2. Sequence of the Day
05
Organizer/ Portfolio
Post Pandemic Challenges
01
Vocabulary Flash Cards
02
New Scheme of Assessment
03
Evaluation & Inference
04 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Value /Ethical Applications
Project & Viva
Collaboration & Creative Thinking
3. WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?
Definitions of Assessment:
"Assessment is the collection of relevant information that may be
relied on for making decisions”- Fenton (1996).
Assessment refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use
to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness,
learning progress, and skill acquisition of a student.
4. Contd...
It gives teachers a better awareness of what pupils know and
understand, what their learning experiences enable them to do and
what their skills and personal capabilities are..
It is the process of systematically gathering information as part of an
evaluation.
Assessment is carried out to see what children know, understand and
are able to do.
Assessment can be defined as the systematic collection, interpretation
and use of information about learning.
5. 1. Used as -
a. An accountability device.
b. As a means for enhancing teaching and learning.
2. The main purpose of assessment is to help to
identify gaps in student's learning.
3. It gathers data during the learning process .
4. Provide feedback about the work .
5. It expects students to make errors and directs
them to examine these errors.
6. It also measures the achievement in learning .
PURPOSE
OF
ASSESSMENT
6. Assessment for Learning
Teachers use assessment
as an investigating tool to
find what their students
know and can do, and
what confusions,
preconceptions, or gaps
they might have. This
enables providing
descriptive feedback for
students and deciding on
groupings, instructional
-
Assessment of
Learning
The purpose of this
kind of assessment is
usually SUMMATIVE
and is mostly done at
the end of a task, unit
of work etc. Designed
to provide evidence
of achievement.
strategies, and
resources.”
Assessment as Learning
Students are able to learn
about themselves as
learners and become
aware of how they learn
They reflect on their
work on a regular basis,
usually through self and
peer assessment and
decide their next
learning, making them
more responsible
for their learning
and monitoring
future
directions.
