FIAE Chapter 4

This chapter was about three different types of assessment that we haven’t read a lot about before, the included: portfolios, rubrics, and self-assessments. I learned that portfolios are great in creating a big picture of a student’s work and understanding of a subject, however it seems to me that it is a little difficult to give a score. Rubrics outline criteria that students must meet with their final product. The rubric is not only for teachers to grade the students, but also for the students to self-evaluate themselves before they had the product in. This chapter went through the steps of how to create a rubric, which I found confusing at times so the visuals of the rubrics were helpful. The last form of assessment was student self assessments such as, checklists, rubrics, reflections, or journals. These kinds of assessments allow the students to look at current or previous work and assess themselves. I really like the idea of having my students keep a journal so I can read their thoughts on their progress and their thoughts on the class in general. I found this chapter to be very informative, I learned a lot about rubrics specifically. As a teacher I now know that I have these options for assessing my students. I really like the idea of portfolios and journals as forms of assessment in my classroom, and I will definitely use rubrics. I just need to be careful when creating rubrics because they can be complicated, and I need to make sure that the criteria is clear for students.