What is the Gold assessment?

What is the Gold assessment?

Teaching Strategies GOLD is an authentic, ongoing observational system for assessing children from birth through kindergarten. It helps teachers to observe children in the context of every day experiences, which is an effective way to learn what they know and can do.

What does Teaching Strategies GOLD measure?

Teaching Strategies GOLD® items for the social–emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, and math areas are measured on a 0 to 9 scale. These developmental progressions represent the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of children from birth through kindergarten and increase in difficulty as the scale increases.

What are the components of TS Gold?

Teaching Strategies GOLD® has four components: Objectives for Development and Learning, Child Assessment Portfolio, Assessment Opportunity Cards, and On-the-Spot Observation Recording Tool.

Is Teaching Strategies GOLD a formative assessment?

Teaching Strategies GOLD™ Assessment System (GOLD) is a formative assessment system that has been designed and extensively validated for use with young children ages birth to kindergarten.

What are the 7 principles of teaching?

The 7 Principles of learning with an e-learning lens

  • Learners at the centre. Create an environment that recognises learners as its core participants.
  • Social nature of learning.
  • Emotions are integral to learning.
  • Recognise individual differences.
  • Stretch all students.
  • Assessment for learning.
  • Build horizontal connections.

What are the 6 teaching strategies?

According to the authors, those six tools are: (1) Reading for Meaning, (2) Compare and Contrast, (3) Inductive Learning, (4) Circle of Knowledge, (5) Write to Learn, and (6) Vocabulary’s CODE.

What is authentic testing?

Authentic assessment is the idea of using creative learning experiences to test students’ skills and knowledge in realistic situations. Authentic assessment measures students’ success in a way that’s relevant to the skills required of them once they’ve finished your course or degree program.

What do colored bands mean in TS Gold?

Each GOLD® progression of development and learning includes colored bands that show the range of widely held expectations for each age-group and each class/grade.

What kind of assessment is TS Gold?

authentic observation-based assessment system
Teaching Strategies GOLD® is an authentic observation-based assessment system for children from birth through kindergarten. The system may be implemented with any developmentally appropriate curriculum.

What are the 5 qualities of a good teacher?

Characteristics of a good teacher.

  • Patient and approachable. They say that ‘patience is a virtue’, and this couldn’t be more true for teachers.
  • Enthusiastic.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Strong knowledge and a solid education.
  • Disciplined and professional.

What are the two co-teaching styles?

Six Co-Teaching Strategies

  • One Teach, One Assist. One teacher acts as the primary teacher while the other assists and supports. the learners.
  • One Teach, One Observe. •
  • Station Teaching. •
  • Parallel Teaching. •
  • Alternative (Differentiated) Teaching. •
  • Team Teaching. •