Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation - Anecdotal Record

ANECDOTAL RECORD Means of Assessment

Basic ideas • Anecdotal records offer opportunities to document students' growth over time. • On-the-spot recording provides an inexpensive, non-threatening, assessable method of gathering a range of information about not only academic development, but also social and emotional development. • Regular anecdotal recordings offer glimpses of progress and patterns of behavior not necessarily captured by other means of assessment. For example, in the inclusive classroom, students willingness to ask for help can be captured on daily anecdotal records. • Similarly, through the use of anecdotal recordings, attention can be given to such student attributes as paying attention, time on task, effort, and organizational skills. • This information, recorded over time, can reveal areas of instruction needing attention.

Features of a Good Anecdotal Record • It provides an accurate description of events • The event it describes is one of that relates to the child’s personal development or social interactions • It should be an accurate factual report with enough detail • It is a meaningful evidence of behavior

Maintenance of Anecdotal Record • It must be organized ,summarised&interpreted • Relate the anecdote materials to the child’s health, intellectual ability, academic achievement,surroundings&family pattern • Recording should be kept as simple as possible • Recording should be viewed periodically

Significant Guidelines • Description of the incident by the teacher should be objective • Teacher should not write personal comments • If a teacher is to write his comments ,he should be very objective • Description of the event and teacher’s comments should be reported separately

Significant Guidelines • Record the event as soon as it occurred • Simplicity and accuracy • Conclusion should not be based on single event • A series of recordings are necessary for reliable and valid conclusion

Cumulative Anecdotal Record • Date: Time • Name of the pupil:

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Summarizing the main points • The formal record of a teacher’s observation of pupil’s behavior is anecdotal record • Accurate description of event,sufficient setting, interpretation of the event, relation with personal development and representative typical behavior