Abdul Majid R - 7th e-reflection

I was learning about assessment in the last meeting. My friends and I learned using group work method, and my group got and had to explain about "Model of instruction and assessment - Assessment in the context of instruction". Actually there was no new thing in that meeting, because I had learned about assessment in the general lecturing session with Ibu Warih. I got a chance to explain about conventional model of assessment.

Because of getting a chance to explain about conventional model of assessment, so I understood clearly about the conventional model of assessment. From the explanation and material that I had got, classroom assessment was not only in the last part of learning for checking the students' understanding and what they got from the learning process. Classroom assessment is also done before main learning, and during main learning itself. Conventional assessment could be called as usual way in assessing the students, I mean this model of assessment is always be used by many schools until now. The example of this assessment is multiple choices test, fill in the blanks questions, short essay, and so on. I had ever experienced this model of assessment from I was in primary school until senior high school, and do you know, this kind of assessment is boring, and it could not cover the multiple intelligences of the students.

             I understood clearly what my friends and I discussed in my group, but I did not understand clearly about the other topic that explained by other groups, especially about the effect of classroom-based assessment on students. The explanation from my friends was still confusing, I did not get the clear image in my mind about that. Maybe I need to read the material too, for ensuring my understanding about that topic.

            I was discussing about the model of assessment, especially the conventional one. My friends who had ever got that model of assessment in the previous school told their experience and their feeling when they got conventional assessment. It was very interesting, because what my friends experienced was same with mine. The comments from my friends were in line with me, it was boring. So, I thought it could be an interesting topic to be discussed again. The interesting thing that was present in the last meeting was we assessed the lecturer. It was a little bit challenging. I had to express what I had felt along the PETA learning, and I had to be objective in assessing the lecturer.

            As a teacher (candidate), I thought I had to solve this problem in the future, how to create a model of assessment that is comfortable, and interesting for students. However, as what my friends and I discussed in my group, these two models of assessments were useful. We could collaborate both conventional assessment and standard-based assessment in learning activity. Conventional assessment is still used by many schools and teachers in Indonesia, but the model that is be a trend in education in is the standard-based one. So, if we collaborate these two models of assessments, it will be interesting and challenging. For example, we could use bloom taxonomy in making the questions of multiple choices test, using performance test for the final assessment, and so on.

It was like in the general lecturing class, I could expect what we would learn in the last meeting.  

            Although I met my expectation in the last meeting, it was still interesting, because I still could learn from my friends' experience when they were in senior high school or junior high school. So, I had not only got knowledge from the lecturer, but also from my friends. 

            I hope I could understand what I had learned in PETA class, all topics. I also hope that I could implement what I had learned to the real field.