keri_journal6

Keri Abramowicz Dr. Pete Adamy EDC 452 Assessment Journal #6

Affective Assessment

This past week in my practicum placement, I was told that it was “Reading Week”. During Reading Week, my cooperating teacher told me parent volunteers will be coming into the classroom to read to the children. Moreover, the library donates books to every student, which I thought was a very cool idea. Students of every grade were allowed to go to the library as a class, and pick a book that they want to keep for free.

As part of Reading Week, my cooperating teacher gave each student a survey to fill out that communicated their thoughts and feelings on reading. They were to bring home this affective assessment, and fill it out with their parent/guardian’s help and then return it later that week in their “take home folders”. The affective assessment had smiley faces (happy, neutral, sad) to determine the student’s attitudes on reading. Some of the questions that were included were: “Do you like to read books at home for fun?” “Do you like when your teacher reads stories?” “Do you enjoy reading in front of others?” There were 10 questions to be answered. When the assessment was returned, there was an overwhelmingly positive attitude in regards to reading.

Overall, I think that this assessment is good because it helps you to get a good idea of how students feel about a particular topic. I do not think this type of assessment is always appropriate, but once in awhile it is a good indicator to how students feel. This kind of assessment can be altered depending on the grade level, which is also beneficial. Instead of having smiley faces for answers, you can create more in depth ones that require writing out more detailed answers.

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