Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 2/Chapter FAQ/Peer Review One

When looking for a simple definition of educational philosophies, I realized there isn't one! Educational philosophies are a diverse subject, with many opinions. There is not one simple, correct answer to this question. Teachers seem to work better when using a variety of educational philosophies. This is because if a teacher stays locked into just one philosophy, students are not able to grow and learn from different ideas; they are stuck with one idea and way of learning, when they might have learned better from a different method. The variety of educational philosophies is(edit:are) pulled from the five main philosophies of: Perennialism, Idealism, Realism, Experimentalism and Existentialism. For more information and easy to understand definitions of these five main philosophies check out this website: .(edit: redundant w/ the sidebar?)

There are several different ways of accessing (edit: assess) studentsâ progress. We learned about four main ways of accessing (edit: assessing) students during our in-class lecture. The four main assessment methods are selected response, extended written response, performance assessment and personal communication. Selected response would be using multiple choice, true/false, matching and fill-in-the-blank on a test. Extended written response would be having the students show all their work in an essay or math problem. Performance assessment is the ability to perform tasks/skills. Some examples are P.E., music, foreign language, speech, measuring or creating products, art, research paper, lab report, timeline, or diorama. Personal communication is writing in journals, questioning, discussions, interviewing, observations, or oral exams.

Another way to access (edit: assess) studentsâ progress is to use the student progress monitoring system. There is an official site for teachers and parents from The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring. There definition of progress monitoring is, âa scientifically based practice that is used to assess studentsâ academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class.â For more information about this project go to. "The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring website" (edit: I'd make this link a sidebar)

Encourage (delete one?) encourage thoughtful discussion among students.

Multiple Choice Questions

 * 1) What does each question assess: knowledge or reasoning (application of knowledge)?
 * 2) Question 1 Knowledge
 * 3) Question 2 Knowledge
 * 4) Question 3 Reasoning
 * 5) Question 4 Reasoning

Answer the following questions about the multiple-choice questions.


 * 1) Are there 4 multiple-choice questions? Yes
 * 2) Do they each have four answer choices (A-D)? Yes
 * 3) Is there a single correct (not opinion-based) answer for each question? Yes
 * 4) Do the questions assess the learning target? Sure.
 * 5) Are the questions appropriate and reasonable (not too easy and not too difficult)? Yes
 * 6) Are the foils (the response options that are NOT the answer) reasonable i.e. they are not very obviously incorrect answers? Yes
 * 7) Are the response options listed in alphabetical order? Yes
 * 8) Are correct answers provided and listed BELOW all the questions? Yes

Comment: You could make the reasoning inquiries a bit more drawn out and difficult, but they're adequate as is.

Part 2 - Ratings
LIST and EXPLAIN your rating for each of the four criteria.

 Importance:
 * I rated this article 5 for importance because... Developing and understanding key philosophies is integral to adapting and being a better teacher.

Interest:
 * I rated this article 4 on interest because...This subject has always drawn me in. It's presentation leaves a bit to be desired. I'd really like to see what the author's ideas on everything are.

Credibility:
 * I rated this article 3 for credibility because... The sources are there, and I know that they were used– but they aren't really cited.

Writing skill:
 * I rated this article 4 on writing because... Clear and concise for the most part.



HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE RUBRIC that apply to the article. To do this: Highlight sections with the cursor and use the BOLD icon above OR type ''' (3 apostrophes) before and after the text you want to make bold

Part 3 - "2+2"
List TWO compliments and TWO suggestions about the article content
 * Hints:
 * Focus on the work, not the person
 * Describe "There is...", "I see.." rather than judge "You didn't..."

Compliments  <li>. Good job of synthesizing information for a FAQ. <li>. Effective breakdown of constructivism.

</ol> Suggestions <ol> <li>. Perhaps break down a few more teaching philosophies in such a manner, and expand the article? <li>. Work on citations. </ol>