IPC Assessment for Learning at Panaga School 18 th November 2009

IPC Assessment for LearningIPC Assessment for Learningat Panaga Schoolat Panaga School

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Panaga School Parent Curriculum Information 2- IPC Assessment for Learning at Panaga School/LD

Our Learning TargetsOur Learning Targets

To know about IPC Assessment for Learning

To be able to share your child’s IPC learning


Knowledge, Skills and UnderstandingKnowledge, Skills and UnderstandingTell a partner

something you KNOW,

something you ARE ABLE TO DO

and

something you UNDERSTAND


IPC Learning GoalsIPC Learning Goals

Knowledge To know…

Skills To be able to…

Understanding To understand ..


Knowledge…Knowledge…

Data, information Relatively simple Knowing ‘that’, knowing ‘about’ Continually expanding Knowledge explosion!


Skills…Skills…

Practical, knowing ‘how to’ Take time to develop through practise and

experience Essence of many subjects: What scientists

do...what historians do… At the heart of every subject Fewer key skills than ‘facts’ Cross-cultural Transferable


UnderstandingUnderstanding

Complex relationship between knowledge and skills, developed over time

Do we ever truly understand something or do our knowledge and skills over time help us to develop an

understanding? How often to we ask if or say that we understand

something? Should we be really ask ‘Do you/I know…?


Teaching K, S and UTeaching K, S and U

Knowledge can be researched or taught by presentation

Skills must be taught practically and in context. Time intensive and need to be revisited

Understanding is facilitated rather than taught. Time is crucial.


Assessing Knowledge, Skills Assessing Knowledge, Skills and Understandingand Understanding

Knowledge is easily assessable by tests, check ups and quizzes.

Skills is difficult to assess out of context, no right/wrong. Skills need to be assessed more than once, as they are developmental.

Understanding is more complex. It is longer, multidimensional process. Can we ever truly assess understanding?


Assessment in the Primary SchoolAssessment in the Primary School

SUMMATIVE

A one off event/testMay be feedback but nofeed forwardGrades not necessarily with actionsDon’t need to know thelearner Aimed at reporting

FORMATIVE

Continuous Related to learning targets Looks forward: target setting Feeds forward Personalised Learning Learning to Learn Leads to improvement Encourages engagement and self

assessment Self Motivation


Primary SchoolPrimary SchoolAssessment for LearningAssessment for Learning

Assessment for Learning is….

¨…the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers

to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best

to get there.¨ Assessment Reform Group (2002)


It’s good to tell her how high she has jumped.

(Assessment of Learning - Summative)

It’s much better to recognise the height and help her to jump higher.

(Assessment for Learning – Formative)


The skill of JugglingThe skill of Juggling


Watch the jugglers in action. Are they working at ‘Beginning’, ‘Developing’

or ‘Mastering’ level? How do you know?


A rubric for jugglingA rubric for juggling

Beginning

The person is able to throw one ball up and catch it. Catching is usually accurate but not always.

They still need to watch and follow the ball with their eyes.

Developing

The person is able to throw two balls up and catch them with different hands.

There is still some confusion about which hand to use.

They can sometimes look straight ahead when throwing but often use their eyes to follow the ball.

Mastering

The person is able to throw three balls up and catch them with succession in different hands.

They are able to look straight ahead when juggling and can automatically sense where to throw the balls


Giving learning adviceGiving learning advice

Using the rubric to decide what advice you can give each other to help you move from ‘Beginning’ to ‘Developing’ or from ‘Developing’ to ‘Mastering’.


IPC Assessment for LearningIPC Assessment for Learning

Skills based, over a milepostIdentifies key skillsRubrics for teachers and childrenLearning advice, to help children to

improve their skills


For all of these subjects …For all of these subjects …

Art Geography History

ICT Music Physical Education

Science Technology International


For each identified key skill in each For each identified key skill in each subject…subject…

The scenarios are examples of the skills in action, in the different

subjects in the IPC units

It is an integral part of the IPC learning, NOT extra activities.


Geography Key Skill1.10

Be able to make maps and plans of real and imaginary places, using pictures

and symbols

(Milepost 1: age 5-7 years, Primary 2 and 3)


Where you will findWhere you will find the key skill being practised the key skill being practised

In Transport Geography Task 5, the children work together to make a

class map to show all the routes the children take to school and to other

places. The children decide on a colour scheme and any symbols they will use to produce their class map.


Teachers’ RubricTeachers’ Rubric

Details what the key skill will ‘look like’ in action and exactly how a child

performs within each learning stage.

Beginning Developing Mastering



Children’s RubricsChildren’s Rubrics

Corresponds to and reflects the teachers’ rubric, written in ‘child-speak’.

I’m getting used to itI’m getting better

I’m really getting it



Using the Children’s Rubric Using the Children’s Rubric

Used to explain the key skill, success criteria and expectations in children’s language

Used to involve children in their learning andassessment process, including target setting

Used before, during and after a learning task


Learning AdviceLearning Advice

Learning advice given for each key skill

How to progress from Beginning to Developing

How to progress from Developing to Mastering

For individual children/groups/classFor children at ‘Mastering’ level – used to

consolidate learning and to move to the next learning stage



Colours

Hoops

Photos

Annotated children’s rubrics




What evidence will you see ofWhat evidence will you see of IPC IPC Assessment for LearningAssessment for Learning??

• Your children will be talking about their learning, not only what they are doing.

• They will be able to talk about learning skills, some new and some consolidated.

• Rubrics and other methods will be seen in their IPC books, with evidence of their IPC Assessment for

Learning.• The IPC section of your child’s end of year report

will include the letters B, D or M and a comments about their skill and knowledge learning.


Any questions or further clarification?

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IPC Assessment for Learning at Panaga School 18 th November 2009