Have you asked yourself, what is evaluation? What is formative evaluation? What are the
types of evaluation? You are in the right place, I invite you to watch this video and learn about some assessment instruments that you could use in your class, as well as a strategy based on assigning badges.
'' At present, the importance of the purpose of classroom assessment being to improve student learning and performance by constantly creating better opportunities to learn, based on the results they obtain in each one of the evaluations they present during a school year. It means leaving behind the sanctioning role and the exclusively conclusive or summative nature of the learning evaluation, by one more interested in knowing why students make mistakes or have flaws so that, once the causes have been identified, it is possible to help them overcome them. This is what we have called the formative approach to the evaluation of learning '' (Ministry of Public Education, 2011).
For this reason, we propose to evaluate the activities using an instrument that serves as a guide in the evaluation of the achievement of learning by the students, the choice of the evaluation instrument is based on the activity to be carried out, and must to make themselves known to the student prior to the explanation of the task. Without leaving aside, the skills, attitudes and values; basic elements of the curriculum, which will be evaluated in a formative way, that is, during the process in which the didactic sequence is given. It will be done by earning badges throughout the session.
The teacher will create the badges based on the activity to be carried out, as well as the achievements to be achieved based on skills, attitudes and values. In case the activity involves a strategy such as collaborative work, you can also allocate badges for socialization and communication within the team. The badges must have a value, which is added with the different badges and their respective scores. The badges for better benefit can be related to the final grade of the work, adding or increasing tenths of a point in case of acquiring more than the previously established points.
Next, an instrument is exemplified, to carry out an evaluation of the exclusively expected learning, it is a checklist that serves the student and the teacher as a guide to recognize its efficiency in the teaching-learning process. In a joint way, the student receives feedback from each aspect, making known their areas for improvement.
As already mentioned, we also propose a virtual ranking, in which different badges are assigned depending on the task completed, the badges have a value in stars, which give a total of one hundred forty stars. They are oriented to be obtained throughout the development of the Community Project that the students carry out and has to do with the acquisition of skills, attitudes, values and basic characteristics of teamwork.
By implementing this formative assessment strategy, the teacher can motivate students to deliver homework and activities, as they will be rewarded for their effort with one or more badges, which accumulate and in turn increase the student's level in the ranking. The latter will be used in an AVA, using an Excel database, to which students can have access at all times, with a wi-fi connection, as readers.
Below are the badges categorized into Skills, Attitudes and Values, and Teamwork, accompanied by a brief description for obtaining them.
Remember that the training approach when evaluating the best strategies that you can implement.
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