Chapter 7- Using informal and formal assessments

Reading this book is so funny to me because it contradicts everything my school does. Even listening to lectures in class I slide down in my chair because I know our school does that. Not by my choice by any means. The whole purpose of giving an assessment to a child is to run with it and see what they need or your class as a whole. To see how much they have progressed and reading interventions may need to take place. Self efficacy is when a student 's belief regarding his or her ability to be successful. This was first described by Bandura. The book stated that students that like to read become better readers and are more self motivated. Motivation is key when it comes to reading and being a successful reader.Guthrie and Humenick said there are three types of motivation. External- put forth effort to gain some incentives, Internal- satisfies the curiosity, and Self Efficacy- is the students belief to how well they read. A part that stuck out in the book was the classroom observations. I am guilty of saying stuff like he doesn't like to read he would rather draw, and their is nothing wrong with that. If I were to take a frequency count I'm sure it would be different. Reading journals, completing sentences, thought bubbles are all techniques to see how motivated the students are. This gives teachers an insight to the feeling about reading. I really liked the Interest inventory, in my class we have to read basal books. But, it would be nice to do an interest inventory so the students would be more intrigued.