Hello colleagues, Are you familiar with a Knowledge Rating Scale for vocabulary? A Knowledge Rating Scale presents students with a set of vocabulary words, which ideally come from a text they will be reading. Students assess themselves on how well they know the words on the list. If they know the meaning of the word and how to use the word, they would rate their knowledge high. On the other hand, if they never heard the word before, they would rate their knowledge low. There are mid ranges, too. For instance, maybe students have heard the word before but are unsure of the meaning or maybe they think they know the meaning but are not 100% sure.
Some of our members have been trained and are using in the STudent Achievement in Reading approach to teaching reading, which highlights the Knowledge Rating Scale. It would be great to hear from some of you about how the Knowledge Rating Scale is working in your practice.
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Assessment CoP
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Hello colleagues, Teachers often ask students to assess their knowledge of a set of vocabulary words on a Knowledge Rating Scale at the beginning of a unit of study. The results can help teachers to prioritize which vocabulary words to teach explicitly. After the unit of study, the teacher can ask students to rate themselves again. When students compare their Knowledge Rating Scale results before and again after, and they see significant improvement, this can be motivating!
What do you think of this idea? Have you tried using a Knowledge Rating Scale as a pre and post assessment? If so, please tell us about your experience.
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Assessment CoP