Assessment Of Learning

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Assessment is devised to explore what children know and understand. The knowledge that

children depict is based on what they make, draw as well as say ad do. The major concern to an

early childhood professional is to assess the progress of the kid’s learning and development.

Additionally, the professional is interested to assess what the kids are ready and willing to learn

and therefore a devise a way of providing the necessary support. It is apparent that children benefit

when learning assessment are designed in a manner that is able to provide a holistic view of

learning and development. It is therefore, imperative for the childhood educators to employ an

array of assessment approaches and support strategies to aid children learning. For that reason, the

following wok will assess the learning of children in relation to two learning outcomes in the

Victorian Framework.

Based on an assessment that I carried out to four children in a learning environment, I noted

that children have a strong sense of wellbeing. Therefore, it is imperative for early childhood

professional to ensure the learning environment of children is designed in a manner that will

protect the wellbeing of children. Moreover, the assessment approach used should provide

adequate support to the varying needs of children. The next learning and development outcome I

observed was that children are confident and involved learners and therefore the tutor should

ensure an interactive learning environment is established and maintained.

At early stages of growth and development of children, they all need love and nurturing

environment so that they can develop a sense of trust and security as they grow. Moreover, I

observed that children are provided with adequate love and nurturing learning environment, it aids

the children to develop a sense of confidence which is a key ingredient in enhancing the ability of

a children to interact and communicate in a learning environment (Lockyer et al., 2014 p.54).

However, among the four children that I assessed, one of the children had diverse cultural practices

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and therefore, it was focal to accord extra attention to the latter. When a single student is unable

to interact socially with the rest of learners it may can curtail the ability of the victim to attain the

desired learning outcomes.

The main purpose of effective learning programs is to ensure all the children are able to

obtain the basic skills that are crucial during child growth and development. The following are the

practice principles that are used by all childhood professionals. The practice principles are

categorized into three groups: Collaborative, effective and reflective principle. Within the

collaborative principle, the following are very essential;

Families play a significant role in enhancing children’s learning and development and

therefore families play the primary role (Boud, 2013. 56). Early childhood professionals advance

the learning and development. It is therefore, focal for professionals to establish a welcoming

environment where families from diverse cultural backgrounds have the opportunity to participate

in the learning and development of children’s learning and development. Both the families and

professionals are expected to collaborate to share information to ensure a holistic method of

learning is devised for children’s learning and development. Every child has the potential to learn

and develop when the effective holistic approaches are designed. Therefore, having high

expectations is extremely important in enhancing better outcomes for the most disadvantaged

children. It is known that some children require special care and different learning support so that

they can be able to learn and develop.

Early childhood professionals are expected to have a high expectations for all children. It

is also essential to ensure that every child has the opportunity to experience success during their

learning and development. Providing additional support as well as learning opportunities

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necessitates the tutor to collaborate with the families and communities to enhance children’s

learning and development.

The second important practice principle is effectiveness. Children’s learning ability is

enhanced when the childhood professionals depict a significant level of respect to culturally

diverse children. Moreover, the childhood professionals are expected to provide children with the

best support, opportunities as well as experiences (Mislevy et al., 2017, p.64). From birth, the most

important task is to secure attachments that are formed by establishing cohesive relationships that

are central to learners’ learning and development. The healthy relationships obtained aid to provide

a sense of belonging that makes children feel safe and hence they have the confidence to explore

new things and learn.

When the childhood professionals have an ample time to interact with children and families

it helps early childhood professionals to gain an understanding of children’s distinctive interests,

cultures as well as the abilities (Mislevy et al., 2017, p.64). This is very crucial since it enhances

in provision of positive experiences as well as, a safe and stimulating learning environment.

Consequently, it will help to stir the curiosity of children to explore new things and hence deepen

their knowledge.

Reflective practice is depicted when the early childhood professionals are able to gather

information that can support, inform and enrich the decision making regarding the correct

professional practices. Reflective practice can be achieved when the childhood professionals are

able to continuously develop their professional competency and skills that can provide the optimal

learning and development experiences for all the learners.

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Learning and development abilities of children are improved when a supportive

environment is established. When learning is supported from home environment, children’s

learning ability is influenced by the expectations of both the parents and their teachers. Several

studies have revealed that when a parent has high expectations regarding the ability of their child

to learn, it affects positively the learner’s self-belief and therefore, the child becomes aggressive

to learn (Mislevy et al., 2017, p.64). When the children are able to perceive any form of support

from either their parents or early childhood educators, it fuels their motivation to attain the set

standards which promotes to better learning and development outcomes.

I used teacher observational checklist to observe the behavior and the progress of the four

children within the learning environment. The observation checklist aided to collect an array of

information from the children such as social skills, writing skills, cognitive ability of the assessed

learners. Based on the collected information, it was noted that one of the children was unable to

interact freely with the rest of children due to language barrier. Language ability is very important

since it enables the learners to communicate hence facilitate in understanding the learning

outcomes. Child profile sheet is another tool that can be used to document personal information

about the likes and dislikes, particular challenges associated with the child (National Research

Council, 2012). Moreover, the profile sheet provides the information regarding the learning styles

that are effective to the targeted child. Hence, student profile sheet is very helpful since it discloses

vital information pertaining the child. Subsequently, those that spend time with the child such as

the school are able to fully understand the needs of the student both in the class setting and

playground environment as well.

The data obtained from assessment tools such as teacher observational checklist and child

profile sheet can be used to improve teaching practice as well as student learning. The data

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collected is expected to provide teachers with information that will help to identify the needs of

students. Hence, early childhood professionals can design learning curriculum that will cater the

needs of students. Data collected regarding assessment practice of children will be used to improve

the assessment approaches used to evaluate the level of understanding of children. The collected

data will also be helpful in enhancing improved academic content based knowledge (Brown et al.,

2013 p.78). However, it is prudent to determine which students will need most benefit and

therefore, the educators will have the opportunity to focus on the needs of the students. The ability

of the educators to accord academic support based on the need of each children help to ensure all

the children have the chance to achieve the desired academic performance.

To enhance all children are able to attain the targeted learning outcomes, it is prudent first

to recognize and understand the diverse interests and the cultural practices of children. Promoting

a culture of valuing and respecting diversity among the children promotes a sense of identity. It is

known when the educators fail to recognize the value of child’s first language, it can potentially

affect communication skills of the child (Cox et al., 2014, p. 45). Moreover, the confidence of a

child to learn and develop academically is enhanced when the professionals are able to understand

and support the first language of a child. It is apparent that children feel comfortable when they

communicate using their first language and therefore, their educators should be cautious when they

instruct children to communicate using examinable language. When a second language is accorded

a lot of emphasis over the first language, it may affect adversely the identity as well as the self-

esteem of a learner. To mitigate the effects of the second language on a child, it is crucial to

understand and appreciate the diversity of language among the learners and therefore, the

assessment approaches should be designed in a manner that it will not affect the self-esteem and

identity of a student (Suskie, 2018 p.67).

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When the learning environment supports the principle of equity and diversity, the learners

are able to develop a sense of belonging, identity as well as improvement in the wellbeing which

translates the children to become good communicators. Moreover, they are able to develop the

confidence hence they become active learners. So that to ensure all the children are provided

effective support systems, it is necessary for the childhood professionals to liaise with the families

and communities so that to provide the optimal support for children learning and development.

Early childhood professionals should strive to identify and eliminate any form of barrier to equity

and inclusion in order to enhance the academic performance of all children.

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Boud, D., 2013. Enhancing learning through self-assessment. Routledge.

Cox, K., Imrie, B.W. and Miller, A., 2014. Student assessment in higher education: a handbook

for assessing performance. Routledge.

Lockyer, L., Heathcote, E. and Dawson, S., 2013. Informing pedagogical action: Aligning learning

analytics with learning design. American Behavioral Scientist, 57(10), pp.1439-1459.

Suskie, L., 2018. Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. John Wiley & Sons.

Mislevy, R.J., Haertel, G., Riconscente, M., Rutstein, D.W. and Ziker, C., 2017. Evidence-centered

assessment design. In Assessing Model-Based Reasoning using Evidence-Centered

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National Research Council, 2012. A framework for K-12 science education: Practices,

crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. National Academies Press.

Van Hoorn, J.L., Monighan-Nourot, P., Scales, B. and Alward, K.R., 2014. Play at the center of

the curriculum. Pearson.

Zepeda, S.J., 2013. Professional development: What works. Routledge.

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