Week 2 Reflection

    In week 2, I learned more about summative assessments, mainly spending more time on holistic and analytic rubrics. Holistic rubrics are rubrics that give a single score for overall performance. For example, instead of breaking down each part of grilled cheese, the holistic rubric combines the parts that can be described as 'good', 'okay', and 'bad'. Analytic rubrics describe each task/part separately, giving a score for each section. For example, unlike the holistic rubric where they combine the parts of the grilled cheese that are good with one score, the analytic rubric separated the parts of the grilled cheese (bread, cheese, grilled) and then give them a score off of each of those separate parts.

    For observation techniques, I definitely would use time sampling when I want to figure out how frequently a behavior shows in a student. I think I would use a running record if I need to observe a student's behavior(s) during an activity. Event sampling would be used when I need to know what triggers a certain behavior in a student. Anecdotal records would be used when assessing a student's emotional development or their attitude toward learning

    With analytic rubrics, I also learned how difficult it can be to make one. When we made our own in class, we had to make sure multiple factors were added in. For example, each description of a task should be specific and to the point, not have an ambiguous vocabulary. We also need to make sure the rubric fits into our objective and that each task is hitting the objective we want the students to make. That also includes not adding unnecessary items into the rubric if it is not helping the understanding of our objective.

Holistic Rubric

Analytic Rubric