Rationale

Thought process and rationale

My thought was to think about the children in my head start class. I teach four year olds and one of the themes we will be doing is community helpers. I thought this is a great unit of study because the children really enjoy it. The first thing to do is come up with lesson plans that involve the individualization of each child and provide activities to go with the lesson for the week.  With the individualization come the learning outcomes and objectives. “An instructional objective should be a clear and concise statement of the skill or skills that your students will be expected to perform after a unit of instruction”, (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010, pg. 110).   

After the learning objectives, a test item follows. These items should and could be tested from the objectives. There are several formats to use, but teachers should use what best fits their students on their particular grade level. Essay questions require that the student supply rather than select a response (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010). Essay questions allows to student to use their thinking skills and apply all information learn to the problem.  

My rationale is to make sure that all assessments and outcome are appropriate for four and five year olds. To make sure that all students are able to accomplish through the outcomes that are chosen. Every child learns different and on their own level. Therefore, every student should leave class learning something.

 

Reference

Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. (2010). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and practice (9th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.