assessment process at the end of the learning cycle helps in
evaluating the students at to understand as to how much have they understood the course
material. The various methods may include tests, projects, and presentations.
2. The “AHA Moment” in the article
Answer 2: The “AHA Moment” or the interesting thing is the following article is the
fact that assessment is done before the start of the learning cycle in order to understand

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the teacher in determining or understanding what the students already known’s related to
that subject and to see if any pre requisite learning is missing or is miss understood. This
is beneficial for both the teacher and the students in the whole learning process.
3. Reflection using your own personal thought
Answer 3: Talking about my own personal experience, I fell that the two-assessment
model are very effective in the teaching process and in evaluating as to how a student has
understood the lesson. I would like to highlight my own personal experience as an intern
teacher for the kindergarten students in a reputed school in the United States of America.
During that time, I have seen many teacher following different assessment or evaluation
methods. But among all the of them the two assignment procedure, Formative process
and the Summative process is the most effective because it take student`s capability and
the ability to gasp in to the consideration.

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REFERENCES
Glazer, N., 2014. Formative plus Summative Assessment in Large Undergraduate Courses:
Why Both?. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 26(2),
pp.276-286.
Nieveen, N. and Folmer, E., 2013. Formative evaluation in educational design research.
Design Research, 153, pp.152-169.