Learning Outcome Early Childhood Education
Learning Outcome
Early Childhood Education
EDU 645 Learning & Assessment for the 21th Century
Maidy Viloria
Professor: Christopher Robinson
April 22, 2013
write at least three measurable learning outcomes for a hypothetical unit of
study and grade level of your choosing.
Grade Lever: Pre-K (4 & 5 yrs).
Hypothetical unit of study: Letters Recognition
Measurable learning outcome (1): Identify the following letters:
Measurable learning outcome (2): Identify the following lowercase letters:
Measurable learning outcome (3): Name items that starts with the following letters:
Develop the learning activities and assessments that support these learning
outcomes:
- Measurable learning outcome #1-Identify the letters of the alphabet.
I will give my students alphabet cards in random order. Children will raise their name if they identify the letter on the card they have.
- Measurable learning outcome #2-Identify the following lowercase letters: a, b, c, d, e, f
The teacher will have a cardboard with lower and uppercase letters and children will points to each lower case letter.
- Measurable learning outcome #3-Name items that starts with the following letters: a, b, c, d, e, f.
The teacher will have a cardboard with sentences written in lowercase and uppercase letters. Children will identify the sentences written in lowercase letters.
*Thought process and rationale*
The
three results
will allow children to recognize
and identify different letters of the
alphabet. Each of the results
is in one way or another
in combination so that the child can
identify uppercase and lowercase letters
in an easier way.
Students will have time to think and recognize the letters on their own time. Each letter will have a different color. This is a way to help children identify the colors also. It is also a tactic that has served me to help my students get familiar with the letters of the alphabet. Whenever we are reviewing the letters I tell them, "This is the letter B and its Yellow". In this way children learn letters and colors. In my opinion, this helps students to expand their knowledge and it’s an easier way for them to learn the alphabet.
When students feel ready, they can raise their hands and say the name of the letter that they recognize. After students have a clearer idea of the letters, then we can create basic words with the letters they identify, such as mom, dad, brother etc. This is a way to motivate children to continue learning the letters in order to continue creating different names of things around us and the names of different family members.
Students will have time to think and recognize the letters on their own time. Each letter will have a different color. This is a way to help children identify the colors also. It is also a tactic that has served me to help my students get familiar with the letters of the alphabet. Whenever we are reviewing the letters I tell them, "This is the letter B and its Yellow". In this way children learn letters and colors. In my opinion, this helps students to expand their knowledge and it’s an easier way for them to learn the alphabet.
When students feel ready, they can raise their hands and say the name of the letter that they recognize. After students have a clearer idea of the letters, then we can create basic words with the letters they identify, such as mom, dad, brother etc. This is a way to motivate children to continue learning the letters in order to continue creating different names of things around us and the names of different family members.
Assessment
Plan
May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013
Learning means modifying existing knowledge, also obtaining
new knowledge and skills. Ability is
a level of competence of an individual
to meet a specific goal. When working with children, we must take into account that they often forget the information obtained
during the day or week. For this reason educators should make an evaluation to know if the children
are acquiring and processing the information they are being
taught. Also to make sure that children are gaining knowledge of what they are taught. Evaluations
are essential in seeing the progress of
students. In my workplace,
educators must make an assessment of their children every month.
This helps us to know the child's learning level
and in what areas
the child needs more help.
The results are the things that the students are able to do after learning what they have been taught. In other words, the result is the ability that children have after learning. The educator must always keep in mind the importance of knowing what their students are learning. Students have different ways of learning. Some learn faster and some learn slower. The responsibility of the educator is to make sure they do an accurate student assessment. What is the purpose of the evaluation? The purpose of the evaluation is to determine the level of student learning, improve growth and development of the student and of course monitor each stage of the growth of the student learning. I personally think that assessments have helped me to know if my students are using all the potential they have. It also helped me to see the educational progress of my students.
Assessment Context:
Evaluation is a learning process that allows the educator
to learn more about the students' knowledge. This process is necessary in my
opinion because in this way we help students to learn and develop hidden skills
they possess. These
skills are important to the educational and personal growth of students in the
future.
After the teacher completes the assessment, then the teacher can know the capacity of how students are learning and retain what they learn. The educator must make open-ended questions to students to see if they understand what the educator is teaching them. This is a way to engage students in what is being taught.
When you involve the student in what you are teaching, they will have the skills to implement the things they learned in the activities they have to do or in their daily lives. After an assessment, I focus on the results and in what areas the children need more help. After working with children in these areas, they must be prepared to understand what they have been taught, whether the alphabet, numbers, vowels etc.
If students are practicing some letters of the alphabet and also practicing how to identify some uppercase and lowercase letters, then it is important that educators have a blackboard to write the letters. In this way students can see what they are being taught. It is very important to invite students to write the letters on the board. It's what I do and it always worked for me. It is a way to involve children in what I am teaching. It is also a way to evaluate the children and see if they are learning. In the blackboard I always leave blank spaces when teaching letters or numbers. Children have to complete the spaces and write the missing letters or numbers. For example Aa, Bb, ____, Dd,_____ etc. It is a way to encourage children to think and analyze before saying what letter is missing. I ask my students to read aloud the letters and thus tell me which one is missing.
After the teacher completes the assessment, then the teacher can know the capacity of how students are learning and retain what they learn. The educator must make open-ended questions to students to see if they understand what the educator is teaching them. This is a way to engage students in what is being taught.
When you involve the student in what you are teaching, they will have the skills to implement the things they learned in the activities they have to do or in their daily lives. After an assessment, I focus on the results and in what areas the children need more help. After working with children in these areas, they must be prepared to understand what they have been taught, whether the alphabet, numbers, vowels etc.
If students are practicing some letters of the alphabet and also practicing how to identify some uppercase and lowercase letters, then it is important that educators have a blackboard to write the letters. In this way students can see what they are being taught. It is very important to invite students to write the letters on the board. It's what I do and it always worked for me. It is a way to involve children in what I am teaching. It is also a way to evaluate the children and see if they are learning. In the blackboard I always leave blank spaces when teaching letters or numbers. Children have to complete the spaces and write the missing letters or numbers. For example Aa, Bb, ____, Dd,_____ etc. It is a way to encourage children to think and analyze before saying what letter is missing. I ask my students to read aloud the letters and thus tell me which one is missing.
Holistic Rubric:
What is a holistic rubric? It is a tool used to measure the level and quality of a task or activity. It is heading a list of criteria which evaluates the students' work as well as the score to be granted to each of them. The holistic rubric assesses student performance in its entirety, when evaluating performance against established criteria. The holistic rubric allows the teacher to have a clear idea about the level of student learning.
You must create a holistic rubric to test the knowledge and skills students learned to write or identify letters of the alphabet AZ. The knowledge and skills students are tested through reading and writing. This rubric will be for 10 students.
What is a holistic rubric? It is a tool used to measure the level and quality of a task or activity. It is heading a list of criteria which evaluates the students' work as well as the score to be granted to each of them. The holistic rubric assesses student performance in its entirety, when evaluating performance against established criteria. The holistic rubric allows the teacher to have a clear idea about the level of student learning.
You must create a holistic rubric to test the knowledge and skills students learned to write or identify letters of the alphabet AZ. The knowledge and skills students are tested through reading and writing. This rubric will be for 10 students.
Write letters from A to
Z
|
Excellent Average
Poor
|
4
4
2
|
| Identify upper and lower
case letter from A to Z |
Excellent Average Poor
|
6 4
0
|
Testing
Constraints:
At
all times the teacher must ensure that the test is fair to all students. The teacher must take into account the time given to each student to
complete the assignment. The time
must be the same for all
students. It is important that students
have received the same instruction, this way everyone has the same
information before the test.
Conclusion:
It is important that educators know
how to evaluate the students
performance. After the assessment,
the teacher should use the results to evaluate the student. It is important that educators know in what
areas the students failed and
to offer the help they need.
Reference
Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G.
(2013). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and
practice (10th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.
