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Posted by: Suwandi on: January 16, 2011

• In: WEEK 4 DISCUSSION
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Friends, we have learn a lot about principles of effective teaching and assessment. We have known about what effective teaching is, planning of instruction, instructional models, lesson planning, and ect. Last week we talk more about the role of assessment where there are three kind of role of assessment: assessment of learning, assessment for learning and assessment as learning.

Assessment of learning is more like summative  assessment, it happen at the end of instruction. given example is “the meal will be tasted by costumer”. In the other side, the chief, who is cooking the meal, will examine it first before the meal being served. this is the illustration for assessment for learning. Thus, we also have known that assessment also could be a good tool or media for learning. it is called assessment as learning. “Falling in love” is an excellent example given by our lecture to describe it.

My question is simple, how we make assessment as learning happen and work? I remember an Arabic proverb-if I am not mistaken, which state that who ever is loving something, they will follow it very often. So, I think, assessment as learning will happen and work when we-as students have clear vision to do what we are going to do. Therefore, we have to raise our “inner desire” first. Why?  Because we are the determiner of our learning result. In the other word, intrinsic motivation is the key to be successful. Knowing the purpose, or economically I call it ‘benefits’ from our task/assignment, is very helpful. Our target to do a piece of work such as home work, presentation, project or any others is not only stop to a mark. More over, we realize that this part of assessment is an experience which have to be enjoyed. And there is no great experience as sweet as fall into “the mud of learning challenges”.