Title: A collection of performance tasks and rubrics : foreign languages
Abstract: 1. Why Use Performance Assessments? What is an Assessment - Incorporating Brain Research into assessment - What is an Authentic Assessment 2. Choosing and Writing a Performance Assessment and its Rubric Types of rubrics: Holistic - Analytical - Checklist - Rating scale - What makes a good rubric? 3. Oral Assessments Holistic Scoring - Analytical rubrics - Teaching students to be better oral performers - Converting Points to Letter Grades - Interviews - Grading group behavior in class - Appealing to multiple learning styles - Telling stories (TPRS) - Conversations - Telling stories (videotaped) - Oral exam, short answer - Oral exams, in pairs or alone - Oral presentation rubric - Phone message 4. Written Assessments Brainstorming - Rough drafts - Using feedback - Holistic rubric - Point-based rubric - Journal writing - Name poems - Personalized essay 5. Reading Assessments Self-assessment - Teacher assessment - Organizing information that is read - Scaffolding - Storyboard - Time line - Creative activities to show understanding of what is read 6. Listening Proficiency Assessments Constructing a listening activity - Using tapes - Using manipulatives - Using paired activities - Faces - Maps - Grading 7. Strategies for Keeping Assessments Manageable Make sure they know what you want - Assess using a cloze or random method - Make editing a part of any performance - Hold students responsible for improvement - Give students choices - Keep records of assessments - Self-taping to increase fluency 8. Alternative Forms of Assessment K-W-L-U Sheets - Performance portfolios - Projects - Giving choices - Incorporating technology - Individual responsibility - Team responsibility - Self-assessment - Using mentoring in the classroom - Sample alternative assessmentsBibliography
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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