5 October 2011

The class this week focused on assessments and data analysis. Both are key areas in the field of education. The two different types of assessments, formative and summarative, allow the teacher to gauge his students' performance and his own performance in the classroom. Data analysis provides the detailed information we use to make necessary adjustments and refinements that are so critical in order to improve performance. The spreadsheet assignments had a bit of both focuses in it. The spreadsheet logged the formative assessments 9quizzes) and provided the data necessary for comparison and pattern formation.