Standard 6: The teacher of PK-12 music can assess musical knowledge and skills.
Standard six discusses the need for teacher to be able to assess their students musical knowledge and skill. The ability to assess well is crucial for the significant learning of students. If teachers cannot assess correctly, there is no way to determine whether students truly understand musical concepts being taught or not. Just as any content area assess both formally and informally for educators to understand their students learning, we must be able to do so in the music classroom.
Kansas State University has given me wonderful opportunities to develop my abilities in assessing student knowledge. Outside the classroom, I have had the chance to study expert opinions and read many articles from the professional world to begin understanding the tried and true techniques of assessing student learning on musical concepts. I’m am lucky to be studying with professors who are published authors and critical minds in the education world who point me towards wonderful resources so that I can enhance me abilities to be effective in the classroom, especially in means of assessment. Kansas State has given me an infinite amount of resources. Along with the concepts I have been taught in my classes, I have had a chance to exercise many of these techniques by teaching private lessons or in my practicum experiences within the college of ed. I have learned how to ask guiding questions and diversify my teaching based on results.
My students will benefit greatly from the skills I have aquired and began to refine. Having great role models on all aspects of my undergraduate degree, from advisors to private teachers, will in turn help me assess my students correctly. Through these professors I have learned how to access growing information and sources so that my assessment style stays fresh. The tried and true methods will not always be what is right for our young students as times are always changing. Having an open mind and willing spirit to learn new styles and ways off significant and valuable assessment will have great benefit for my students.
It is crucial for teachers to have developed assessment skills to test musical knowledge and skill and they must be willing to continue to add to their assessment pallet. The more teachers can expand their abilities to assess, the more students can benefit. Teachers must stay engaged in the development of these skills and be willing learners of new assessment tools.
Kansas State University has given me wonderful opportunities to develop my abilities in assessing student knowledge. Outside the classroom, I have had the chance to study expert opinions and read many articles from the professional world to begin understanding the tried and true techniques of assessing student learning on musical concepts. I’m am lucky to be studying with professors who are published authors and critical minds in the education world who point me towards wonderful resources so that I can enhance me abilities to be effective in the classroom, especially in means of assessment. Kansas State has given me an infinite amount of resources. Along with the concepts I have been taught in my classes, I have had a chance to exercise many of these techniques by teaching private lessons or in my practicum experiences within the college of ed. I have learned how to ask guiding questions and diversify my teaching based on results.
My students will benefit greatly from the skills I have aquired and began to refine. Having great role models on all aspects of my undergraduate degree, from advisors to private teachers, will in turn help me assess my students correctly. Through these professors I have learned how to access growing information and sources so that my assessment style stays fresh. The tried and true methods will not always be what is right for our young students as times are always changing. Having an open mind and willing spirit to learn new styles and ways off significant and valuable assessment will have great benefit for my students.
It is crucial for teachers to have developed assessment skills to test musical knowledge and skill and they must be willing to continue to add to their assessment pallet. The more teachers can expand their abilities to assess, the more students can benefit. Teachers must stay engaged in the development of these skills and be willing learners of new assessment tools.