Minimizing+perceptual+mismatches


 * What does 'Mismatch' mean to YOU?**







Below is the Power Point presentation we will be presenting in class on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

The handout below is useful in identifying possible mismatches between teacher and student.

The handout below will be used in class to follow along with the presentation.


 * Assessment Learning Center Notes** and **Attitude Pre-Assessment Classroom Survey Attachment** (at bottom).
 * Theoretical view**: Are 'tests' always the best way to go now that we've realized that students may not always be learning what we are teaching?


 * Practical view**: //What types of assessments did you like when you were a student?// //Were they the same as your friends?// Probably not. Take that into account when you're designing assessments in your classroom - aka, __mix it up a little bit!__ One week, have an essay quiz, the next, an oral quiz, the next, multiple choice, there a a plethora of ways to assess students and **all students don't do well with the same kind of assessment ALL the time!**


 * Remember**: When you are assessing students, make sure it's like your classroom! //Don't expect to give directions in the TL on your test if you've given directions in English in your classroom everyday for the past six months.// And, does it //really make sense to give an oral exam if you've been focusing on reading and writing all semester?!?//

What are some other **pre-assessment** techniques you can use? Remember, students learn in 9 different ways:

Visual spatial Verbal Mathematical Bodily kinesthetic Intrapersonal Interpersonal Musical Naturalist Existential

Please try to remember this when assessing your students. It's always good to give **post-assessments** too! See how the students feel about your assessment techniques, and //really take them to heart//. And remember, you were a student once, too. Never forget that.



Kumaravadivelu, B. __Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching.__ Yale University Press, 2002.
 * Please note that the documents and Power Point uses references on this page which came from the following author and book: