When considering a
commitment to view young children (the whole child) I believe these areas
should be assessed or measured. Each child is unique in their own way
assessments should be conducted to measure individual needs too. Basic areas of
development should be assessed like social and emotional development for
self-concept, cooperation, and social relationships. Approaches to learning
will measure by their initiative and curiosity, engagement and persistence,
reasoning and problem solving abilities. Language development will be measured
by listening and understanding, speaking and communicating. Literacy will
measure phonological and print awareness concepts, early writing and alphabet
knowledge. Mathematics development will assess numbers, operation, spatial
sense, patterns and measurement abilities. Science will test scientific
knowledge skills and methods. Creative arts will measure music , art, movement
and play development abilities. Physical and health development measures fine
motor, gross motor and health practices by assessing these skills and abilities
you will help all children succeed.
The country I chose to look at how they asses their school-age children is Spain. Spain use early learning and development benchmarks. The early learning and development benchmarks provide them a set of general developmental expectations for what children should know and be able to do upon the entrance into kindergarten.
physical/health/motor
social and emotional
approaches toward learning
cognition and general knowledge and
language, literacy, and communication.
By having a concrete framework of standards for early learning and development, it promotes continuity for children, early opportunities, and promotes consistency in selecting and measuring the children outcomes to be achieved.
www.k12.wa.us/EarlyLearning/pubdocs/assessment and www.teachingstrategiesgold.comnsequential, others will be “high stakes,” influencing the life course of children.
The country I chose to look at how they asses their school-age children is Spain. Spain use early learning and development benchmarks. The early learning and development benchmarks provide them a set of general developmental expectations for what children should know and be able to do upon the entrance into kindergarten.
physical/health/motor
social and emotional
approaches toward learning
cognition and general knowledge and
language, literacy, and communication.
By having a concrete framework of standards for early learning and development, it promotes continuity for children, early opportunities, and promotes consistency in selecting and measuring the children outcomes to be achieved.
www.k12.wa.us/EarlyLearning/pubdocs/assessment and www.teachingstrategiesgold.comnsequential, others will be “high stakes,” influencing the life course of children.
Well explained Clarencia, some educational experts fear that the pressure and the testing are taking a back seat to literacy education of the emotional and social development of children. Is it frustrating and discouraging our children self-esteem today? Indeed, all the domains will help the child grow and learn in all areas with having assess to their knowledge. Enjoyed the post.
ReplyDeleteClarencia, while reading you post I was able to clearly picture a classroom in the process of assessing students in all the domains you mentioned however it was all occurring in a natural way. It is important to remember that educators can asses benchmarks through observations,conversations, and hands on benchmark tasks.This can all be done in each domain of development and subject area it just requires flexibility and creativity.
ReplyDeleteThanks to both of you for the helpful comments!
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