We’re taking a bit of a detour this week, and looking more closely at hallmark #1. Keeping this hallmark in mind, take a look at Fulfilling the Promise, pp. 100‐103; How might you use the information this would produce, in differentiating? What would you, personally, want to add to or remove from this inventory? Explain.
Hallmark #1 talks about linking assessment and instruction to each other. While inventories aren't necessarily a form of assessment about subject matter that has been taught, it's still an assessment of the student and their lives. By understanding more about the students home life and personality, a teacher will better understand how to cherish them individually and as real people and not just clump them into categories of learning.
I liked the questions that were listed on the inventories in the book. One thing I would like to include in my own inventories is something to the effect of "are there any medical conditions that I should be aware of in the classroom". So often a students health condition will require special circumstances that a teacher needs to make differentional adjustments for in order for them to be successful. As parents work with teachers to keep them informed and help them know what their child's needs are, they can both provide the best learning experience possible for the child.
What are some relationships you see between this variety of inventory types, and what we are beginning to learn about differentiating content, or process, or product for readiness, or learning profile, or interest?
It was good to see all the different types of inventories from the reading assignment. Just as students vary in their learning abilities, teachers vary in the teaching techniques. It's important for teachers to bring their personality to their teaching. If a teacher selects an inventory that doesn't reflect their personality, they may not use the results effectively from the inventory and be able to learn about their students readiness, learning profile or interests. I want my students to know that I love them and am there to help them learn. I hope to use an inventory that will help me gain the essential information about them so we can form bonds and I will know how to teach them lessons where their needs are.
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Great insights! You know how you mentioned that inventories aren't necessarily a form of assessment about subject matter that has been taught? Well, that's true. And in order to differentiate, you have to find out some of that information BEFORE you teach, so you know how to teach it to different "groups" of children. That's what differentiation is... to create different, appropriate pathways to your learning goals, based on what you found out by pre-assessing. Does this seem reasonable? 4 points
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