Tag: diagnostic
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BEFORE: How do I use the Assessment Tool Numeracy Assessments?
Where do I find extra support on using the Assessment Tool if I need it? As already mentioned, there are three extra modules on using the Assessment Tool. If you haven’t already, you should work your way through these too. They include: Creating the right assessment. Engaging learners. Making the most of the reports. These…
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BEFORE: How do I use the Assessment Tool Reading or Starting Points Assessments?
Where do I find extra support on using the Assessment Tool if I need it? There are three extra modules on using the Assessment Tool. If you haven’t already, you may wish to work your way through these as well. They cover: Creating the right assessment. Engaging learners. Making the most of the reports. Currently,…
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BEFORE: What literacy and numeracy assessments do I need to use with my learners?
What assessments do I need to use with my learners and supply as evidence for this course? If you’ve already had a look at the template for Assessment 5, you’ll know that you need to administer a few different kinds of diagnostic assessments. You might also remember that you need to supply this evidence to…
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BEFORE: Do I need to work with my whole group or just a couple of learners?
Do I need to work with a whole group? Or just a couple of learners? To finish off the NZCALNE (Voc) you need to complete the following: Assessment 5. This means using diagnostic assessments with at least two learners, understanding what the results mean, and developing individual learning plans for them. That’s our focus in…
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BEFORE: Who are my learners?
Just do it: Diagnostic Assessment From here, our focus shifts from things you need to know to things you need to do. In other words, you’re going to start working with your learners on the next parts of this course. This includes diagnostic assessment for this section of the course, teaching in the next, and…
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BEFORE: How do I deal with environmental factors?
How do I deal with environmental factors? Where affective factors relate to your learners and their emotional state, environmental factors relate to the physical environment for assessing and learning. This environment might be a classroom for some tutors. But it could include other more non-traditional spaces that you use for assessment or teaching purposes, such…
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BEFORE: How do I deal with test fatigue?
How do I deal with test fatigue? Test fatigue is when your learners are over tested. This means they are exhausted when it comes to assessing and testing. And what this means is that you can’t trust your assessment results because they don’t represent your learners’ best efforts. Test fatigue happens for two reasons. One…
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BEFORE: How do I deal with learners’ test anxiety?
How can I address my learners’ test anxiety? Test anxiety is the stress that learners feel when they have to take a test or do something that feels like an assessment. It’s true that some test anxiety can motivate some learners to achieve. However, for most people feeling anxious about a test or assessment causes…
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BEFORE: How do I deal with learners’ stress and anxieties about assessment?
Affective factors Assessing your learners’ is part of good embedded literacy and numeracy practice. But sometimes there are other things going on that affect test results. One example might be your learner’s stress level during and assessment. Another example could be if they were interrupted part way through a test for some reason so that…
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BEFORE: What is the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT)?
What is the TEC’s Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT)? The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT) is an online tool designed to provide robust and reliable information on the reading, writing, numeracy and vocabulary skills of New Zealand adults. In other words: it’s there to help you improve the literacy…