FS 5

FIELD STUDY
Episode 1
MY ASSESSMENT LIST
Name of FS Student: Ma. Fe S. Bergado
Course: BSED Math

Year & Section: 3-1

Resource Teacher: Myra M. Tejada

Signature: __________________

Cooperating School: Malinta National High School

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will be keen at identifying and naming different
assessment methods used in the classroom.

YourMap
To be aware of the assessment tools that are used in the classrooms, you will find interest
in observing teachers assessment practices.
To hit your target, work your way through this steps.
Step 5: Reflect on your
experience.
Step 4: Confer with your FS teacher
your assessment list.

Your Tools

Step 3: Describe how each assessment

method was used, including your personal
observations.
Step 2: In your list, classify assessment methods
as to conventional and authentic/alternative.
Step 1: Observe at least three classes and make a list of
the assessment methods used by teachers.

As you visit schools and observe assessment practices in at least three classes,
document your observations using the activity forms provided for you in this book. For
your pen-and-paper test items, customize a table of specification, and prepare the test
material based on the prescriptions of the school where you do class observation.
CLASS 1 OBSERVATION SHEET
(To be used during the actual observation of the class)
Name of the School Observed: Malinta Nationa High School
School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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Assessment Tools
DESCRIPTION
(Bulleted description of how the assessment method is
used relative to subject matter, levels of learning
behaviour, length, etc.)

Examination sheet

Module/Books

Used every end of the one whole week topic. It

measures how the students really understand
the topic.
To test if the students understand the topic for
the day. It measures if the teacher will move on
to the next topic or not.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS CLASSIFICATION SHEET

(Based on your observation of the class)
Name of the School Observed: Malinta National High School
School Address: ________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: Grade 9
Subject Area:
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Conventional Types
DESCRIPTION OF HOW ASSESSMENT METHOD
WAS USED
(Please include your personal observations and
comments below the description.)
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ASSESSMENT TOOLS CLASSIFICATION SHEET

(Based on your observation of the class)
Name of the School Observed:
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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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Authentic or Alternative
DESCRIPTION OF HOW ASSESSMENT METHOD
Types
WAS USED
(Please include your personal observations and
comments below the description.)
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7.

YourAnalysis
Was there a variety of assessment methods used by the teacher? How
relevant was/were the assessment methods used?
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Do you think the expected students learning behaviours indicated in the
objectives were properly and appropriately assessed through those assessment methods?
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YourReflections
Write your personal reflection of thoughts and feelings about the
importance in the use of appropriate assessment methods in the classroom, including
what students and teachers can gain from appropriate assessment tools. Share your
reflection with your FS teacher and classmates.

FS 5
FIELD STUDY
Episode 2
MY ATM CARD (Available Tests and Measures)
Name of FS Student Ma. Fe S. Bergado
Course ___________________________ Year & Section _________________________
Resource Teacher ___________________________ Signature __________________
Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will be adept in designing, using, and interpreting results
of objective tests.

YourWay
Designing and using assessment tools sound interesting, especially if you know their
curricular intentions. Take calculated strides in pursuing this interesting task through these
stages:

Step 6: Reflect on your experience.

Step 5: Analyze and interpret the data

and obtained from it focusing on target
competency.
Step 4: Conduct the pen-and-paper test
in a class.

Your Tools

Step 3: Make a Table of Specification and

construct pen-and-paper test items on the
subject observed.
Step 2: Study the teachers objectives of the
lesson. Observe his/her class, focusing on the
evaluation part of the lesson.
Step 1: Visit a class on a subject area of your choice.

As you visit schools, study the teachers objectives, formulate test items, and
interpret results, make a clear documentation of your tasks using the activity forms
provided for you in this book. For your paper-and-pen test items, customize a table of
specification, and prepare the test material based on the prescriptions of the school where
you do class observation.
INITIAL NOTES
Name of the School Observed:
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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level:_________________________ Subject Area:
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Teaching Learning Objectives:

Desired conditions and criterion levels of the learning

objectives:

Other notes:

YourAnalysis
Do you think the teachers learning objectives was appropriately assessed
by the test items? Why? Or Why not?
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Why did you have to study the teachers learning objectives prior to
developing an assessment tool?
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YourReflections
Write your personal reflection of thoughts and feelings regarding the Peace
Concept on Focus. Share your reflection with your FS teacher and classmates.

FS 5
FIELD STUDY
Episode 3
LOG ME
Name of FS Student Ma. Fe S. Bergado
Course _______________________________ Year & Section _____________________
Resource Teacher ________________________ Signature _____________________
Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you well informed on the principles of authentic
assessment and its usefulness in the classrooms.

Your Target
Authentic assessment is an alternative way of assessing students learning. To be
able to use it, you must first have a deep understanding of it. To help you hit your target,
fly in good shape through theses destinations.

rite a reflective journal on the activity

Read articles on new trends of classroom assess

Visit a class and interview the teacher on his/her experiences in using authentic assessment

Your Tools

For this episode, please document your engagement in the tasks using Activity
Sheets provided for you.
For your reading of selected articles on the new trends of classroom assessment,
please use the sheet below.

MY REVIEW NOTES
Please use this sheet to outline the essential information about
authentic assessment that you draw from the articles you read.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
What were your personal strategies in choosing relevant
articles to read?

What were your insights and feelings about the new trends in
classroom assessment?

What is your most meaningful learning from this activity?

Before interviewing a teacher on his/her experiences in using authentic

assessment, please go over your review notes. Based on these, please draft possible
questions you will ask the teacher and confer with your FS teacher. When the questions
are finalized write them down on the sheet below. Spare some space between questions
where you will write down the teachers response to each question.

MY INTERVIEW NOTES

MY INTERVIEW NOTES

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

How did you feel about the teachers experience in the use of
authentic assessment?

What do you think have been the gains enjoyed by the teacher
and his/her students from using authentic assessment?

Which part of the teachers use of authentic assessment do

you feel like improving or revising?

FS 5
FIELD STUDY
Episode 4
WORK ME ON
Name of FS Student Ma. Fe S. Bergado
Course _____________________________ Year & Section _______________________
Resource Teacher ___________________________ Signature __________________
Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will be skilful in designing-process oriented
performance assessment.

Your Way
Now that you have deeply understood the principles and concepts of authentic
assessment, and learned lesson from teachers experiences in using in the classroom, you
can now go through the process of designing performance assessment by walking through
this steps.
Step 5: Reflect on your assessment.
Step 4: Develop a portfolio of your
assessment plan.
Step 3: Design a performance assessment
plan for the activity you have chosen
Step 2: Choose one performance-based activity
and study its processes.
Step 1: Visit a class and identify performance-based
activities.

Your Tools
As you observe a class, note down your significant observation of the performance
based activity in the classroom. Then, make a checklist of the important things you wish
to consider in your assessment planning. For these tasks, Please use the activity forms
provided for you. For your proposed plan for process- oriented assessment, it is
recommended that you use the format that you agreed in your Assessment 2 class. Please
remember that the rubrics are part and parcel of your assessment plan.

OBSERVATION NOTES
Name of the School Observed:
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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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Describe in bullets the performance-based activity you observe.

Based on your observation, make a checklist of the important things you wish to
consider in your performance-based assessment plan. Please use My Checklist for the
purpose.

MY CHECKLIST

After making your process-oriented assessment plan on a separate paper using

your agreed format, write down a few notes about your plan. Please use the sheet below.

NOTES ON MY PROCESSS-ORIENTED
ASSESSMENT PLAN

Name of the School Observed:

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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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What are the best features of my process-oriented performance
assessment design?

What specific conditions are necessary for a successful use of my processoriented performance assessment design?

What basic points should the user of the design consider?

Prepared by: ___________________________________

Signature of FS Student over Printed Name

YourAnalysis
Do you think your originally designed process-oriented performance
assessment can appropriately assess the teachers learning objective? Why? or Why not?

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Why do teachers need to give attention to the students process-oriented
tasks? Why do they need to assess them?
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In what conditions can the process-oriented assessment be used more

appropriately?
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YourReflections

Write your personal reflection of thoughts and feelings about your personal
strategies for making your efforts successful in the part of your FS.

FS 5
FIELD STUDY
Episode 5
BUILD ME UP
Name of FS Student Ma. Fe S. Bergado
Course ______________________________ Year & Section ______________________
Resource Teacher ___________________________ Signature __________________
Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will be skilful in designing-process oriented
performance assessment.

Your Way
Now that you have developed the sills in designing process-oriented
performance assessment, you can now go through the process of designing productoriented performance assessment by journeying through.
Step 5: Reflect on your experience.
Step 4: Develop a portfolio of your
assessment plan.
Step 3: Design a performance assessment
plan for the product-oriented activity you have
chosen
Step 2: Choose one product-oriented activity and
study its processes.
Step 1: Visit a class and identify product-based activities.

Your Tools
As you observe a class, note down your significant observation of the productoriented activity in the classroom. Then, make anassessment plan. For these tasks, Please
use the activity forms provided for you. For your proposed plan for product- oriented
assessment, it is recommended that you use the format that you agreed in your
Assessment 2 class. Please remember that the rubrics are part and parcel of your
assessment plan.

OBSERVATION NOTES
Name of the School Observed:
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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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Describe in bullets the product-oriented activity you observe.

YourPlan
Now that you noted your observation, compose your thoughts and think about
what product-oriented assessment design you think is more appropriate for the classroom
you have observed. In bullet form, list the procedures of your proposed assessment in the
box below.

From the procedures you have listed in the preceding activity form, make a final
plan of your product-oriented assessment design. Please use My Plan for this purpose.

MY PLAN

Learning Objectives

General Product-oriented Performance Task:

Target Skills:

Learning Activities (Specific Tasks):

Assessment Tasks:

Please write down a few notes about your plan. Please use the sheet below.

NOTES ON MY PROCESSS-ORIENTED
ASSESSMENT PLAN

Name of the School Observed:

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School Address: _________________________________ Date of Visit:
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Year Level: _____________________________________ Subject Area:
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What are the best features of my product-oriented performance
assessment design?

What specific conditions are necessary for a successful use of my productoriented performance assessment design?

What basic points should the user of the design consider?

Prepared by: ___________________________________

Signature of FS Student over Printed Name

Your Analysis
Do you think your originally designed product-oriented performance
assessment can appropriately assess the teachers learning objective? Why? or Why not?

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Why do teachers need to give attention to the students product-oriented
tasks? Why do they need to assess them?
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In what conditions can the process-oriented assessment be used more

appropriately?
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YourReflections
Write your reflection of thoughts, feelings, personal learning strategies,
insights or new understanding from your experience in using authentic assessment. Then
share your reflection with your FS teacher and classmates. Also draw some insights from
your classmates sharing and note them on the right-hand side column of this page.