El Learner Chapter 4

This chapter basically focuses on Performance based learning which mainly entails how we go about achieving learning and how we assess that learning has taken place.

As teachers we must keep in mind the following to achieve learning:
Be clear and descriptive about what students are expected to learn /accomplish.
How do we go about substantiating the student's performance. We must detail the steps needed to prove this.
Teachers need to create/design activities that will produce the learning that we expect to take place.

Diaz-Rico discusses in chapter 4 that we must maximize learning by basing students performance on measurable results.
Assessment is a key component of performance based learning because assessment is the tool used to determine the student's level of performance currently.
The results/evidence from assessments guide what and how we teach the EL learner and also how effective we will be as teachers in the lessons we plan for the EL learner population.