Guest Lecturer Reflection

Assessment

                Last week I joined PETA class that was different from ordinary class because it was conducted by a guest lecturer. The topic was about assessment. I learned many things from this session. I learned that assessment is one of the important things to do in teaching and learning process in the classroom. From the whole session I learned about what is assessment, kind of assessments such as formative and summative, the differences between both assessments, the tools that used in assessing and how to conduct an effective assessment.

                The part that I really understood clearly was about the differences between formative and summative assessment. Now I know that the assessment that is done during the session or in the end of a session called as formative such as posttest and quizzes, and the assessment that is conducted at the end of semester is called as summative assessment. But, I also got some missing points in this session. Since the time was very limited, I still have not understood yet about kind of assessment based on international curriculum such as Cambridge and ICAS that was explained by the lecturer. In that time, the lecturer was so fast explained the material so I did not grab many things about that point. To more understand about the topic I ask some of my friends and read more the topic from the files given by the lecturer or searching from some websites.

               The session was interesting for me because my friends and I did so many activities such as discussion, Q & A session, and gallery walk. Besides, the other thing that makes the session interesting was we joined with 2012 intake students and were divided into groups and each of member has our own responsibilities; the leader, logistic, recorder, and reporter. In my view, the session was not only interesting but also meaningful because it is important for me in preparing myself to be an educator or a teacher in the future. I have known kind of assessment, how to assess students, the tools that used, and I how to do the evaluation through assessment.

                The session was interesting, enjoyable, and meaningful so I can conclude that the session met my expectation, even more. Before the class began, I thought that the class would be very noisy because we were joined with 2012 intake students and I would be bored because the activity will be only lecturing. After the session, all my assumption or my thoughts were not proven. The situation was very different so I really grateful because of that. What I expect for next session is I do really hope the next class can be like that class where we have many activities. And if it is possible, I also hope PETA class can have one more session with guess lecturer. Over all, what I would like to say about the session is great. It was a very good learning atmosphere though we were in a big number. Thumbs up for the guest lecturer and big thanks for my PETA’s real lecturer, Ms.Ine, for allowed us had session such this session.

Raphita Lestari

2011120058

Section H

Principles of Effective Teaching and Assessment