1. New Syllabus
Mathematics
Professional
Development
Jakarta
5 October 2012
Dr Yeap Ban Har
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2. New Syllabus
Mathematics
Professional
Review the concept of assessment Development
Jakarta
Lesson for to facilitate assessment
5 October 2012
Dr Yeap Ban Har
Examples of formal paper-and-pencil assessment
Workshop to design assessment tasks
Summary: Effective assessment strategies
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3. What is
Assessment?
The class
discussed
what
constitutes
assessment.

4. What is
Assessment?
• collecting data
• interpreting data
about students’ ability in
and attitude towards a
particular subject

5. Basic Skill
• ability
• do students know
basic skills and
concepts?

6. Familiar
Application
• ability
• can student apply
basic skills and
concepts to familiar
situations?

7. Familiar
Application

8. Unfamiliar or
Complex
Application • ability
• can student apply
basic skills and
concepts to
unfamiliar / complex
situations?

10. Formative
Assessment
Assessment for Learning
Assessment to help
teachers modify teaching
plans so as to help
students achieve learning
goals.
This may not result is a
numerical score.

11. Summative
Assessment
Assessment of Learning
Assessment to provide a
summary of student
learning up to a
particular point.
This is typically reported
as a grade or numerical
score.

12. Thee-Part
Lesson Format
Part 1 – Anchor Task

13. Explanation which is
based on specific
cases
Explanation which is
based on general
case
This is given to advanced learners to push
their thinking.

15. Thee-Part
Lesson Format
Part 1 – Anchor Task
Assessment
Tools
• Anchor
Task
• Student
Journal
• Can (struggling) students
substitute and evaluate
expressions?
• Can (advanced) students
propose a general method?
• Can students communicate
(oral and written)?

19. Six-Item
Homework Two homework items based
Format
on the very same type of
tasks discussed – e.g. given
points, find distance.
Students know that they are
expected to be able to do
this confidently.
Two homework items which are
direct applications – e.g. given
the distance between two points
are (0, k) and (k, 0) is 10 units,
find the value(s) of k. The anchor
task does not deal with this.

20. Six-Item
Homework Two homework items which
Format
are unusual or complex
applications.

21. Assessment is
not limited to Teacher Assessment
Teacher
Assessment
Self Assessment
Peer Assessment

22. What is
important to Ability to perform
assess?
mathematical skills
Ability to apply to various
situations including unusual ones
Ability to communicate
Ability to collaborate

23. Three-Point
Report John can do … but is
unable to do …
What I plan to do with John is
…
Perhaps, at home you can
support by ….

24. Summary
Today, we discussed the use of Anchor
Tasks to facilitate assessment. We also
recommend the use of Student Journal.
The Six-Items Homework format is
another assessment tool discussed. For
summative assessment, Table of
Specifications ensure the design of
comparable tests. The Three-Point Report
provides parents with the information
they need.

25. References
http://www.edexcel.com/i-am-a/student/Pages/Pastpapers.aspx
There are many past-year Question Papers with Mark Scheme for
various examinations including GCSE and subjects at this site.
http://www.freeexampapers.com/
Many examples of well-set summative assessment items for use in tests
and examinations. Also serve as good guide to phrasing examination
questions is a clear manner.