¿How to do in times of pandemic?
Every teacher knows how important it is to know the starting point of their students in order to strengthen and provide feedback on their learning, since this is what allows them to obtain the results that every teacher definitely wants. However, in these times of pandemic, some teachers feel limited when starting activities since they believe that face-to-face classes are very effective for this type of diagnosis.
Obviously, this is a great truth, there is no better communication between a student and a teacher than doing it in person, but today we have had a different touch, life and circumstances have changed that wonderful experience but it has not taken away the wonderful gift of being teacher and manage to solve the development of our students
the diagnostic test is intended to identify strengths and weaknesses in academic performance to carry out pedagogical actions that contribute to improving learning
In times of pandemic we have been working remotely with our students and today this situation has intensified, which has us all implementing and inventing tool methods to be able to solve the time spent with our students and families, we have really had to reinvent ourselves in each situation to express Despite adversity, our highest commitment to promote and consolidate inclusion and educational quality for all our students.
¿ How to perform a remote diagnostic evaluation?
There are various means to evaluate remotely or online, some of them are: Chat, audioconference and videoconference: These are synchronous, since the interaction is in real time. It has the advantage that it can be evaluated in the moment and feedback is immediate
Many teachers still do not identify with this new way of interacting with their students and as Maria del mar camacho argues (The European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
The process has been very complex because the previous training was scarce and the way of interacting student-teacher is not the same as in person. Online classes require adaptations, supports, and ways to use the virtual environment in a clear and concise way. The preparation time for virtual classes and exercises has doubled, and even tripled.
In the opinion of this teacher, she argues that there are many teachers who doubt the online assessment: will the student really take the exam? Will it be a student of higher courses? An academy on request with payment? Will it copy? Have we really evaluated what the student has learned? Will it serve any purpose?
In this sense, the most important thing in this process that we are living is to find the best way to apply it to our students, implementing strategies that can be flexible and objective according to the time and needs of each student, since it is understood that this is an effort of all the collective since obviously many teachers and students have made an effort to adapt to the different educational platforms, in addition it has not been easy to communicate via online with everyone since many lack limitations that really also interfere with our objective and their objectives but still Thus, we have made efforts to contact our students, make ourselves present in virtuality, know their strengths, weaknesses, and teach the assigned teaching in the best possible way.
Remember that the diagnostic test is one that aims to determine what are the strengths and weaknesses of the student who is presented to it, what he can or cannot do with the language, and to what extent he develops in the different skills . Therefore, the result of the test has no value to assign grades or calculate averages, however we must make the best effort so that students can answer it since the answers obtained will help us to prepare strategies to help in the possible areas in which that present difficulties.
We must never lose the north of our goal to be (a teacher at heart) no matter how difficult life overwhelms us, it is worth fighting and striving to brighten the lives of our students, because they deserve it, they are our greatest inspiration for the role that we have decided.
¡Everything is easy and possible when we do it with love, we look for the best way to help our students and thus we will have better people!
