Using an Online Assessment Tool to Teach Authentic Assessment to Early Childhood Teacher Candidates

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Naomi L. Rahn, Leslie La Croix, Doohyun L. Shin, Meg Gravil, Ching-I Chen, Hollie Hix-Small, Samita Arora, Jennifer Grisham, J. Rutland, Zhen Chai, A. Mickelson, Huichao Xie
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Abstract

Early childhood teacher candidates (TCs) need preparatory experiences using authentic assessments to inform their instructional practices with rural learners and their families. The shift to virtual field placements in response to COVID-19 restrictions pushed faculty in teacher preparation programs to reimagine how to engage TCs in meaningful experiences using authentic assessments with children and families. This study explores how TCs experienced authentic assessment practices using an online assessment management system, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System Interactive (AEPS i), during virtual field experiences. Fifty-five undergraduate and graduate TCs from 11 universities completed a 45-item survey about their experience. Teacher candidates articulated knowledge and skills aligned with best practices underpinning authentic assessments. The virtual learning environment created opportunities for faculty to reimagine practices for promoting TCs’ understandings of assessment in early childhood special education contexts. We discuss implications for training TCs in rural areas to use authentic assessment.
使用在线评估工具向幼儿教师候选人传授真实评估方法
幼儿教师候选人(TCs)需要使用真实评估的预备经验,以指导他们对农村学生及其家庭的教学实践。为应对 COVID-19 的限制而转向虚拟实地实习,促使教师准备课程的教师重新思考如何让幼儿教师候选人(TC)与儿童和家庭一起使用真实评估进行有意义的体验。本研究探讨了教师培训者如何在虚拟实习中使用在线评估管理系统 "评估、评价和编程系统交互式(AEPS i)"体验真实的评估实践。来自 11 所大学的 55 名本科生和研究生师范生完成了一份包含 45 个项目的体验调查。教师候选人阐述了与支持真实评估的最佳实践相一致的知识和技能。虚拟学习环境为教师们创造了机会,使他们能够重新认识如何在幼儿特殊教育背景下促进教师对评估的理解。我们讨论了培训农村地区特教人员使用真实评估的意义。
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Rural Special Education Quarterly
Rural Special Education Quarterly EDUCATION, SPECIAL-
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