Assessing Learner Performance

Purpose and Learning Outcome-  The purpose of my assessment plan will be to have the learners demonstrate one concept from each of the 6 weeks that they feel like can assist them in their professional career. This will be a new learned skill as they try to mentally envision using the concepts in the future. There was so much knowledge given in the past 6 weeks and from each week is something to take away that you can use in a professional aspect.
The learning outcome I have chosen are; the learners will demonstrate their knowledge of the concept by envisioning how they can practice each one in the future.
By the end of the 6 weeks the learner will be able to take away one main concept/topic from each week.

Assessment Context-  By recalling one topic that stood out to them from each week will allow the learners  to use their memory and put it into practice. Learning many topics at once and cramming them into 6 weeks can be rough, so allowing the learner to pick what stood out to them and explain in their terms what the topic is about will relieve any stress they might have if having to study. This also will allow the instructor to see what they remembered. Attempting to use it in their professional life will show how you put book into practice, thus far making for real life experience.


Holistic Rubric- The rubric did not fit and is attached to my 3-5 pg. paper.
Testing Constraints-  Lack of comprehension of the 6 weeks might inhibit the learner to fulfill their assessment. Having no ability to focus under pressure (6 weeks). One final constraint could be having a difficult time using any of the concepts in their professional life.

Thought Process and Rationale

In this section I will explain my thought process and rationale for my test items and essay item. I chose 3 test items that coincide with my learning outcomes and essay item. When I chose these test items I wanted to make a visual component which will help visual learners. During my classroom activites I see how visual enhancements help certain students and I always take into account how each of my students learn. This is important for me because I want to know that each and every child has received the best possible way to educate the classroom.

Learning Outcomes

We are doing a Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom activity where the students will use many of their emerging skills. Following are three learning outcomes.

 1. By the end of our activity the children will have an emerging knowledge of color recognition.
 2. The students will recall basic letters of the alphabet from the book.
 3. The students will demonstrate their enhanced fine motor skills by pasting objects onto their construction paper.

Continuing on, I made three test items which go with each learning outcome for my classroom activity.
  
   1. While using our colorful blocks separate the colors red, blue, or green. This will be great for visual learners.
 2. Pick out the first initial of your name from the scrambled blocks.
 3. Paste the objects in a row onto your construction paper.

Essay Item- The outcomes that I have chosen will be slightly difficult because some of my students do not know all of their colors. Since it is a back-up center  where the age ranges from 12 months to 3 yrs. I chose these test items with visual cues because I am a big believer that learning outcomes turn out better with visual enhancements.