Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Assesments
Informal: observing how students are performing and participating in group ensemble. Asking students questions during rehearsal to make sure they understand concepts.
Formal: Planning a playing test or an exam/test on music terms or history.
Pencil-Paper: This would be a written test on music terms, theory, or history. This could also be a way to see if students understand concepts discussed in class.
Performance: This assessment is probably the most important for a music class. I would require my students to participate in Solo & Ensemble, an event where students prepare a solo or chamber ensemble piece and play it for a judge. The student's feed back, comments, and score from the judge would be a class grade.
Traditional: tests covering instrument their tendencies and musical terms.
Authentic: Asking students things that they learned in music class that can be applied in life.
Standardized: There are not really standardized tests for music, with the exception of AP music theory in high school.
Teacher Developed: That could be a worksheet covering theory.
Norm-Referenced: Any of the music written tests could be used to compare students and their understanding of the concepts.
Criterion-referenced: Any test over theory or terms that came from the textbook or from lesson given in class.
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Most of this seems like you've got it, but in general I would like to see more detail. I don't see how your description of a criterion-referenced assessment meets the criteria. Don't forget to include other scholarly sources in your posts. Is there a specific music pedagogy class you take or have taken? What would a textbook from that class have to say about assessment?
ReplyDeleteIt seems that most music people included theory tests as multiple types of assessment. I realized that theory was not at all a part of my high school band curriculum. We would play our concerts and that is about it. No theory was involved unless one was an AP Theory student. The reality is that theory is very important in the application of practicing music. It should be included in the curriculum and I intend to teach it when I become a band director.
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