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Means of assessment
Introduction:
Assessment is a means of formative or informative testing to
improve the learners' standards. It refers to
improving.
How?
I can use an alternative teaching aid , modify my method of
teaching or even use an alternative technique of teaching to
help carry out the objectives of the lesson. It happens during
the process of
presentation inside the class every day or
every period.
Evaluation is a means of testing to measure the progress
of learning that has been achieved and the one that hasn't
been achieved.
It refers to grading. It happens at the end of the course,
the term or the whole year to measure the general standard
of the learners through giving grades, scores, marks or standards.
1-The oral discussion.
2-The feedback.
3-The observation sheet.
4-The grading register.
5-The weekly and monthly reports.
6-The learners' portfolio and achievements.
7-The projects and the monthly tests.
8-Performance tasks and self reflection.
9-Periodic quizzes and discussion out of a questions bank .
10-Baseline assessment.
11-Check lists, check points or grade books.
12-Unit projects and extended projects .
13-Register of standards and anecdotal records .
14-Remedial work plan for slow learners and prizes for
advanced or gifted ( Learners with special needs ).
15-Formative and summative interviews.
16-Diagnostic tests.
17-Formative general pretests.
18-summative specific standardized oral tests.
19-Marking and grading.
20-Embedded projects / Electronic projects.
21-Multiple choice Exercises/Close tests/True or
false/short answer
22-Essays / written reports / paragraphs / experiments.
23- A survey and a data analysis.
Areas of assessment:
1-The discussion share between the teacher and the learners.
2-The learners' share in pairs and in groups.
3-The learners' role-playing, practical learning .
4-The learners' share in solving problems and projects.
5-Learners' story telling, feedback and self-evaluation.
6-The learners' share in the electronic teaching programs.
7-learners'share in songs, debating, interviewing and miming.
8-The learners portfolio, written exercises and tests.
9-The learners' ability to listen, speak, read and write fluently.
10-The learners' ability to dialogue with themselves and with
others, imagine, discover, research, create and innovate.
11-The learner's interaction with the course content, the peer,
the pair, the group, teaching aids, means of technology, the
teacher and with the environmental activities.
Stages of Assessment:
1-Pre-assessment:
1-It helps to differentiate instruction.
2-It identifies the misconceptions .
3-pinpointing a starting point for learning.
4-It is conducted at the beginning of a learning event.
5- It is not graded.
2-During assessment:
1-It is usually done to gauge where the learner is.
2-It is helpful to pinpoint if the learner is progressing
or having a misconception that needs to be cleared up .
3-It is either formative or summative.
4-It is graded or ungraded.
Post Assessment:
1-It is used to determine if the learner has met the
learning outcomes.
2-It is either formative or summative.
3-It is graded.
