Learning Episode 2: GUIDING PRINCIPLES in the ASSESSMENT of

LEARNING
Resource Teacher: TIMMY GAGAM School: Sta. Fe National High School
Grade/Year Level: Grade 7 Subject Area: Mathematics Date: 11-22-21
For the assessment process to accomplish its purpose, i.e. to ensure learning, we must
be guided by the basic assessment principles. This Episode is focused on the basic guiding
principles of assessment.

OBSERVATION SHEET # 2.1

Which principles were observed by the Resource Teacher?

Principles of Assessment Observations

1. Make use of varied tools for
assessment data gathering and
multiple sources of assessment data.
It is not pedagogically sound to rely
on just one source of data gathered
by only one assessment tool.
Consider multiple intelligences.
2. Learners must be given feedback
about their performance. Feedback
must be specific. “good work!” is
positive feedback and is welcome but
actually is not a very good feedback
since it is not specific. A more specific
feedback is “You observed rules on
subject-verb agreement and variety of
sentences. Three of your commas are
misplaced.”
3. Assessment should be on real-world
application and not on out – of –
context drills.
Which assessment tool did the Resource
Teacher use?
- The teacher uses authentic form of
assessment. He integrates real world
situation to interestingly activate his
learners’ developing mindset to love
to learn Mathematic.
Give examples of comments of teacher on
student work/answer.
- “I can tell this was a long and messy
computation. By keeping your work
organized and sticking to your plan, you
persevered”.
How was this demonstrated?
- He integrated real-world
situation/examples to make it easier to
understand the Math problems.

4. Emphasize on the assessment of How was this done?

higher – order thinking.
- The teachers clarify the bases/formula
of the solution of the problem.
- The teacher has depth knowledge in
his subject matter which helps
learners to acknowledge the right
track without hesitation and confusion
to learners.

5. Emphasize on self – assessment. Were students given the opportunity to do

(Assessment As Learning) self – assessment?
- Self-assessment was executed to
evaluate and assess their learning.
Students critically learn and

Corpuz, Brenda B. Ph.D. Field Study 5 Learning Assessment Strategy. Lorimar Publishing. 2016
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Learning Episode 2: GUIDING PRINCIPLES in the ASSESSMENT of

LEARNING
Resource Teacher: MILAGROS D. CIDRO School: Sta. Fe National High School
Grade/Year Level: Grade 9 Subject Area: Technology and Livelihood Education Date: 11-22-21
For the assessment process to accomplish its purpose, i.e. to ensure learning, we must
be guided by the basic assessment principles. This Episode is focused on the basic guiding
principles of assessment.

OBSERVATION SHEET # 2.2

Which principles were observed by the Resource Teacher?

Principles of Assessment Observations

1. Make use of varied tools for
assessment data gathering and
multiple sources of assessment data.
It is not pedagogically sound to rely
on just one source of data gathered
by only one assessment tool.
Consider multiple intelligences.
2. Learners must be given feedback
about their performance. Feedback
must be specific. “good work!” is
positive feedback and is welcome but
actually is not a very good feedback
since it is not specific. A more specific
feedback is “You observed rules on
subject-verb agreement and variety of
sentences. Three of your commas are
misplaced.”
3. Assessment should be on real-world
application and not on out – of –
context drills.
Which assessment tool did the Resource
Teacher use?
- The teacher uses oral discussion and
quizzes.
Give examples of comments of teacher on
student work/answer.
- Thanks for that idea! How about…?”
“Can anyone add to what __ said to
help us get to the right answer?”
” I love your suggestion!”
How was this demonstrated?
- A real-world application is integrated
to assess the learners’ critical thinking
skills.

4. Emphasize on the assessment of How was this done?

higher – order thinking. - Students are asked what they don’t
understand yet.

5. Emphasize on self – assessment. Were students given the opportunity to do

(Assessment As Learning) self – assessment?
Yes. Assessment As Learning was
emphasized where students reflects the
progress on their developing thinking skills.

Corpuz, Brenda B. Ph.D. Field Study 5 Learning Assessment Strategy. Lorimar Publishing. 2016
My Analysis

1. Which principles of assessment were observed to have been practiced?

- The principles of assessment I have observed was that assessment supports the
student learning process, was valid, reliable, transparent, and efficient. This kind of
assessment provides quality learning opportunities to the learners. Teachers do promote
self-reflection and personal accountability among students about their learnings.

2. Which principle/s were least/ not observed?

6. The principle that was least observed was on how they emphasize on the assessment of
higher – order thinking. Connecting and encouraging effect with the students were less
observe.

My Reflection
We assess what we value and we value what we assess. What should I do to make
assessment worthwhile?

- It is the duty of the teacher to be well organized and should have a depth knowledge on
his/her subject matter, to give a better equated assessment to students, and on the
teaching process teachers need also to learn from his/her students for self-betterment
on implementing such content. I believe, that in teaching-learning process there should
be a collaboration, communication, and creativeness to explicitly attain the goal of
learning. And assessment should support the student learning process, valid, reliable,
transparent, and efficient to appropriately evaluate the student.

Corpuz, Brenda B. Ph.D. Field Study 5 Learning Assessment Strategy. Lorimar Publishing. 2016