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Pupils'self-assessment at elementary school
Reine, Petra ; Novotná, Kateřina (advisor) ; Laufková, Veronika (referee)
The thesis deals with self-evaluation of pupils at the secondary school. The goal was to describe concept of self-evaluation in relation to school assessment and to introduce self-assessment into health education classes in 6th grades at secondary school. The research included designing and applying several techniques of self-evaluation at the secondary school and then describing and reflecting on the whole process. The theoretical part focuses on the evaluation of pupils at school, including the analysis of current curriculum documents and legislation. Furthermore, the elements that support the student's learning are described here. The last part of the theoretical part deals with self- evaluation. It defines the term self-evaluation and describes the effects of self-assessment on the student and also includes a presentation of various self-assessment techniques. The practical part was realized as an action research. It describes the process of implementing of self-evaluation, including overcoming minor obstacles that arose during the research. The research was carried out in the 6th grade at secondary school in health education classes. The preparatory phase of the analysis of school documents was followed by the initial data collection, which consisted of observations of pupils and further...
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The issue of formative assessments for primary school pupils through individual subjects
Vimrová, Gabriela ; Wildová, Radka (advisor) ; Ronková, Jolana (referee)
In my diploma thesis, I decided to focus on the evaluation of the issue and, above all, formative education in classical elementary schools. Assessment is very important for a person's future life and therefore teachers should be able to handle it correctly. Thanks to the assessment, teachers can already guide the pupil at a young school age and influence their future life in primary education. The work contains a view of formative assessment that focuses on the student and improves the relationship between teacher and student. I divided the theoretical part into 4 chapters, which contains basic information about assessments and formative assessments. The first chapter deals with the concept of assessments in general. The chapter also looks at the past of evaluation and describes the phases of the teaching process. The second chapter is devoted to school assessments, its specifics and functions. The third chapter is the formative assessment itself, which then focuses on its methods. The last chapter covers student motivation to learn. The practical part deals with the qualitative research method and examines the view of teachers and students' parents on formative assessments. I created two questionnaires that aim to find out how formative assessment is perceived by teachers and parents in the 1st...
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Formative Assessment of EFL students' Speaking Skills in an upper-secondary vocational classroom
Mužíková, Jana ; Starý, Karel (advisor) ; Laufková, Veronika (referee) ; Urbánek, Petr (referee)
The thesis Formative Assessment of EFL students' Speaking Skills in an upper-secondary vocational classroom describes attitudes to assessment of three English language teachers at a Czech business academy from the perspective of formative assessment just before the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. The case study aims to show what happens behind the classroom door by providing a deep insight into the assessment practices of EFL learning at a Czech secondary vocational school. The theoretical part defines formative assessment as feedback which brings the learner valuable information concerning the knowledge and skills in the process of learning when it is still possible to work on improving the output; it explores different formative strategies in the context of communicative approach to EFL learning, namely Speaking Skills development. The empirical part builds on the qualitative data collection which consisted of several phases and methods: firstly, school documents were analysed to understand the assessment processes in general, followed by the semi-structured individual interviews with a headmistress and three EFL teachers. Student focus groups and three individual interviews with students were carried out to clarify students' approach to their assessment. Most importantly, classroom practices of...
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Assessment as a way to self-knowledge not only in the teaching of mathematics at the first stage of elementary school
Handíková, Karolína ; Kvaszová, Milena (advisor) ; Macháčková, Jana (referee)
HANDÍKOVÁ KAROLÍNA, Assessment as a Way to Self-Knowledge Not Only in Teaching Mathematics at the First Level of Elementary School, Prague, Faculty of Education, Charles University, 2022. The diploma thesis Assessment as a Way to Self-Knowledge Not Only in the Teaching of Mathematics at the First Stage of Primary School deals with the methods of assessment used in the first period of education of pupils at primary schools. The thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. Evaluation is an integral part of education, and just as other parts of education are transformed on the basis of changes in society, evaluation also undergoes upheavals and changes so that it is effective and responds to the latest trends in pedagogy. Assessment is a big topic for educators, and many of them think about an appropriate form of assessment on a daily basis. The theoretical part of the thesis defines the concept of school evaluation, its functions and distinguishes various types of school assessment. Evaluation is viewed in the thesis on three levels - self-evaluation, peer evaluation and teacher evaluation. The practical part consists of a survey in which teachers at the first stage of primary school are interviewed, as well as the pupils themselves attending the first stage of primary school. Teachers...
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Embedding Formative Assessment in English Language Teaching in Primary School
Buriánková, Zuzana ; Vallin, Petra (advisor) ; Krátká, Jana (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on embedding the formative assessment in English language teaching in primary school. It focuses on formative assessment strategies and their implementation in foreign language teaching. It specifies the learning aims, criteria, communication in the classroom including the efficient questioning, feedback, peer- assessment and self-assessment. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis deals with the school assessment, it describes the typology, the forms and the functions of assessment. It also deals with the theme of ability to learn foreign language with regard to cognitive, social and emotional, and physical growth of children. The third chapter of the theoretical part describes the key strategies of formative assessment. The empirical part explores the process of embedding the formative assessment strategies into the primary education. The collection of particular techniques is embodied in this part of the thesis. These techniques were used in the process of embedding the formative assessment in English language teaching in our school. There was the question at the beginning of the research: Do English primary teachers use formative assessment? My primary aim was to make gradual change in teaching using the techniques of formative assessment and to respond more to...
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Formative assessment in the chemistry education
Babinčáková, Mária ; Ganajová, Mária (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee) ; Szarka, Katarína (referee)
In Slovakia, no systemic steps have yet been taken regarding the implementation of formative assessment in teaching. Promoting formative assessment in practice is not easy and its implementation requires a system support, such as educational materials, digital collections of formative assessment tools, methodological materials, onsite and online teacher education, etc. In the presented thesis, we dealt with many of these areas - we created and optimized a collection of formative assessment tools for students and teachers for thematic units Mixtures, Water and Air for K7. Similarly, we trained teachers to implement formative assessment tools into their lessons. The effectiveness of this teaching was observed in terms of developing conceptual understanding. Moreover, verifying students' and teachers' attitudes towards formative assessment was studied. The analysis of results showed that formative assessment provides feedback to all participants. Formative assessment helps to improve students' outcomes, even at higher- order cognitive skills area. At the same time, it provides the teacher with feedback for the adaptation of the next lesson, also considering the student's opinion. Through the implementation of formative assessment in teaching, teachers perceive the importance of students'...
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Work with the Learning Stories method in the age homogenous class in the context of Czech nursery school
Niková, Tereza ; Loudová Stralczynská, Barbora (advisor) ; Uhlířová, Jana (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of assessment of learning processes of preschool children. The aim of the thesis is to deepen the theoretical knowledge and to implement the Learning Stories method in the Czech Republic. The Learning Stories correspond to the key features of formative assessment, supports individual child's learning, monitors child's progress and develops teachers' pedagogical practice. The theoretical part characterizes formative assessment and its key features. The main part of the theoretical work is devoted to the Learning Stories method. It explains the theoretical foundations of the origin of the method in New Zealand, its benefits, the development of children's learning, the observation of the it's progress and the teacher's work in the process of early childhood assessment. The empirical part of the thesis involved action research in the age homogeneous class of pre- school children. Content analysis of letters (as the output of the Learning Stories method) and questionnaires as feedback from parents were used. The letters were analysed based on the criteria of whether they met the principles of the Learning Stories method, how they influence teacher's evaluation and pedagogical planning. The questionnaires were used to determine, how parents evaluate the benefits of the...
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Communication between school and family in formative assesment of pupils
Hřebíčková, Nikola ; Hejlová, Helena (advisor) ; Poche Kargerová, Jana (referee)
This thesis deals with communication between school and family in the formative assessment of pupils. The main goal of this thesis is to map the procedures and conditions of functional communication between school and family regarding the formative assessment of pupils. This goal will be followed by a second goal, which is aimed at finding examples of good practice. The theoretical part deals with the topic of formative assessment, communication between school and family, which describes what role the parent can be in relation to the school and the last chapter deals with the assumptions of student learning at the 1st stage of primary school. The practical part is qualitative research, in which research methods of observation and a questionnaire will be used. This part is carried out at six primary schools in Prague by selected female teachers. These schools are divided into two groups. The first group consists of three schools that gradually introduce formative assessment or use it only by some teachers in the school. The second group consists of three schools, where formative assessment is introduced throughout the school. The obtained results are processed into six case studies of individual female teachers. It was found that schools, where all teachers carry out formative assessment, provide...
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Pupil's Assesment in Biology
Ouředníková, Eliška ; Novotná, Kateřina (advisor) ; Vallin, Petra (referee)
The thesis is focused on formative assessment in biology, specifically it describes its use in biology teaching. The aim of the thesis is to discuss formative assessment, its strategies, methods and processes that can be used in biology classes. The theoretical part defines school assessment. The topic of formative assessment is presented in the context of the types and roles of school assessment and also biology teaching. The empirical part, using the qualitative design of the multi-case study, builds on the data obtained by the in-depth interviews with two teachers. The aim of the research was to describe the way teachers assess students in biology classes and their attitude and knowledge about formative assessment. The two case studies illustrate how teachers perceive formative assessment as one of the possible ways to collect evidence about the knowledge of their students. The author asked about grading and its importance for the teachers. She was also interested in the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teaching and assessment. The research showed that various strategies and methods of formative assessment are appropriate for biology teaching. According to the teachers, the most important and the most effective methods are feedback, assessment according to criteria and peer assessment....
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Formative Assessment
Laufková, Veronika ; Starý, Karel (advisor) ; Šalamounová, Zuzana (referee) ; Kratochvílová, Jana (referee)
This dissertation thesis is focused on the theme of formative assessment on a secondary level of education. The aim of this thesis is to define formative assessment and to show how it is implemented to the teaching process of the Czech language and literature on a secondary level of education. The theoretical part presents a review based on major international and national sources. Formative assessment is defined as an evaluation which brings valuable information concerning the knowledge and skills of the given pupil during the process of education. The typology and function of formative assessment, questions linked to its successful implementation are elaborated together with this methods: goals, criteria, feedback, self-assessment and peer assessment. The aim of the empirical part is to define the real form of the implementation of formative assessment in six targeted Czech schools. This thesis also presents the attitude of students towards the implementation of this method. A qualitative research method was chosen and a multiple case study was used as a form of research strategy. The data collection consisted of observation, document analysis and interviews with teachers and pupils. The formative assessment methods were best implemented under the supervision of a skilled mentor. Contrary to...
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