Teachers monitor student progress for several
purposes. Teachers can use monitoring tools to evaluate how well an individual
student learns new concepts presented in class and how well she retains skills
and concepts previously learned. Teachers can also evaluate how well the
current teaching program performs in reaching students and what changes can be
made in the way things are taught to improve learning.
Book Widgets evaluation widgets or exercises gather
grades on questions for each individual student in the “grades and reporting”
tab. It makes it much easier to follow up on students and their learning
progress. Here are some insights in the Book Widgets learning analytic
Average score per question
This table
shows you the average score on each question of the evaluation. It are all your
students' grades put together on each question.
What can
you deflect out of this table? Well, it’s simple. You can see is students
understood your learning material, or not.
Curriculum-Based Monitoring
Curriculum-based monitoring uses standardized tests that include material
presented over the course of the entire year as a way to effectively and accurately
monitor student progress and teaching methods. All of the concepts for the year
appear on each test, although the questions appear in different forms so
students don’t learn the test.
The teacher uses the tests on a regular basis to
measure student progress. If the grades rise during the course of the year, the
teacher knows the teaching methods are effective and the students are learning.
If the grades plateau or drop, the teacher knows the teaching methods are not
effective and he needs to present materials and concepts in different ways so
that students learn and retain the material.
Frequent Evaluations
Frequent evaluations that chart student progress can
positively impact how students view themselves as learners, according to Paul
Black and Dylan Wiliam, authors of “Inside the Black Box.” This is especially
true with at-risk students. Frequent evaluation though classroom response,
written work, testing and student-teacher interaction can pinpoint areas where
a student needs additional help or a different type of instruction to achieve
successful learning. Successful learning improves the student’s self-esteem and
motivation to continue to participate in the educational experience.
Observation and Interaction
Individual interaction between teacher and student provides the teacher with opportunities to evaluate progress and retention. This interaction can also provide the student with an opportunity to evaluate her own progress and communicate any concerns or needs to the teacher, a component that Black and William report is critical to accurate progress evaluation.
Individual interaction between teacher and student provides the teacher with opportunities to evaluate progress and retention. This interaction can also provide the student with an opportunity to evaluate her own progress and communicate any concerns or needs to the teacher, a component that Black and William report is critical to accurate progress evaluation.
A teacher and student joint review of the student’s
written work can facilitate an accurate evaluation of progress, or lack
thereof, and provide the teacher with valuable suggestions for adapting
instruction to meet the student’s needs. The teacher can supply the student
with clear targets for progress and enable the student to map a path to
success. Positive feedback provides the student with valuable motivation and
encouragement that can change the student’s self-perception from a negative
outlook to a positive one.
1. Median, maximum and minimum score per class
This bar
chart below gives you an overview of the students that scored the highest and
students that didn’t score well. You immediately get an overview of the
students that need to step up their game and that may need extra help. When
clicking on the bars in the chart in BookWidgets, you’ll see the names of
students popping up.
2. Grade per student on each question
This report gives you a quick overview per student
about which question he had right or wrong and how much he scored. You can also
immediately see the total score and can draw conclusions out of the colours
that are visualized in the table.
If the table is clearly more green than red, it
means your entire class did well. As a teacher, you’re always aiming for a
green table.
3. Grade evolution per student on each test
To see
your student’s grade evolution and progress, you have to take several
evaluations. You don’t have to grade them, but you need something to measure
their achievements. It’s easier with grades. You can also return student work
with just feedback if needed.
Book
Widgets integrates easily with Google Classroom and other learning management
systems. In Google Classroom, for example, you can add a classroom. the results
of all students in your classroom will be sent to the Bookwidgets grades and
reporting tab. Because of the possibility to add a class in Google Classroom,
tracking students' progress is really easy. Book Widgets will show all the
tests your students have taken in the BookWidgets report for each student as
well.
4. Ways to monitor student progress
Here’s some extra information on how to monitor your
students' progress. There are four main ways to track your students' progress.
1. Curriculum based monitoring tests
The teacher uses standardized tests that include all
the material presented over the duration of the year. All of the learning
material off that year will appear on the test, although the questions appear
in different forms. Students don’t have to learn for these tests.
These
tests are given on a regular basis to measure student progress. If the grades
rise during the course of the year, you know your teaching methods work and you
know that your students are learning. If not, you’ll have to change your
methods and present learning materials in different ways so students learn and
retain the material better. It’s a good way for student progress monitoring and
your own progress monitoring as well.
This is an
overall conclusion, but you can also take a look at each individual student to
see his or her progress.
2. Observation and interaction
Of course,
you can just observe your students as well. Individual interaction between you
and your students provides you some opportunities to evaluate their progress
and retention. Because you’re close to your students and give them
some “alone teacher time”, the student can also evaluate her own progress and
communicate concerns or needs to you, the teacher.
A joint review of the student’s work can pull up an
accurate evaluation of the student’s progress (or lack). It also provides the
teacher valuable suggestions about whether to adapt instruction to meet the
student’s needs or not.
Positive feedback and meaningful
also gives the students an extra motivation and encouragement boost that can
change the student’s perception from negative to positive. It’ll help the
student get better and reach a new high.
3. Frequent evaluations
Frequent
evaluations have two advantages.
It can
positively impact how students see themselves as learners. When you only give
one test at the end of the year or semester, and the student has bad grades, he
will be demotivated and think that he just doesn’t get “it”. When giving more
evaluations, students have the opportunity to grow. One bad test will not have
that much of an impact on motivation when the others are better and when the
student knows he can still catch up.
Frequent
evaluations pinpoint the areas in which students need more help or additional
instruction to achieve success. And as you know, experiencing success, leads to better
self-esteem and motivation.
This, again, leads to participation in educational experiences and progress.
4. Formative assessment
As its
definition says, Formative assessment is used to monitor student’s learning
processes to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors or
teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.
Take a
look at this post to learn more about the differences
between formative and summative feedback and its purpose.
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