Category: Diagnosing
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Teach Better Now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 5 of the NZCALNE on literacy and numeracy diagnostic?
Kia ora ano and welcome to the next exciting instalment If you’re reading this it’s likely that you’re up to Assessment 5 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc). Well done you…! Like the other content, it will be live on Pathways Awarua as soon as possible. But as always, you can find it on…
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What does a literacy and numeracy-focused learning plan look like?
What does a good learning plan look like? You’ll need to complete two learning plans for your NZCALNE (Voc). One for each of the two learners that you’re tracking through this project work. Happily, we have an easy-to-use format for learning plans. And we’ve built this into the template for Assessment 5. If you’re ready to…
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BEFORE: How do you write learning plans with a focus on literacy and numeracy?
Good work… One final short module and we will have covered everything that you need for Collection 5. The last thing here is how to write learning plans that focus on literacy and numeracy. Specifically, we want you to use the data that you’re getting from your diagnostic assessments and use it in a constructive…
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Diagnostic assessment results: What does it all mean? How to understand your learners’ results
What do I do with the results of my learners’ diagnostic assessments? Once you’ve marked your learners’ diagnostic, you need to tell us what it all means. We’ve made this easy in the template by asking a series of questions that you answer for each of your two learners. If you follow the format and respond…
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BEFORE: Review questions for when you’ve collected your diagnostic assessment results from your learners
Hopefully, you’ve been able to dip into this Collection and find or use the parts that are relevant to what you teach. We’ve covered a lot of ground. Here’s a quick recap of what we’ve discussed in terms of diagnostic assessment: Using the Assessment Tool for literacy and numeracy. Using learner self-assessment to measure confidence.…
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BEFORE: More examples – Measurement diagnostics
If you work in trades and your learners need to measure things, the simplest way to diagnose their ability is to set them practical tasks that involve using the right tools to do simple measurements. For example, estimating and then measuring the length of a table using a tape measure would be a practical way…
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BEFORE: More examples – Diagnostics for statistics
The Reason Statistically strand is not relevant for most tutors. We haven’t talked about it at all. If you don’t need to deal with data collection or statistics in your training then you can move right along. However, if you do need to deal with statistics or probability in your training then there are also…
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BEFORE: More examples – Number diagnostics
This is one of three numeracy resources that we mentioned earlier in Collection 3. You can download it here if you need to. You’ve already seen our versions of the number diagnostic questions and the attitude questions. But if you want to have a look at the originals, the details are below. Number Attitude self-assessment…
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BEFORE: Are there any other examples of numeracy diagnostic assessments from the Learning Progressions Resources?
Other there other numeracy diagnostic assessments I can look at? Yes, there are. But first, let’s figure out where you’re up to and what you need to do. You may already have a good idea of what you want to do for your contextualised numeracy diagnostic. If you do, you should get on with it…
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BEFORE: Number facts diagnostic assessment
Here are some generic questions you can use or adapt for place value. You can download a word doc version of this here. Number facts Go to the next question if you are not sure how to answer. 2 + 3 = _______________ 10 – 6 = _______________ 50 + 7 = _______________ 9 +…