Nvq Assessment
1.1 Explain the function of assessment in learning and development
Why assessments are carried out?
What its purpose is
What it is measuring
What are the anticipated outcomes?
To answer this question, let us define assessment as evaluation or appraisal; it is about making a judgment, identifying the strengths and weaknesses, the good and the bad, and the right and the wrong in some cases. It is more than simply giving marks or grades, although that may well be a part of it. And because it involves making a judgment it will almost inevitably include an element of subjectivity by the assessor. However, we should strive to make assessment as objective, fair and transparent as possible.
The function of assessment in coaching is to evaluate whether a candidate is competent in range of specific criteria, it can be used to identify a candidates strengths and weaknesses, and to provide feedback to candidates about their coaching practice.
Assessments
assessment plays a crucial role in the coach education process: it determines much of the work students undertake (possibly all in the case of the most strategic student), affects their approach to learning and, it can be argued, is an indication of which aspects of the course are valued most highly.
Purposes of assessment
It is easy to become so immersed in the job of coaching that we lose sight of the exact purpose of a particular element of assessment. There is then the possibility that we are not achieving that purpose, or that we overlook another form of assessment which might be more appropriate. We actually assess students for quite a range of different reasons – motivation, creating learning opportunities, to give feedback (both to students and staff), to grade, and as a quality assurance mechanism (both for internal and external systems). Because all too often we do not disentangle these functions of assessment, without having really thought it through, assessments are frequently trying to do
Why assessments are carried out?
What its purpose is
What it is measuring
What are the anticipated outcomes?
To answer this question, let us define assessment as evaluation or appraisal; it is about making a judgment, identifying the strengths and weaknesses, the good and the bad, and the right and the wrong in some cases. It is more than simply giving marks or grades, although that may well be a part of it. And because it involves making a judgment it will almost inevitably include an element of subjectivity by the assessor. However, we should strive to make assessment as objective, fair and transparent as possible.
The function of assessment in coaching is to evaluate whether a candidate is competent in range of specific criteria, it can be used to identify a candidates strengths and weaknesses, and to provide feedback to candidates about their coaching practice.
Assessments
assessment plays a crucial role in the coach education process: it determines much of the work students undertake (possibly all in the case of the most strategic student), affects their approach to learning and, it can be argued, is an indication of which aspects of the course are valued most highly.
Purposes of assessment
It is easy to become so immersed in the job of coaching that we lose sight of the exact purpose of a particular element of assessment. There is then the possibility that we are not achieving that purpose, or that we overlook another form of assessment which might be more appropriate. We actually assess students for quite a range of different reasons – motivation, creating learning opportunities, to give feedback (both to students and staff), to grade, and as a quality assurance mechanism (both for internal and external systems). Because all too often we do not disentangle these functions of assessment, without having really thought it through, assessments are frequently trying to do