Summary
This article expresses the importance of alternative assessment and benefits. The author emphasizes how she uses journals in her own classroom. Journals can be used as open-ended responses or as prompts. Open-ended responses are rewarding because they can have a varity of answers. Students can explain what they have learned, pose more questions, or even look to the future. This is great because students can feel comfortable about their grade without having to fear a test or quiz. Journal prompts can occur anytime or day. They are when the teacher gives students a topic or question about students write on that specifically. This type of journal can show where students are in their learning compared to others and what they understand.
Application
Journals can be beneficial in any classroom and are easy to do. Some pros are that they can be fun and help students not only reflect on their mathematics class but also work on writing skills. These journals will also be great to have to look back on in the future. I feel that some cons may be that students are not going to be assessed over everything they know; just a broad overview. This could leave some students to fall behind in mathematics. In general I think they have a great purpose and help students be more confident with assessment instead of dreading a test.
Liebars, C. S. (1999). Journals and Portfolios: Alternative Assessment for Preservice Teachers. Teaching Children Mathematics , 164-170.
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