ERIC Number: EJ1256488
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
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Classroom Currency as a Means of Formative Feedback, Reflection, and Assessment in the World Language Classroom
Bachelor, Jeremy W.; Bachelor, Robin Barnard
NECTFL Review, n78 p31-42 Sep 2016
This study examines the formative aspects of teaching in the World Language community college classroom: formative feedback, reflection, and assessment, and then recommends a new educational technique that applies the aforementioned formative elements into the classroom. To this end, in the fall semester of 2015, three sections of Spanish I at the community college level were introduced to a system in which the students were to reward the instructor with play money (or "tip" him) when they perceived that they had met the daily "I can" statements thanks to the lesson and subsequent activities. "Tip" record keeping and quantitative evidence from the instructor rubric suggested that the play money encouraged students to reflect on their own learning, provided the instructor with immediate feedback from students, allowed for critical reflection of activity types, and enabled the instructor to measure whether perceptions (the "tips") matched his formative assessment of how students actually performed in small groups and class activities. This paper also provides insight into which activity types students perceived as the most effective in the World Language classroom.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Class Activities, Community Colleges, Feedback (Response), Spanish, Rewards, Teacher Student Relationship, Scoring Rubrics, Formative Evaluation, Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Language Teachers, Two Year College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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