definitions and reflection

• Evaluation: it is viewed as the process whereby we seek to interpret the assessment data and make appropriate professional judgments based on that data. (Trussel 1998)

• Assessment: it is seen as the gathering of evidence and documentation of the learning.  (Trussel 1998)

• Testing: it is a development procedure where programmers create tests as they develop software. The tests are simple short tests that test functionality of a particular unit or module of their code, such as a class or function.                                                             

• Teaching: it is an academic process, by which students are motivated to learn in ways that make a sustained, substantial, and positive influence on how they think, act, and feel; a process that elevates students to a level where they learn deeply and remarkably. 

• Reflection

We think the unit was a very interesting one, which at the beginning of the semester seemed to be a bit complicated by the fact of dealing with a new teacher and a different way to organize the portfolio. In this unit we learned to identify differences between Assessment, testing and evaluation, because until the last semester we have not thought that there were much difference. This seemed to be a detail that is important for the career because this way we will have a clearer and simpler to organize and evaluate our classes, our students and ourselves, so it facilitates to have a more efficient and more beneficial labor for us and our students. We feel good about this class, but sometimes we would rather to have this class in presential mode, because of the doubts that emerge during the readings. Of course, having this sort of classes allows learning different modes of presenting a class, and customize to the applications of technology in teaching.