Annoy's Reflection #4

Ani Rochaeni

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Section H

Reflection of PETA Guest Lecturer

The previous session of PETA, there was guest lecturer which I knew she is Ibu Warih. What I have learnt in that session is about assessment. There are two kinds of assessment, Summative Assessment and Formative Assessment. Summative assessment aims to give teachers and students a clear insight into students’ understanding. Formative assessment aims to promote learning by giving regular and frequent feedback. Those mentioned above are based on the handout from the lecturer that I tried to understand well.

There is new thing that I have learnt that day. There is another kind of assessment which are Traditional Assessment and Alternative Assessment. Traditional assessment includes paper and pencil test, then alternative assessment includes portfolio, journal, performance, and exhibition. I thought they are the same, there is no divided, but now I know.

From what I have learnt that day, I have understood clearly the base difference between summative and formative assessment. It depends on the “time”, when the teacher assesses students. Summative assessment, I assume from its name, summary, so that summative assessment happens in the end of the lesson. In contrast, formative assessment is up to the teacher when will do it. Teacher may assess student during the lesson. Thus my understanding from my thinking, but actually I have not understood completely about the basic meaning of them. Once my group asked the lecturer, but she said that it was already clear then she continued the lesson. I will ask others about this misunderstanding especially to them who had followed the course since the beginning, because I missed it.

Overall, I think this session was interesting because it was joint class with English Department 2012 cohort. We could share each other about our opinion, and the most important thing is I was not bored because I met various faces, not the same cohort anymore. I think what I have learnt on that day is meaningful to me as a teacher candidate because I could apply those kinds of assessment into my class in the future. I could choose which one of the assessments will be good for my class, some day. I think this session meets my expectation because I could study with the new lecturer, new friends, new atmosphere, and so many. What I expect for the next session is the guest lecturer will share the material like the power point, because we have handout only and it is not enough.