Assessment
Activity 2: Purpose of Assessment / Characteristics of Assessment * What is Assessment?
-Assessment involves the use of empirical data on student learning to refine programs and improve student learning
- Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development. * Why is assessment important?
-Assessment is important because of all the decisions you will make about children when teaching and caring for them
-for the students it is more important than our assessment of their work and the feedback we give them on it. * What are the benefits of assessment to the teacher? Students?
Teachers
* determine the appropriate level, depth and pace of work for pupils * plan and provide effectively for pupils’ learning needs.
Students
* improve attainment and achievement * help prevent underachievement * improve motivation and self-esteem * What are the purposes of assessment? * Assessment for learning: where assessment helps teachers gain insight into what students understand in order to plan and guide instruction, and provide helpful feedback to students. * Assessment as learning: where students develop an awareness of how they learn and use that awareness to adjust and advance their learning, taking an increased responsibility for their learning.
The primary purpose of assessment is to improve students’ learning and teachers’ teaching as both respond to the information it provides. Assessment for learning is an ongoing process that arises out of the interaction between teaching and learning.
* What are the characteristics of assessment?
Objective
* Evaluate student performance and not the individual based on personal views/ impressions/personality traits, e
Flexible
* Must fit the tone, technique and content of the assessment to the occasion
Specific * Be specific both in identifying
-Assessment involves the use of empirical data on student learning to refine programs and improve student learning
- Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development. * Why is assessment important?
-Assessment is important because of all the decisions you will make about children when teaching and caring for them
-for the students it is more important than our assessment of their work and the feedback we give them on it. * What are the benefits of assessment to the teacher? Students?
Teachers
* determine the appropriate level, depth and pace of work for pupils * plan and provide effectively for pupils’ learning needs.
Students
* improve attainment and achievement * help prevent underachievement * improve motivation and self-esteem * What are the purposes of assessment? * Assessment for learning: where assessment helps teachers gain insight into what students understand in order to plan and guide instruction, and provide helpful feedback to students. * Assessment as learning: where students develop an awareness of how they learn and use that awareness to adjust and advance their learning, taking an increased responsibility for their learning.
The primary purpose of assessment is to improve students’ learning and teachers’ teaching as both respond to the information it provides. Assessment for learning is an ongoing process that arises out of the interaction between teaching and learning.
* What are the characteristics of assessment?
Objective
* Evaluate student performance and not the individual based on personal views/ impressions/personality traits, e
Flexible
* Must fit the tone, technique and content of the assessment to the occasion
Specific * Be specific both in identifying