Open AccessUsing Assessment to Inform Instruction for Early Literacy: A Schools Story
Author(s) -
Dorothy Spence
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1703-2598
DOI - 10.26522/tl.v1i2.102
Subject(s) - reading (process) , statement (logic) , mathematics education , relation (database) , literacy , pedagogy , psychology , political science , computer science , database , law
The difference between using assessment to make a statement about where exactly a students stands in relation to the expectations and to make decisions about what that child should be taught next is subtle but extremely important in the beginning stages of the acquisition of reading skills. Teachers have always, to a certain extent, tried to do this and this article explores our attempt at St. Helen Catholic Elementary School in Hamilton to use assessment to do strategic teaching.