What are some effective assessment strategies that can be used in the art room?
· “Exhibitions and displays as assessment tools.”[1] In chapter five of our text it talks about different assessment strategies. I really like the idea of art exhibitions. Most teachers already display art projects around their classrooms and in the hallways; however, I like the idea of taking a bit further. We should really showcase our student’s artwork. The children can assess their own artwork as well as the artwork of their peers. The book says that we should hang the pictures low enough for the students to be able to view them. We should frame the artwork with an actual frame or glue it onto a larger black piece of cardstock so that it looks framed and the black contrasts the picture. My favorite part of this assessment strategy is how the book talks about having an actual art exhibit where the parents come to see the student’s artwork. This way the parents also get to be part of the assessment process and the children feel excited to have their art work displayed.
· “Solve the mystery.” In the reading, “Performance Assessment Strategies”, Chapter 2 there were several different assessment ideas. The one that really stuck out to me was the “Solve the mystery”[2] strategy. This assessment would actually take a little more work from the teacher to get it set up for the students but would be a lot of fun for the students. The teacher chooses a painting that she would like the class to learn about and then creates a mystery about that painting that the children have to solve. The students are given clues about the painting and the artist that they must try to decipher. The students must use a wide variety of “thinking processes and skills like: searching and locating information, interpreting the meaning of words or symbols, making connections, grouping/ordering/categorizing information, seeking evidence and counter-evidence, giving reasons, and presenting a position or argument.”[3] I also think that this type of assessment will be fun for the students and memorable. This is a good hands-on activity that will also cover psychomotor needs as well as cognitive.
· “Students present their projects to the class in a critique fashion.”[4] I read through a lot of websites about assessment and I thought that this assessment idea was simple but good. The teacher has the students show their projects to the class and tell their classmates how they did the art and explain a little about their project. The student tells the class what they like about their project and what they think they could have done differently. The teacher encourages the classmates to comment on the student’s artwork in order to get a discussion and group assessment going.
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