Chapter 4 Performance-Based Learning and Response

Teaching is both a humanistic endeavor and a science. It is a humanistic endeavor because many psychological and sociocultural factors must be balanced in order to evoke the highest-quality learning from each student. It is science because the current emphasis on outcome-based learning is based on careful research on teaching and learning over the past one hundred years. So teachers must help learners use psychological tools that are designed for contemporary minds.

A classroom lesson usually contains some content, whether a communication skills or a content concept. Using standards teachers give students an opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge. Assessment is a way of ensuring that students are making progress and that instructional activities are used wisely. No all learning is successful. The teachers who is a storehouse of success and failure, can take into consideration the struggles and triumphs of one year’s students in order to modify instruction next time.

Response to Sujin Kim
She showed many types of Assessment : Traditional measurement, Performance measure, authentic assessment, quantitative assessment, qualitative assessment(scoring rubrics OR rating scales), embedded assessment, formative and summative assessment(C+). And many types of test : Multiple choice, True/False, matching items, short-answer and fill-in-the-blank, essay, oral, self-assessment. In my case I prefer formative assessment to summative assessment for children but it requires much effort of teachers. On the other hand, summative assessment is more suitable for adults or higher level students I think..^^

Response to Inyoung Choi
After reading Inyoung Choi’s writing I thought of a relationship between objectives and assessment again. To be honest, sometimes I feel I teach students skills how to pick up the right answers to have a good grade without using assessment method. Even sometimes I feel hard to use assessment I should try it for more efficient English education. She said task chains also can be an effective tool for leading learners to accomplish given tasks of specific objectives step by step. I think so too. To make student understand the contents of class, well organized task chains are necessary.