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Discuss how the following informal assessment tools would be used by an ECDE teacher in assessing pre-school children's achievement in mathematics:

      

Discuss how the following informal assessment tools would be used by an ECDE teacher in assessing pre-school children's achievement in mathematics:

  

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John
(i) Interview;
-Teacher plan the kind of information/ questions he wants to gather/ ask from the learner in learnt concepts in mathematics

-Teacher finds a quiet place and works with an individual learner

-The teacher creates rapport with child/ accepts mathematical responses without judging.

-The child's responses helps the teacher to discover mathematical responses without judging

-The child's responses helps the teacher to discover mathematical ability of the child in order to give special attention.

-Teacher encourages the child to open up in explaining mathematical concepts so that the teacher gets to know the strengths/ weaknesses of the child.

(ii)Observation

-Teachers uses the tool to observe learners when they are performing mathematical tasks individually/ in groups.

-Teacher observes learner when they are manipulating mathematical materials

-The teacher can initiate mathematical concepts that require rote learning/ memorization.

-The teacher can make decisions based on what he/ she observes during a mathematics class discussion.

-The teacher observes children's responses and evaluate how to introduce new mathematical concepts.
johnmulu answered the question on March 30, 2017 at 12:48


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