Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
1
Presenters: Diane Fairchild, SIATech, Debbie Jones and Kimberly Jones, Humanitas, Inc.
Using Learner Characteristics/Styles & Assessment Data to Improve Student
Outcomes
Humanitas Webinar - April 12, 2007
2
Logistics
• Your phone
– * 6 to mute
– # 6 to unmute
• Attendee list
• Chat Pod
3
Building an Instructional System
Content StandardsWhat do adults need to know
and be able to do?
Curriculum FrameworksWhat skills do they need to do it?
InstructionWhat are the best ways
for them to learn it?
AssessmentHow do we know
they know it?
4
Assessment vs. Evaluation
• Often used interchangeably
• Two different concepts (We assess people and evaluate things)
• Assessment measures student learning. Determines rate or amount through informal and formal activities (observation, written test, record review, questioning)
• Evaluation judges significance/effectiveness/worth of the program.
5
Assessment DataHow do we know they know it?
• Why?
• When?
• What?
• How?
6
What Decisions Do We Need to Make ?
#1
Why do we want/need assessment data?(What purpose does it
serve?)
#2
When do we useassessment data?
#3
What do we want to include?
#4
How do weuse the assessment data?
7
Why Use Assessment Data?
• Without it, instruction is random;
• To better individualize instruction;
• To create baselines and measure progress;
• To improve and predict student outcomes;
• To improve teaching overall.
8
When do we use Assessment Data?
• On-going…
• Before instruction to create baselines to design and individualize instruction;
• During instruction to check for understanding, measure progress, and adjust instruction/materials as needed;
• After instruction to measure progress and outcomes.
9
What can we use to Assess?
• Informal Data:
–Student Interviews / Surveys
–Observations
–Authentic Assessment
–What do they already know?
– “Begin with the End in Mind”
–What else?
10
What?
• Formal Assessment Data:
–TABE Diagnostics and Scores
–GED Diagnostics and Scores
–Transcripts
–Other Assessment/Test Data
–Learning Profiles / Inventories
–What else?
11
TABE Diagnostic Example
12
What about Learning Styles?
• When should we assess learning styles?
• What is being measured?
• How can we distribute the results?
• How can we use the results/data?
AllPosters.com 2007
13
Let’s Try It!
VARK http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire
14
Utilization of Learning Styles Data
• Consider administering multiple learning styles over a period of a few months to each individual student
–Different inventories offer different perspectives
–Supports the development of a more accurate profile of the individual
15
Learning Styles Resources
• Index of Learning Styles Inventory [Free]http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
• Kolb Learning Styles Inventoryhttp://www.hayresourcesdirect.haygroup.com/Learning_Self-Development/Assessments_Surveys/Learning_Style_Inventory/LSI3_on-line.asp
• C.I.T.E. Learning Styles Inventory http://www.pineymountain.com/lsci.htm
• Gregorc Style Delineator (for adults only)http://gregorc.com/instrume.html
16
Learning Disability Site Tour
http://jccdrc.jobcorps.gov/ld
17
How do we use the assessment data?
• Next time we will look at:
– Recap using the assessment data to get a comprehensive picture of your students
– Discussion of universal design of learning
– Using the assessment data to address specific learning needs of your students
– Using a variety of instructional techniques and strategies to better meet the specific learning styles & needs of each student
18
Some things to think about…
• How are you currently using assessment data (if you use it)?
• What are some examples of techniques / strategies that you currently use to individualize instruction?
• What are some examples of instructional materials / supplemental materials that you use to meet specific learning needs?
19
Making the Pieces Fit Together
Content Standards
Assessment Curriculum
Framework
Instruction
20
Resources
Job Corps Learning Disabilities Website
http://jccdrc.jobcorps.gov/ldJob Corps Disability Website
http://jcdisability.jobcorps.gov/index.htmDiane Fairchild, National Director of Student Services, SIATech
[email protected] Debbie Jones, Disability Specialist, Humanitas
[email protected] Jones, Disability Coordinator, Humanitas
