Nataša Himmelreich, Osnovna šola Mokronog, Mokronog
Assessment in the current school system represents a big challenge, as it assesses both the quality of teaching and learning. It is often difficult for the teacher to determine what needs to be taught and how. In Slovene schools teachers can choose from a variety of different types of media, which can be used to improve the knowledge of students. Therefore, both the teacher and the student need quality feedback about the student’s knowledge, which can have a positive effect on the student’s learning in future. How to implement effective formative assessment in art lessons? Formative assessment was used with 6th grade students. The students have obtained a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge in the five years of their schooling. In the first stage of assessing the student’s knowledge the teacher needs to establish the amount of knowledge and skill that a particular students has. Art problems are divided into five areas, so all of them need to be assessed five times in the school year. After the introduction of an art problem the students need to record the objectives that they have to achieve with their practical work (drawing, painting, graphics, statue, spatial planning). In the second phase the students have to digitalise their art product with the use of tablets, smart phones or digital cameras. In the third phase the students create a folder on the computer. In this folder the students create another folder and within this one five more folders for each of the five art areas mentioned above. These folders are then used by the students for their documents about their assessments, the objectives, and their products. Some students also use the folders for the notes they make during lessons. The teacher can access the students’ folders at any time and therefore monitor their activities. One of the advantages of this folder system is that at the end of the primary school the students have a collection of their documents in one place. This kind of formative assessment demands a lot of time and consistency from both the student and the teacher.
