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1. Explain why the proposed assessment strategy is likely…
1. Explain why the proposed assessment strategy is likely to provide an accurate indication of the achievement of the learning objectives?
This is a question for EDUCATION 450
Subject: Mathematics
Topic: Profit and Loss
Grade: 8th
Age: 12-14 years old
Target group: This class is a mixed-ability group of beginners, intermediate and advanced.
Number of students: 14 girls and 9 boys (23 students)
Number of lessons: 3
Learning objectives:
To be able to differentiate the profit and loss of an amount of money.
To investigate and calculate the amount of loss/ profit and cost price/selling price with 80% accuracy of calculations.
Introduction:
In this topic on profit and loss, students already have the foundation on what profit and loss is and how to identify if the person making a profit or loss. At this level, students must be able to identify profit and loss, cost price, and selling price, as part of the introduction of this lesson, and for me to determine how much the students understand. We will solve the examples together and then they will solve some of the problems individually. Mathematics needs practice and practice.
Teacher instruction:
Before I begin to explain the new content which is cost price and selling price, students will be asked to
define profit and loss in their own words. We will have a discussion in the class and the reason why I will discuss with them is so that all levels of students will grasp what they meant by profit and loss and how it works, students will then be asked what they interpret and what were the key points we can take. From their responses, I will write the definitions on the board and then explain with a demonstration how to identify the cost or selling price of an article and on which base we can calculate the profit and loss. Students will be taught using real-life examples to get a better understanding of the content. (Will ask them to go to two different supermarkets and make a purchase of some items of the same brand, as two different supermarkets will have different prices. They will be asked to make a report on which item they have profit and on which item they have a loss. They must bring the details and share them with their peers and will sell the item to make profits and losses in the classroom with their peers. For example, in pair of two people, one will sell the item that he/she purchased to make a profit on his purchasing/cost price and the other will make a loss by buying that item on the purchasing/selling price)
A strategy to assess the achievement of these learning objectives:
The assessment I will use to assess their understanding is by them going on the devices (smartphones, tablets, and laptops) by doing tests (online quizzes or pop quizzes) and discussions.
From this, I’m visibly able to see the level of understanding and give feedback when needed.
Another assessment tool I would use is having the students experiment to investigate the better choice of buying an item based on profit and loss. While performing this experiment students must be able to use the concept of profit (selling price>cost price) and loss (Cost price>selling price)
By assessing the students I will then determine whether the learning objectives are met.
