Advancing Assessment Skills
Q&A: ADVANCING ASSESSMENT SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE by Alex Tamulis
for the Future By Alex Tamulis, Product and Marketing Manager, Macmillan Education, Brazil Grzegorz Spiewak, Head ELT Consultant, Macmillan Education, Central & Eastern Europe Lemmy Trujillo Contreras, Academic Consultant, Macmillan Education, Mexico
In this session, Alex Tamulis talks about the differences between assessment of learning, and assessment for learning. Whereas assessment of learning takes place at the end of the learning process to measure students’ overall achievements, assessment for learning is conducted throughout the learning journey and aims at empowering teachers and students for the next step in the learning journey. Alex stresses how assessment for learning, through, for example, peer-assessment, self-assessment and project work, facilitates learning for life.
WHAT ARE ASSESSMENT SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE?
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Teachers might think that students learn what they teach, however, research has shown that teaching a concept does not guarantee that learners will recall it or be able to use it. Therefore, assessment is an important tool for teachers to gain some insight into students’ learning. Assessment not only helps to measure students’ learning, but it also allows teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching. Assessment for learning (AfL) occurs throughout the learning process and aims at providing teachers with data needed to modify their delivery to help learners move forward. Assessment for learning can also be used by students to identify their own strengths and areas to work on. Empowering students to become active participants in the learning process and monitoring their own learning through AfL helps to prepare learners for their future.
In addition to all the materials in this handbook, there is a page on the Macmillan Education website dedicated to training teachers to advance their students’ assessment skills for the future.
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