Madeline Thorne S00164565

EDLA309 Read IQ

READ IQ Week: 10
Criteria
Lecture:
Evaluation,
Assessment &
Diagnostic
Tools
Literacy Block

Tutorial:
Oral Language
Development

Readings:
Winch,
Gordon, et al.
Literacy. :
Oxford
University
Press, 2014.
ProQuest
Ebook Central.
Web. 18
October 2016.

Interesting Aspects
Multiple definitions of
assessment in relation to
purpose and context
Assessment of, for
and as is NOT diagnostic,
formative & summative
Informal & formal
Definition of
accomplished teachers of
english and literacy
peers enjoyed our
presentation on oral
language development, found
it very rewarding and highly
informative.
students were hesitant
to join in on discussion using
accountable talk yet wanted
to know more.
Aspects to comment
on for writing include style
features, grammar,
punctuation and more.
Writing contiuum
Different kinds of
validity

Questions Raised
Best practice in
assessment? (frequency,
timing, disciplines)
Where is the time to
develop and learn and provide
evidence of being an
accomplished teacher of
literacy?
Is there a place for
standardised testing in the
classroom?
If we were to have used
smaller socratic circles, would
the group have gained more
insight into the topic?
How to develop
conversation and discussion
confidence in adults? Similar
to primary education
techniques?
Evaluation vs
assessment?
open ended tasks as a
diverse, complex assessment
tool? why do we continue to
have closed questions?

Synopsis:
Week 10, because of lecture schedule shuffles and tutorial presentations was a week of
multiple topics. The lecture, based on assessment opened our eyes up to the multiple ways of
assessment and how this can be incorporated and the importance of it in the classroom. In
comparison, the readings were based on assessment as well as teaching writing in the
classroom. The combination of assessment focus with teaching writing made me think critically
about how we should be assessing writing, when and how. The tutorial was our presentation
on Oral Language Development. It was interesting for students to ask us questions about
assessment of oral language as they made critical links between the topics.

Madeline Thorne S00164565

EDLA309 Read IQ