4th Reflective Journal

We had a guest lecturer, Bu Warih for the last meeting in PETA course. We were talking about assessment. With her I have learned about what is assessment, the two kinds of assessment which is a new thing for me; formative and summative and how we do it effectively.

From what I have learned, assessment is a tool to gather students’ information in learning process. To do the effective assessment, as a teacher we have to be objective, do not assess students “snapshotly” but with different methods and format to get to know our students inside-out. There are also two kinds of assessment; formative and summative. Formative assessment is an assessment that we do during the learning process, the purpose is to assess or guide students’ progress in learning. Summative assessment is an assessment that we do at the end of the learning process, the purpose is to assess students’ understanding about the lesson.

Fortunately, there is no part that I have not understood yet in the last meeting’s session. Except for the technical thing of how we make the assessment itself.

Last meeting’s session was also interesting because it was the first time I learned together with 2012 cohort in group. It was Hendra “Ariel” in my group. He was cooperative and smart enough. At first, Indri, Erma and I made him the group leader, but when we knew that he had a good hand-writing, so we made him as the recorder of the group. It seemed like there was no leader in our group, because we did everything together.

The things that I have learned in the last meeting’s session are meaningful for me as a teacher candidate because an effectiveness whether in teaching or assessing students are related and very important. The effective assessment allow students to learn with their different multiple intelligences and learning styles which means I have to be an effective teacher who creative in providing various teaching methods and know what students need in their learning process.

I met my expectation in the last meeting’s session because now I know what assessment is, the models and tools of assessments and how I do it effectively.

I expect in the next session I will review the same topic with Ms. Ine, maybe she wants to add several things if there is something left behind from Bu Warih’s explanation. In the next session, I will also perform a role-play from the lesson plan that Syaifur, Yuttie and I have made. I hope I can do my best!