Subject specific assessment in constructivist perspective

1. CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE
IN ASSESSMENT
PREPARED BY :
DR. SHAINI VARGHESE
निर्मितवादी परिप्रेक्ष्य में आकलि……

2. Read the above text !
What do you understand by it?

3. What is Constructivism?
 Constructivism is based on the idea that learners
actively construct or make their own knowledge.
 Basically learners use their previous knowledge
as a foundation and build on it with new things
they learn.

4. Contd …
 Constructivism is an effort to provide
learning experiences which inspire
students to……….
Think Converse Decide
Create Investigate

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6. What do you understand by the given text?

7. Origin:
John Dewey
(Idea of Constructivism)
Jean Piaget
(Founder of Constructivism):
Cognitive Perspective
LevVygotsky
(Developed Social Constructivism):
Social Perspective

8. Types:
CognitiveConstructivism
(Piaget)
Structured for
Individual
Understanding is to
invent
Individual’s reaction to
experience
Learners builds
knowledge with
Schemata
Social Constructivism
(Vygotsky)
Structured in Social
Context
Understanding is
social in origin
Interaction with
others
Learners buid
knowledge through
scaffolding

11. Phases of Learning in Constructivist
Approach
Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate

12. Engage:
 Start the Process
 Stimulate Learner’s Curiosity
 Assign aTask/Topic/ Concept
 Create Interest
 Generate Curiosity
 Raise Questions

13. Explore:
 Provide students with a Common Base of
Experience
 Identify/ Develop Concepts/ Processes
 To satisfy curiosity
 Use inquiry to explore and investigate
 Do experiment
 Encourage students to work together
 Ask probing questions

14. Explain:
 Opportunities to verbalize students’
conceptual understanding
 Demonstrate new skills or behaviour
 Introduce formal terms, definitions and
explanations for the concepts
 Ask for justification and clarification

15. Elaborate
 Extend students conceptual understanding
through-
Information Details Explanation
Examples Experiences

16. Evaluate:
 Encourage learners and access their
understanding and abilities
 Access students’ knowledge and skill
 Ask open ended questions

17. Principles of Constructivism
Learning exists in the mind
Learning is contextual
Learning is both Individual and Social Process
Learning is an active process
Knowledge is constructed
(build new knowledge on previous learning)

18. Elements of Constructivist Learning
1
• Activating Prior Knowledge
• पूवि ज्ञाि को जागृत कििा
2
• Acquiring New Knowledge
• िए ज्ञाि को प्राप्त कििा
3
• Understanding New Knowledge
• िए ज्ञाि को समझिा
4
• Using New Knowledge
• िए ज्ञाि का प्रयोग कििा
5
• Reflecting New Knowledge
• िए ज्ञाि का प्रक्षेपण कििा

19. Purpose of Assessment in
Constructivist Learning
पूवि ज्ञाि का आकलि कििा
To access the previous knowledge
च िंति, तक
ि एविं समस्या समाधाि की मािर्सक शक्ततयों का आकलि
To access the mental abilities of thinking, logic and problem solving
अन्तःक्रिया की प्रवृनत का आकलि
To access the interaction tendency
अचधगम प्रक्रिया से निर्मित ज्ञाि का आकलि
To access the constructed knowledge evolved from learning process
ज्ञाि की समझ औि उसक
े प्रयोग की क्षमत का आकलि
To access the understanding of knowledge and the capability of its use

20. Subject Specific Assessment:
Meaningful context & re conceptualize knowledge in new contexts
Develop Higher OrderThinking Skill
Allow multiple interpretations & expression of learning
Encourage group work & use of peers as resources
Social
Science
Science
Language

21. Assessment in Constructivist
perspective …
 Learning is inductive, so assessment should be the same way
 Multiple perspectives and representations of concepts / content
permissible
 Learners construct their own meaning, let them create their own way
 (manipulate, discover, create knowledge)
 New learning builds on prior knowledge, need to connect it
 Learning is enhanced by social interaction / experience, provide
opportunities
 Constructivist learning (5 E’s)
 Learning is embedded in problem solving environment
 (activities, opportunities, tools, etc.)
 Collaborative and cooperative learning
 Scaffolding is facilitated wherever necessary
 Assessment interwoven with teaching
 Classroom discussions with immediate feedbacks

22. How to Access?
Criteria
Accuracy
शुद्धता
Depth
गहिता
Impact
प्रभावशीलता
Legibility
स्पष्टता
Originality
मौर्लकता
Relevance
सम्बधता