Factors affecting the learning outcomes of the student
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the learning context of an assessment plan developed to understand and evaluate the learning process of a student. The purpose of this assessment plan is to evaluate the learning process of the students. It also helps the teachers to identify the weaknesses of their students and help them to rectify these areas. With the help of this plan, they can improve the level of their teaching quality. The students can also gain a fair knowledge about their strengths and weaknesses and work on them to perform better in their life. Formative and summative assessment can help the students and the teachers to gain knowledge on the learning outcomes of the student. Furthermore, it will also discuss the calendar or the calendar for the assessment plan and the purpose of the activities performed in this plan. Moreover, it will also discuss the importance of the formative and summative assessment in learning. The paper will discuss the tasks mentioned in the assessment plan along with the marking criteria. Furthermore, it will also critically reflect the assessment plan with the help of assessment literature. Moreover, the paper identifies the potential issues in the assessment plan. Furthermore, it will discuss the approaches by which these issues can be solved effectively.
Learning context is defined as the situation in which a student learns or understands something. The situation has a significant effect on the learning process of the student (Parkay, Anctil, & Hass, 2014). Quality of equipment used by the teachers and the quality of the teaching level also affects the quality of learning of the student. This assessment plan is developed so that it can guide me to teach an individual student in the future. In this case, there are several factors which can affect the learning of the student. These are classroom and educational institute factors, characteristics of the students, characteristics of the teacher etc. These factors do have a significant influence on the implementation of the assessment plan (Whitton, Barker, Nosworthy, Humphries, & Sinclair, 2016). An environment of the classroom plays a crucial role in the proper implementation of the plan. In this case, proper technologies will be used to help the students achieve their learning outcomes. Policies and cultures along with politics within the educational institutions play a major role in the successful implementation of assessment practices. In this case, the social and cultural context will allow me to successfully implement this plan. Another important context which should be considered while developing this plan is the cultural and social background of the students (Lundquist, & Robertson, 2015). The learning style of the student is another important context for the assessment plan. The characteristics of the teacher can also be considered to be an important component of the assessment plan. The teaching quality of the teacher plays a significant role in the learning process of the student.
Assessment plan for evaluating the learning outcomes
A teacher must understand the requirements and the needs of the student in order to teach his or her students effectively. They must understand how to increase the effectiveness of their teaching and develop a proper assessment plan (Keeley, 2015). Their roles play a crucial role in the implementation of the assessment plan. As a teacher, I will focus on the cultural background of the student for the proper implementation of the plan in the educational institution. An assessment plan focuses on evaluating the learning processes of the student. To critically evaluate the learning outcomes of the student, a teacher must understand the learning contexts of the plan. Asking questions about the student learning is a crucial part of the assessment plan (Wolterinck, Kippers, Schildkamp & Poortman, (2016). This plan also asks some questions about the learning process of the students, like the level of their participation and engagement in the learning. Each student has a varied approach to the learning and thus their outcomes are different. Use of effective tools is necessary to ensure the positive results for the students. The outcomes of the learning process can be unclear in messy settings, especially in less formal learning settings. Thus it hampers the implementation of the assessment plan to evaluate the learning outcomes of the students (Graesser & McDaniel, 2017). Each student has a different learning preference, and a teacher has to understand them in order to successfully assess their learning outcomes. The success of the plan depends on the characteristics of the students as well as the teachers, which are the two main contexts of this plan.
The assessment plan is developed to assist me to teach an individual student and assess their learning outcomes in the future. Good educational practices increase the contact between a student and the teacher and increase student cooperation (Chappuis & Stiggins, 2016). The learning outcomes of a student vary from student to student. One of the learning outcomes which will be assessed with the help of this plan is whether the student is able to learn the topic in a convenient manner. The students should be the ability to critically evaluate the topic and develop a better assignment. They must be able to assess their own learning and provide feedback based on the assessment. These are the learning outcomes which would assess using this assessment plan (Dolin, Jensen, Bruun & Nielsen, 2016). It will assess whether or not the students are able to understand the topic. It will also monitor the performance of the students as well. It will also help the students to reflect on their areas of strengths and weaknesses during the learning process. The assessment plan will assess whether or not the student is able to conduct critical reflection and research about the topic. Assessment of the learning objectives of the students will help both the teachers and the students to gain knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of the learning process, and they will be able to work on these areas (Herppich, Wittwer, Nückles & Renkl, 2014). The assessment criteria or the marking rubric will allow the students to assess whether or not they are able to achieve the learning outcomes.
Assessment criteria and marking rubric
The assessment plan is developed to assess the learning outcomes of the individual student. I have developed this plan in order to assess the learning process of my future student. It will help me to understand whether the student is able to understand the topic or not. It will help me to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the student as well as my teaching techniques. It will increase the level of communication, thus resulting in effective learning. It will encourage me to come up with new strategies to help the students achieve the learning outcomes of the course (Danielson, 2017). The assessment can be done, either by asking them to demonstrate their understanding through writing. It can be asked to the student after completion of the course. Administration of the assessment technique to the student will help me to develop better strategies as a teacher. Development of better strategies will help the student achieve their learning goals in an effective manner. It will also help me to increase the efficiency of my teaching skills as well. Another learning outcomes of the course are that the students will be able to apply the knowledge gained from the course in the real world. This assessment plan is developed so that the teachers can assess whether or not the students can apply the knowledge gained from the course in the practical world (Harrison & Wass, 2016). This assessment will assess the knowledge of the student, and how the student can apply the information collected from the course in the real world.
For successful implementation of the assessment plan, a number of assessments can be performed to assess the knowledge of the students. The student will be asked to write about what he or she has learned from the course. The main purpose of this assessment is to understand the depth of knowledge of the student. It will also help me, as a teacher to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the student. This assessment plan will be a multi-year assessment plan which will focus on the evaluating the learning outcomes of the student across several years (Panadero, & Dochy, 2014). This plan will be updated based on the feedback collected during the assessment. The purpose of this plan is to review the effectiveness of the program and measure whether or not the student is able to achieve the learning outcomes. The assessment of the student will be conducted over the course of five to seven years, to properly understand and assess the performance of the student (Sierra, & Frodden, 2017). Changes will be made in the teaching strategies based on the feedback collected during the initial assessment. Then a series of exams will be taken to further understand and review the performance of the student.
Benefits of the assessment plan
These assessment exams will be conducted at a regular interval to monitor the performance of the student. The duration of each exam will vary from thirty minutes to one hour, depending on the extent of the course (Harris, & Brown, 2018). Then an annual assessment report will be generated which will summarize the findings collected from the previous assessments and appropriate strategy will be applied to increase the efficiency of the teaching process and it will help the student to achieve his learning outcomes as well. This report will also contain evidence whether the student is able to achieve their learning outcomes. The assessment will be implemented from the first year to assess the performance of the student in the course. It will help me as a teacher to come up with some strategies to increase my efficiency as a teacher. It will also help the student perform well in their academics and achieve their learning outcomes (Boud, Cohen & Sampson, 2014). The feedback of the student will be collected to understand his perception about the assessment. This feedback will also help me to increase the efficiency of my teaching skills.
Formative assessment allows students to identify their strengths and weaknesses and come up with some strategy to rectify them. In this method, the students are asked to provide knowledge on the topic and get early feedback. With the help of this assessment, the teachers can gather feedback from the student and improve their teaching efficiency (Belcadhi, 2016). This method helps the student to achieve their learning outcomes. In the summative method, the learning of the students is evaluated at the end of the term and compare them against a set benchmark. In a classroom, both summative and formative assessments are conducted. The formative assessment in a classroom can include the strategies like standardized tests, quizzes, and writing of essays. It will help both the student and the teacher to identify strengths and weaknesses of the student. Thus the teacher can help the student to achieve their learning goals with the help of formative assessment (Perkins, 2016). In this case, I will be able to evaluate the learning outcomes of the student and develop a better strategy to increase the efficiency of my teaching skills. As the quality of the classroom environment plays a significant role in the learning outcomes of the student, I will focus on maintaining a positive environment within the classroom.
Assessment of the course’s learning objectives
A positive environment in the classroom will help the teachers to effectively evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the students. It will also help them to increase the strengths and weaknesses of their teaching skills. After the evaluation, both the teachers and the students will be able to achieve the maximum potential of their skills. It is necessary to maintain a positive environment in the classroom for the successful evaluation of the learning objective of the students, by conducting exams and quizzes in the classroom (Griffin & Care, 2014). It will also help me to identify the needs of the student and develop a lesson plan according to that. The individual student should not feel being ignored in the classroom, so I will develop a lesson plan which will be beneficial for him. This lesson plan will help me to increase the level of contact with my student in order to understand the issues with his learning outcomes. It will also provide me with an insight into my teaching skills, and how to improve them. I can improve the quality of environment within the classroom to help my student achieve their learning goals.
Summative assessment of the learning of the students is mainly conducted at the end of the term in a classroom. The results of the evaluation are then compared with some benchmark to evaluate the overall performance of the student in the classroom. It will help me to understand the overall performance of the student in the classroom (Temple, Ogle, Crawford & Freppon, 2018). Formative assessments will allow me to adjust my teaching pattern and produce the overall positive result in both the summative and formative assessment. The knowledge of the student is evaluated in both these assessments. In formative assessment, the engagement of the students is crucial for the successful evaluation of the learning outcomes of the student. The summative assessment is the ultimate assessment of the students learning, and it does not provide any chance to implement any measure in order to improve the quality of teachings of the teachers. In a summative assessment, the students cannot engage in the process as much in formative assessment.
As per a teacher in the future, my assessment task mainly based on how this tasks will be helpful to the future students of any educational firm. On the basis of educational performances, assessment means learning performance of a student which are judged by their teacher. The teachers give different kinds of test for a different reason to fulfill the assessment. Actually on my point of view assessment tasks are used mainly for the accessing learners (Grant & Gareis, 2015). It helps the students to gain knowledge about the subject they have chosen for their task. Assessment tasks are of various types that include written assessment, oral assessment, demonstrations, and performances. I have seen that on the basis of a topic the time for the assessment in allocated. The time for the tasks may be short or long and the students have to deliver their assignment through online or they may submit a hard copy of the assessment. I have seen that two types of assessment task mainly take place in any educational firm. One is the formal assessment tasks where the learners assess through tests or exams and the teachers give a grade to the individual student after the completion of the task (Grant & Gareis, 2015).
Assessment techniques
Another one is the informal assessment where we have to observe the learner see how they are doing their work and at last, the teachers give feedback and comments on the basis of their performances. All this assessment task perform individually or in a group and can also be accessed by academic staff through peer and self-assessment (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2015). According to my point of view, the self-assessment tasks is the one where the student can gain a proper knowledge about their own progress in the subject. While peer assessment is defined as the students commands on other’s language, work, performance and strategies of learning. Actually, both this type assessment are done in the academic field so that the student can gain knowledge about the particular topic. I prefer to do my assessment individually so that I can gain proper knowledge about the subject. I prefer that every educational firm can give an assessment to the students so that the student can gain knowledge about the tasks they perform. The assessment tasks include an essay, reports, presentation, portfolio, journal, multiple choice question, case study and so many tasks. The assessment tasks should be like that the student can perform the task enthusiastically and understand the proper motive of doing the work.
As per my view, the teacher should focus on the students’ performance in the class and assign individually each particular topic. The topic should be chosen in such a manner that the students get interested to do the task and also it helps them in the future. As per my view, the assessment task should perform by individual student although in some cases group assessment is also given. In the future for engaging the students in course curriculum activity, I have to make a planned assessment task on the basis of student interest. This type of assessment task motivated the students, as well as they, find interest in doing their work (Kulkarni et al., 2015). Educational priority is improving day by day so as being a teacher I would like to arrange some tests after the end of the particular chapter and by this, the student’s gets interested on the topic and also they gained knowledge about the topic. The assessment task given to the student has a particular motive. Each student has different learning preferences and as being a teacher I should observe every student know their interest. This strategy helps me to give them the particular type of task from where the students get motivated for performing the task.
Multi-year assessment plan
The assessment plans give me an idea about the type of task performed in an education firm and from this I have made my assessment plan in the future. Along with this, the assessment plan helps the student to get more interested in the topic also. As per Cameron, McLachlan & Rawlins, (2016), the assessment in the school provides many challenges faced by the children in their learning process. The challenges faced by the children can be determined by a survey. This survey represents the preliminary issues faced by the children in their education life. The teachers are incapable of understanding the requirement and beliefs of individual students and this causes many issues to the children in their learning outcomes. As per my view, the teacher should properly listen to the children so that they can learn properly about the topic. This build interest to the children about the topic and thus the issues faces by them will be reduced (Bukowski, Castellanos & Persram, 2017). I have made the assessment plan on that manner that the children get interested about the topic and they do not face any problem while doing their task. As being a teacher I will arrange multiple choice question answers round where every child could participate and gives their opinion on the topic. Along with this, I make graphs and picture as the small children are very interested to learn through pictures (Brown, 2015). As per my future idea teacher should encourage the students by providing suitable learning stories that build interest on the children about the topic.
According to Black, & Wiliam, (2005), gives lessons about the policies, politics and the culture affects the assessment practices all over the world. For determining the effect of assessment practices worldwide the author chooses four countries for this article. This article determines the prospects of the summative and formative functions of assessment in the schools of the four countries namely England, France, Germany and the United States. It has been seen that in England the teacher’s judgment is taken as the foremost by the student and thus it gives a little impact on the learning process. While in France the teacher has no involvement in the formal assessment of the students and in Germany due to the different culture as well as policy the educational system of the country is not developed at that time. Although the United States educational system is quite upgraded and the assessment helps the student to learn about the topic. I have seen that different country possess different political and cultural factors and it has an impact on the education system. Thus this article helps me to gain a knowledge about the effect of this policy on the educational system. After learning about the policies I made this assessment plan and according to my plan, the educational system helps the student to gain knowledge about the project. Based on the cultural and political factors the educational assessment should be made so that the student can take part freely to the task and gets interested to do it.
Issues related to the implementation of the assessment plan
In the opinion Absolum, Flockton, Hattie, Hipkins & Reid, (2009), this paper was written to provide advice to the Ministry of Education for implementation of newer strategies, plans, and policies for the assessment. The paper suggested that the young people should be educated so as they can access their own learning skills. On developing proper learning skills the students can easily interpret, access and use the information as per their needs. Along with this proper comments and feedback from the teachers also helps the student to improve in the future assessment task. This article suggested me that every student gets interested in a topic only when he can know about the topic properly. The development of new strategies helps the student to gain knowledge about the topic and they get interested to perform the task. As a teacher, I will implement various practical tasks that help the student to gain more knowledge about the topic. By observing the individual student my duty is to assign an individual task to them and this creates an interest to the student by performing the task as well as they learn from that topic too. According to Wiliam & Thompson, (2007), the assessment tasks enhance the learning process in an education firm. So this article helps me to gain knowledge about the future assessment plan that increases the motivation level of the student in the coming days.
Although as per the author Carr, Peters, Davis, Bartlett, Bashford, Berry & Smith, (2008), the school management is nowadays used software system for grading and marking processes. After completing the assessment task the school management uses this software system for checking purposes. This shows that the involvement of the teacher will be lesser in that case. Though as per my view the teacher should maintain proper interaction with the student so that the students get interested in the topic and facing any problem they can take help of their fellow lecturers. As stated by Flockton, (2012), the Ministry of Education provides guides and a new design for the improved strategies, policies and plans for assessment in New Zealand. According to the strategy the young people must be educated and this helps them to access their own learning process (Suskie, 2018). As per my view, this strategy will motivate the young people and also help the people to gain knowledge about the task they perform. From this article, I have learned that not only the student have to do assessment task but also the young people have to do an assessment so that they can gain knowledge about the topic and this helps them in the future too.
Approaches to mitigating implementation issues
On doing an assessment plan many issues has been arises and overcoming this issue makes the plan successful in the future. On the basis of the assessment, the smaller children face many issues in the school. Lack of proper guidance by the teacher the student has to face such kind of issue. The teacher could not properly understand the opinions of the small children and thus they are failed to guide them properly. Due to this, the student cannot learn properly from the task (Beasley, Farmer, Ard & Nunn-Ellison, 2018). For diminishing such challenges faced by the student the teacher should have to understand the student nature and gives task on the basis of their capability. Along with this through playing they can teach the children and with this strategy, the children get interested in doing the task and also they can learn from this. The children also get interested in the teacher learns them through pictures tools.
Apart from this the culture, policies and the political factors affect the assessment task through worldwide. The students of the educational firm mainly suffered due to the effect of political and cultural factors of the country (Burden, 2016). Every nation has individual culture and politics which affect the student mind. The students perusing their education to another country apart from their home country mainly face a problem as the education system are quite different in different country. Different schools use different techniques for submitting the assessment as many schools use summative method while other school uses a formative method. This causes a problem to the student for performing the task and for this proper strategies should be implemented that can reduce the problem in between them (Rees, 2017). The school should follow a particular type of method for the student so that they can perform the task with great interest and can also learn from the task too.
In nowadays many schools use software technology for grading the assessment task done by the student. This causes a huge distance between the teacher and the student and they cannot learn properly about their task (Piatt & Woodruff, 2016). The student submitted the assessment as per the requirement but cannot interrogate with the teacher about the topic they selected. This causes a huge lack of the teacher and student communication which affects the learning process of the student. As per the solution to such issues, the teacher has to communicate with the students and suggest them to know about the topic and this increases the interest of the student. This strategy also helps them to learn about the topic (Guskey, 2014). Although the Ministry of Education provides a guide and new strategies that bring interest to the student and this increases their learning skill from the topic. The new strategies of assessment plan motivated the student to get more involved in the task and hence the learning outcomes will also increase by this effort. As per the Ministry of Education, the young people should also be educated so thus they can their own learning process. This strategy helps the young people to do their own task in the future.
Assessment literature review
The paper concludes that development of assessment plan is crucial to evaluate the learning outcomes of the student. For the successful implantation of the assessment plan, a focus must be given on the context of the assessment plan. The context of the assessment of the plan is defined as the situation which can have a significant effect on the learning outcomes of the student. The characteristics of the student and the teacher also plays a significant role in the implementation of the assessment plan. The main purpose of the assessment plan is to evaluate whether or not the student can achieve their learning outcomes or not. The learning outcomes which are assessed in this plan is whether or not the student can gain potential knowledge on the particular subject. It will also assess whether or not the student is able to perform well in the overall course or not. The paper will also contain a timeline in which the implementation of the assessment plan will be the most effective. The paper further discusses the place of formative and summative assignment and the role of these two assessments. Furthermore, the paper reviews the various assessment tasks mentioned in the assessment plan along with the assessment criteria. Moreover, the paper critically reflects on the plan and justifies the decisions made in it with the help of literature. Furthermore, the paper will also reflect on the potential issues and remedies to remove them.
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