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- 2. ABJECTIVES List teaching strategies that pave the way for assessment Define assessment Differentiate between assessment and evaluation Define and differentiate between formative and summative assessment
- 3. WHAT ARE SOME TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT ARE USED IN THE CLASSROOM? Projects Case study Role play Field trips Simulations Discussions Lecture Assignments
- 4. WHAT IS ASSESSMENT? Assessment can be defined as a systematic ongoing process of monitoring learning • Assess progress toward outcomes, by and for both teacher and learner, continually during learning. • Measurement of student learning at the micro level
- 5. WHAT IS EVALUATION? This is a broad process and seeks to make judgment about the worth and effectiveness of the learning programme. • Evaluate attainment of outcomes rigorously as each learning opportunity concludes. • Evaluation is geared at the macro or holistic level of the learning event.
- 6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION? Dimension of Difference Assessment Evaluation Timing Formative Summative Focus of Measurement Process-Oriented Product-Oriented Relationship Between Administrator and Recipient Reflective Prescriptive Findings, Uses Thereof Diagnostic Judgmental Ongoing Modifiability of Criteria, Measures Thereof Flexible Fixed Standards of Measurement Absolute Comparative Relation Between Objects of A/E Coöperative Competitive
- 7. WHAT IS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT? Ongoing assessment to improve quality Assessment for learning (progress made during learning) Taken at varying intervals throughout the course to provide information and feedback that will help improve: The quality o student learning The quality of the course itself
- 8. WHAT IS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT?-CONTINUED Provides information on what an individual student needs to: Practice Have re-taught Learn next Looks forward; future achievement Process oriented Reflective Flexible
- 9. WHAT ARE SOME TYPES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT? Question and Answer Short test and quizzes Observation of performance Projects Simulations Conferences Assignments Homework exercises
- 10. WHAT IS SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT? Assessment of learning (knowledge and skills) Generally taken by students at the end of a unit and geared to demonstrate the sum of what was learned. Looks at past achievements Separated from teaching Product oriented Judgmental Prescriptive
- 11. SUMMARY Formative Summative Why? Purpose used as feedback to improve the process of learning used to measure the learning that has taken place Report To whom? the learner receives feedback feedback is often in the form of a report to a third party e.g. the Head of Department or parent When? this generally happens during the learning process this generally tends to be the final assessment after the learning process and is normally linked to rewards (pass or fail) How? Examples In the classroom: 1. An educator assesses a team exercise and intervenes after discovering that some members are being left out. The result is that the team functions better. 2. A teacher marks an essay and gives comments and advice. The student re-writes the essay in response to the comments before being finally assessed. Everyday example: TV programme popularity ratings (if programmes are rated poorly they know they must improve) In the classroom: Learners write exams at the end of the year to determine who passes and who fails Everyday example: Oscar awards for actors (the little Oscar statue is the reward for excellent performance