EZ LEARNING SYMPOSIUM 24 March 2021 (Virtual)
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EZ LEARNING SYMPOSIUM 24 March 2021 (Virtual) Reimagining assessment - what matters most The East Zone Centre of Excellence for Research (the R@EZ) hosted at Temasek Junior College was launched on 20th Aug 2007. This zonal centre aims to provide support for our East Zone colleagues who are keen to leverage upon research to hone their craft of teaching in areas of curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment to enhance Teaching and Learning in their schools. The COE is also broadening our support to build the capacity of key school personnel in areas of curriculum leadership. The East Zone Learning Symposium provides opportunities for teachers to share their research findings from their teaching experiences, innovative pedagogies and good practices to enhance Teaching and Learning in their schools. R@EZ Steering Committee, warmly welcomes education officers to this year’s EZ Learning Symposium. We hope that you will have an enriching and meaningful afternoon. Programme 2.00 to 2.10 pm : Welcome and acknowledgments 2.10 to 3.10 pm : Keynote address by A/P Mark Baildon, OER NIE 3.20 to 4.20pm : Concurrent Breakout Sessions Keynote Address: Assoc Prof Mark Baildon, Associate Dean, Office of Education Research (OER) Theme: Reimagining Assessment in a Changing Landscape Mark Baildon is Associate Dean, Partnerships and Analytics, OER, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He is also Associate Professor in Humanities and Social Studies Education. He received his B.A. in history and psychology at the University of Rochester and a Masters in Social Sciences at Syracuse University. His PhD is in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy from Michigan State University. Prior to joining NIE, Mark taught social studies in secondary schools in the United States, Israel, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan. His scholarly interests focus on ways to support social studies inquiry practices, global citizenship education and 21st century literacies in new global contexts. Synopsis In this presentation, I will share some trends in society and education likely to change assessment practice. We will examine the impact and potential of new digital technologies, the rise of big data and Artificial Intelligence, transformations in the workplace, and trends in educational assessment. As schools and classrooms move toward more inclusive forms of education; personalised and student-driven learning; 21stcentury competencies; and enhanced problem-solving, creative and critical thinking and citizenship skills, what are the implications for assessment? The need to reimagine assessment that goes beyond top-down and standardised approaches, examinations, sorting students and assessing routine cognitive skills seems more important than ever. The presentation will share insights from research and on assessment approaches and tools to support student learning in the 21stcentury. Concurrent Session Session Name of the Presenter(s) School Title Subject An Art Lesson Study project on using the STP model to design an effective and engaging Mobile Photography module in the SLS 1 Poh-Lim Shir Pei Poi Ching School Arts portal for the Primary 5 students to acquire and apply basic photography techniques in their art assignments. Drawing as a tool for critical thinking Meridian Secondary 2 Chan Choy Har as synectic learning in lower Arts School secondary art education Whiteboarding Action Research – Enhancing collaborative learning, Lan Ruiting 3 Victoria School conceptual understanding and Biology Kenneth Tham scientific explanation through hands- on tasks in Biology Improving the effectiveness of Sharifah Alkaff Temasek Junior 4 learning Biology through the use of Biology Noor Hafizah College (IP) visual aids Xu Haiying Apply Quizlet ICT Tool to enhance Yu Wei Chinese 5 Poi Ching School Pr2 Pupils for Learning Chinese Woo Ying Teng Language Characters Toh Wei Ting Tan Chwee Kim Damai Secondary 6 Sultanah Ekhsan Hanim Misconceptions vs Slips (SVA) English School Ahmad Reading Comprehension: Up Close 7 Wong Yim Nam Victoria School English and Personal Incorporation of the Inquiry-Based Serangoon Garden Learning Approach and Information 8 Tan Shu Fen Geography Secondary School and Communication Technology into Fieldwork for Geography Creating Learning Opportunities to Broadrick Secondary Help Students Take Ownership of 9 Ong Daphne Rachel History School Improving Their Answering Skills in History Time-Traveling Teacher: Blended- Ping Yi Secondary 10 Syed Danial Bin Syed Taha Learning in a Collaborative History BB (History) School Classroom Ang Sock Kiang Broadrick Secondary Harnessing SLS to enable DI in 11 Mathematics Miss Jermaine Tan School Mathematics. Will Geogebra Help Students to Temasek Junior 12 Ho Foo Him Solve Problems Involving Conics in Mathematics College Further Mathematics? Using Action Research to St Anthony's Incorporate Productive Failure 13 Tan Qing Quan Rion Canossian Secondary Mathematics Learning Design in Trigonometry School Lessons MOE Language Azyanti Mohamed Mudakir Centre (Bishan) & Building Perspective Taking Among Mother Tongue 14 Fazillah Mohamed Ismail Ping Yi Secondary Students (ML) Azizah Abdul Rahim School Session Name of the Presenter(s) School Title Subject Dr. Sun Li Loyang View 以评促学为导向的作文旁注式评价模 Mother Tongue 15 Mr Simon Lim Secondary School (CL) Mdm Liu Yan 式的应用实践 Mr Koh Di Sheng Alwyn Springfield Secondary Effective Questioning and Feedback 16 Physics Mdm Tan Bee Yong School using Ladder of Feedback Koh Chee Kiang Learning Study in Physics (Light - 17 Victoria School Physics Pang Jeng Heng Converging Lens) Sustaining Students Interest in 18 James Long Haig Girls' School Science Science Education Temasek Primary The Fun Way to Learn via a Digital 19 Lim Wu Yi Science School Role-Playing Game Mrs Vanessa Vinodhen Improving teacher’s assessment Junyuan Secondary 20 Mr Choong Tze Hong literacy through the use of rubrics in Science School Mdm Siti Zaleha Md Idris lower secondary science Session 1 Presenter(s): Poh-Lim Shir Pei School: Poi Ching School An Art Lesson Study project on using the STP model to design an effective and Title: engaging Mobile Photography module in the SLS portal for the Primary 5 students to acquire and apply basic photography techniques in their art assignments. Subject Area: Arts Synopsis: As this was Poi Ching School’s first year in introducing mobile photography lessons in the Primary 5 Art curriculum, the teachers have no prior knowledge nor experience in teaching photography. After determining the learning goals and outcomes the students would be able to achieve and do at the end of the module, the teachers began to craft an effective lesson unit plan using the STP model to achieve the desired learning goals. The results of the students’ survey showed that most students were actively engagement during the photography lessons. All students were able to apply the basic photography techniques in their photographs. As all the photographs were uploaded into the SLS portal, all students were able to view and give feedback to their peers online. Teachers were also able to assess the quality of the students’ photographs in the SLS portal. The presenter will share sample lesson resources and take the participants through a hands-on photography activity using the SLS platform. Session 2 Presenter(s): Chan Choy Har School: Meridian Secondary School Drawing as a tool for critical thinking as synectic learning in lower secondary art Title: education Subject Area: Arts Synopsis: In lower secondary teaching, most teachers do not adopt synectic learning techniques to encourage students to connect what are seemingly unrelated ideas. Educational researchers argue that synectic learning - asking students to make linkages between unrelated ideas makes the familiar strange, and the strange familiar. The outcome, it is argued, is a learning process that encourages critical thinking. In my article, I discussed how getting lower secondary students to draw a work of art based on two unrelated ideas can transform art into a subject that can help weak students improve their vocabulary in addition to enhancing their general knowledge relevant to other disciplines. Session 3 Lan Ruiting Presenter(s): Kenneth Tham School: Victoria School Whiteboarding Action Research – Enhancing collaborative learning, conceptual Title: understanding and scientific explanation through hands-on tasks in Biology Subject Area: Biology Synopsis: One of the primary challenges in education today is students’ overreliance on the rote memorisation of knowledge and facts. The subject of Biology is of no exception. We have observed that students often memorise conceptual explanations from textbooks, learning resources and even teacher verbatim. It therefore remains a challenge to equip students with the necessary skills to build their own scientific explanations. Against this backdrop, the objective of our study is to integrate hands-on Biology tasks with whiteboarding, where the whiteboard serves as a tool for students to present their findings using scientific terminology and diagrams. By making thinking visible, benefits are gained on two fronts. One, students can enhance their conceptual understanding and deepen their learning (Ritchhart, Church and Morrison, 2013). Two, it serves as informal assessment for teachers to ascertain students’ abilities to communicate scientific concepts. Our preliminary findings have shown that participants found the whiteboarding activities helpful and enjoyable, and through them gained a stronger