Post #3 - Mandy Hyde

I believe that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation theories were the most helpful for me when thinking about my future classroom. I will have students that are both intrinsically and externally motivated so it is important to know how to teach to both types of students. When you understand how your students are motivated, you will be able to enhance their motivation and thus enhancing their performance and learning ability. If I have a group of students that is intrinsically motivated by hands on activities, I will introduce fun activities that those students want to do and find pleasure in.

Post #2 - Mandy Hyde

1. Informal:involves spontaneous, unsystematic observations. An example: a ticket out the door that assesses students' understanding of material in class that day.

2. Paper-Pencil: involves written responses. An example: tests with open ended questions where students can express and expand upon their answers.

3. Standardized: developed by experts for use in many schools. An example: TCAP tests that measure students mastery of subjects across the state.

4. Criterion-Referenced: indicates mastery or nonmastery of specific topics. An example: a science worksheet measuring mastery of using scientific tools such as thermometers, measuring cups, tape measurers, and balances. 

5. Traditional: assesses learning separate from real-world tasks. An example: traditional spelling tests. I am not much of a fan of traditional spelling tests, but it is widely known so it is a good example. 

I would like to use all of these types of assessment in my classroom because i believe they all offer different aspects of a learning community. I do believe that both norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessments have advantages, but I do not like putting too much emphasis on the results as far as individual classrooms go.

Post #1 - Mandy Hyde

After going back to the syllabus, I am very excited about learning more about classroom assessments strategies, doing the group differences forum, and definitely creating a productive teaching environment. I believe that classroom environments effects students learning so I am interested to learn more about this and find out what strategies and settings make the most out of learning environments. I want to learn more about the group differences forum. I signed up for multiculturalism, but as of now, I am not sure what that particularly means - not the word multiculturalism itself, but what we are going to do with it. I believe this class will help me in my career because it will give me an idea of how to work with and embrace multiculturalism, diversity, and provide a useful and enlightening learning environment.