Pampanga State Agricultural University

Magalang, Pampanga
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Bachelor of Elementary Education

MODULE 4: Lesson#20 Learning Activities

SCI 2: Teaching Science in the Elementary Grades-
Physics, Earth and Space Science

SUBMITTED BY:
Arceo, Sunshine C.
Soliman, Debbie E.
Tuazon, Jocelyn G.
Vidal, Erika May O.
BEED-3A

SUBMITTED TO:
Prof. Angelina P. Lumanlan
Learning Activities

A. ACTIVATE

Activity A. 1.

Traditional forms of assessment in science include multiple choice, matching, gap-

filling, and true- false tests. Discuss with a partner the advantages and disadvantages of
each type of test. Complete the table below with your answers.

Type of Assessment Advantages Disadvantages

Multiple Choice  Allow assessment of  Limited feedback to
a wide range of correct errors in
learning objectives. student
 Objectives nature understanding.
limits scoring bias.  Tend to focus on low
 Students can quickly level learning
respond to many objectives.
items, permitting  Results may be
wide sampling and biased by reading
coverage of content. ability or test-
 Difficulty can be wiseness.
manipulated by  Development of good
adjusting similarity items is time
of distractors. consuming.
 Efficient to  Measuring ability to
administer and score. organize and express
ideas is not possible.
Gap filling  Easy to mark.  Larger gaps are not
 Useful for assessing typically suited to
recall. bonding.
 Very effective at  Building up teeth
testing listening for look too big in your
specific words. smile.
 Little scope for the  Plus, bonding
 learners to guess the materials are not as
correct answers. strong as your teeth.

True-False
 Quick and easy to  Considered to be one
score of the most unreliable
forms of assessment.
 Often written so that
the most of the
statement is true save
one small, often
trivial bit of
information that then
makes the whole
statement untrue.
 Encourage guessing,
and reward for
correct guesses.

Matching
 Great for users who  The greatest
have a lower reading disadvantage of
level. matching is that the
 Less chance for effect of matching
guessing than other factor on the
question types. occurrence of the
 Can cover a large disease of interest
amount of content. cannot be studied
Easy to read. anymore.
 Easy to understand.  One should therefore
limit matching to
factors that are
already known to be
risk factors for the
studied outcomes.
B. ANALYZE
Activity B. 1.
Below are alternative forms of assessment that you can use in the classroom. You just
need to make sure it is aligned with the target competencies, developmentally appropriate, and
feasible.

 Game playing - Games are challenging and more engaging than formal tests. Skills and
knowledge are concretely revealed when the students engage in

meaningful games. Online platforms and applications can be used in designing games.
 Story writing - Reading or writing stories is an engaging way to present information and
to assess the students' knowledge.
 Letter writing - This provides opportunity for the students to demonstrate their ability to
communicate science ideas and advance their advocacies. Persuasive writing is central to
the relationship between science, mathematics, and science and technology.
 Advertisements - Statistics and experiment results are used in advertisements and
campaigns. Since the students are immersed nowadays in the digital world, they will find
this activity interesting and relevant as they can practice their computer and data
literacies.
 Reflections - When the students reflect in an open-ended way about what they know,
their perspective is broadened. Written reflections can be recorded as journal entries and
persuasive writing and may be published in school publication.
 Model making - Models are simplified representations of the world that enable the
students to imagine about it in new ways, make predictions, and test ideas.
 Experiments - Conducting experiments allow the students to demonstrate their
understanding of concepts and their ability performing science process skills, values, and
attitudes.
 Investigations - Scientific investigations provide the students the opportunity to pose and
answer. These questions and utilize a variety of tools and strategies to come to the best
possible pieces of output encompass the entire scientific method.
 Conventions, Conferences, and Debates - At scientific conventions, the students share
ideas and research outputs with the larger community. They learn about each other's work,
evaluate, and debate.
C. ABSTRACT AND APPLY
Activity C. 1.
The alternative assessment forms indicated above are indeed engaging when
implemented properly. Look up online and print sources about these strategies. Write on the table
below the useful guidelines for the teachers to consider when utilizing alternative forms of
assessment.

Assessment Forms Guidelines

Reflections  To develop your ability to reflect on
your learning.
 To help you identify what you have
learned in class, and what you still need
to work on (which is good preparation
for the assignments and mid-term
exams)
 To help you identify what works for you
as a learner.
 To improve your engagement with the
course materials.
Letter writing  Students generates narrative, expository
persuasive, or reference paper

Experiments
 Students documents a series of
experiments.
 Illustrates a procedure
 Performs the necessary steps to
complete a task, and
 Documents the results of the actions.

Debates
 Each debating match will consist of two
teams; one to oppose the motion and one
to oppose it.
 The teams proposing may be known as
“The Proposition”, The Affirmative’ or
 The Government. The team opposing
maybe known as “The Opposition” or
“The Negative”.
 Teams will be designated as the
Proposition or the Opposition for each
round of the competition.

Investigation
 State the topic of the investigation,
which must be formulated as a question.
 Define the scope of the investigation-
“the what”, identify relevant aspects or
areas of study to be explored, indicate
timeframe as well.
 Explain the method of investigation-
“the how” the nature of the sources
chosen and why they have been selected.

Game playing
 To develop an enthusiastic learner.
 To motivate and engage students.
 Reduce monotonous learning methods.
 To help students with focus, selfesteem,
and memory.

Lesson Synthesis

How can teachers strike a balance in the use of traditional and alternative forms of
assessment?
The practice of assessing learning using traditional methods like paper-and-pencil tests is
still common in many classrooms, there is a trend toward the use of alternative assessment or
assessment using nontraditional methods, which in theory and practice can capture learning
targets and learning outcomes in more authentic ways. It is an intructor’s own preference to
include some traditional assessment tools to add variety.