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Assessment Using Handhelds
Handhelds have attracted many educators because of the potential that handhelds have for teaching and learning in Education. Many educators have reported handhelds allow them to manage evaluation data in a timely manner and to assess students' performance while observing them. Visit the links below to get an idea regarding the use of handhelds for assessment.
Articles of Using Handhelds for Performance Assessment
Examples of Using Handhelds for Performance Assessment
- Texas
School District Purchases 1,000 New palmOne Handhelds: This presents an article about Roel Gonzalez, a superintendent of a large school district in Texas, who implemented handheld computers to motivate students, help them learn, and assess them from second through fifth grades.
- Presentation
by Center for Children and Technology: A research group in
the
Center for Children and Technology presented at NECC conference
2004 regarding how handheld computers can support teachers' assessment
and what challenges are based on the work for two projects; the
reading first evaluation for the state of New Mexico and the evaluation
framework for data-driven instructional decision-making, funded
by NSF.
- Cohoes
Middle School: Teachers at Cohoes Middle School utilized handhelds
for assessing students by creating quizzes on the handheld computers.
- State
of Maine: Handheld computers were used as real-time assessment tools for Physical Education. The GenPE which was designed by physical education teachers contains fitness and assessment software for handhelds built around rubrics and observations.
- Handhelds
Track Student Progress: Middle school students in a mathematics class working on linear equations received Palm computers installed with Imagigraph equation graphing software and infrared beaming capabilities. During the instruction, students tested their theories, collaborated and shared their works with classmates by using a Palm. They were also assessed by a teacher with help from an embedded assessment tool in the Palm.
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