ASSESSMENT IN A

CONSTRUCTIVISTCLASSROOM

PREPARED BY:ZAINUL ABIDEEN KODI

VPKMM HSS, PUTHUR PALLIKKALzainakodi@gmail.com

(Jacqueline Grennon) Brooks and

(Martin G.) Brooks (1993) describe what assessment in a constructivist classroom looks like: Rather than saying "No" when a student does not give the exact answer being sought, the constructivist teacher attempts to understand the student's current thinking about the topic.

Through nonjudgmental questioning, the teacher

leads the student to construct new

understanding and acquire new skills.

Constructivists believe that assessment should be used

as a tool to enhance

both the student's learning and

the teacher's understanding of the student's

current understanding.

It should not be usedas an accountability tool

that makes some studentsfeel good about themselves

andcauses others to give up.

This presentationwill show light

to the important principles that guide the work of a constructivist teacher:

1Constructivist

teachers encourage and accept student

autonomy and initiative.

2Constructivist

teachers use raw data and primary

sources along with manipulative,

interactive, and physical materials.

3Constructivist teachers use

cognitive terminology such as "classify," "analyze,"

"predict," and "create" when framing tasks.

4Constructivist teachers allow

student responses to drive lessons, shift

instructional strategies, and alter

content.

5Constructivist teachers inquire about students'

understandings of concepts before

sharing their own understandings of those concepts.

6Constructivist

teachers encourage students to engage

in dialogue both with the

teacher and with one another.

7Constructivist teachers

encourage student inquiry by asking

thoughtful, open-ended questions and

encouraging students to ask questions of

each other.

8Constructivist teachers seek elaboration of students'

initial responses.

9Constructivist teachers

engage students in experiences that might

engender contradictions to their initial hypotheses and

then encourage discussion.

10Constructivist

teachers allow a waiting time after posing questions.

11Constructivist

teachers provide time

for studentsto construct

relationships and create metaphors.

12Constructivist

teachers nurture students'

natural curiositythrough frequent use of the learning cycle model (Brooks & Brooks,

1993).

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