| Answer |
Number
of
Respondents |
Percent |
| some children have
other skills that they use to commumicate with. for a
learning disabled student it might diffuse some of that
disability. |
1 |
6.7% |
| you are able to
assess the higher levels of thinking that need to take
place in order for students to understand the concepts
being taught. |
1 |
6.7% |
| performance
assessment lets you individually check and evaluate the
performance of each student no matter what level they can
work at. |
1 |
6.7% |
| shows that the
student really does understand something and can explain
concepts and maybe carry them to a higher level. |
1 |
6.7% |
| i can ask the
students to use several concepts that they have been
taught to create something that is theirs. they can
express their own ideas using the concepts that they have
been taught. |
1 |
6.7% |
| another level of
thinking, more creative |
1 |
6.7% |
| you can see a
child understanding what they are doing and being able to
apply it. less cheating also. |
1 |
6.7% |
| it will give the
child and parents a framework to base the grade on. if
they meet the standards they accomplish their goal for
that particular letter grade. |
1 |
6.7% |
| with a project
they can do work at home where they have more time but
more help from parednts too see if they understand a
concept |
1 |
6.7% |
| it's more open
ended and can draw out information from students that you
might not normally get on paper/pencil tasks. |
1 |
6.7% |
| in performance
based assessments you as a teacher are more able to see at
what level of understanding the student has of the
subject. |
1 |
6.7% |
| performance
assessments can be altered for different abiliities or
learning styles. poor readers aren't penalized for not
being able to understand what they read. students often
don't think they are being evaluated when they do other
types of tasks. |
1 |
6.7% |
| students have a
chance to show what they know in a variety of ways. i
think it also can open up more peer communication about a
topic. students often learn more from other students. |
1 |
6.7% |
| the children know
what they are going to be graded on and must think about
how they can get the best grade. |
1 |
6.7% |
| allows for student
creativity and expression/ the rest of the class benefits
from seeing others' demonstrations/ a student really has
to know the material to demonstrate it |
1 |
6.7% |