The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between culture and the clinical practice of psychological assessment. Over the past decade‚ psychologists have come under criticism for maintaining a mainstream cultural status quo in clinical practice. In particular‚ indigenous peoples throughout the world have pointed out that clinical psychologists‚ in both research and practice‚ have not successfully been able to understand or deliver culturally appropriate services due to Psychology’s
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Beliefs About Assessment Janeen Jackson MTE/559 September 1‚ 2014 Richard Mather Abstract Assessments are designed to measure how students are learning‚ measure academic targets and how to plan lessons. This paper will explain my beliefs about assessments. I feel assessments have their place in academia‚ but it should be used to define a student’s (or a teacher’s) potential ability. Beliefs About Assessment How must assessment be carried out? Assessment must be carried out by the following
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1 Explain how to create assessment opportunities that meet the needs of learners Assessment is a process of measuring the knowledge‚ skills and attitudes of students. This helps to monitor the learner’s progress in and understanding of a subject. Assessment should be planned. An assessment plan should address the variety of student learning styles and personalities. Many students dislike particular types of assessment‚ for example‚ examinations‚ tests‚ or essays. In an extreme case‚ having
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Assignment 2 1. Explain the function of assessment in learning and development? The function of assessment in learning and development is to measure the learners’ skills‚ abilities and knowledge against the set criteria of the qualification being undertaken. The assessor should identify the learning styles of the candidate to be assessed and implement the appropriate methods of assessment in order for the learner to achieve the qualification. The assessment process should be a systematic and holistic
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Assessment of Classroom Learning Sandra Nasr TWU Assessment of Classroom Learning The required readings for the course module of Constructing Measurement Tools to Assess Learning Outcomes offered diverse methods other than testing for evaluating classroom learning. Oermann and Gaberson (2009) discuss alternative approaches to assessment of classroom learning include but not limited to case method‚ case study‚ and unfolding cases. Other alternative choices are discussion‚ debate‚ media clips
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Level 4 PTLLS Unit 012 Principles of assessments in lifelong learning Zoe Swinger Gravells (2012) describes an assessment as a way of finding out if the learning has taken place. Petty (1998) also describes an assessment as “collecting‚ measuring and interpreting information relating to students responses to the process of instruction”. Assessments main function is to see what learning has taken place. Assessment should be valid and reliable‚ and ensures trainers as well as learners have a correct
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Competent use of assessment instruments is an important ethical concern regarding assessment. Why is competent use of assessment instruments so important? Identify barriers you’ve experienced to the competent use of assessment instruments. What are some ways to overcome these barriers? There are a myriad of reasons why the competent use of assessment instruments is important to consider. Firstly‚ it is unethical for someone to administer an assessment if they have not received proper training.
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Task 5: How would you assess students’ skills and knowledge? What records do a teacher/trainer need to keep‚ and why is it important? Assessment is the process of establishing the nature and quality of our students’ learning and measuring whether learning has actually taken place. Assessment is a key part of the teaching cycle because it enables us to measure achievement against set standards in order to ascertain if our trainees have acquired the skills and knowledge needed at a given stage
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A1 Assessors Award 2011 Understand the principles and requirements of assessment 1.1 Assessment is used as a tool for marking and grading in a practical environment and can be used to motivate by on-going improvement of the task‚ creating learning opportunities and to give feedback. It also allows students the chance to work at their own speed to produce the best product‚ when it is felt that they are competent in the task to be assessed. This is measured against the tasks listed in aims and
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Unit Three: Principles and practice of assessment Methodology Firstly we had input during classes from our tutor on the categories of concepts and principles of assessments‚ how to use different types of assessments and some of the strengths and weaknesses of these methods‚ the role of feedback and questioning in the assessment of learning and the different types of assessment records and their uses. Next we individually researched these topics‚ to do this firstly I used discussions with my
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