EDU431 Midterm Compilation 2022 by AN K

EDU 431 MID term 2022

1- define assessment (2)

It means appraisal of something to improve quality of teaching and learning process for deciding What more can be done to improve the teaching, learning and outcomes.

4- write stages of educational (3) decision

In general, three areas of decision-making can be school based: budget, personnel, and curriculum.

5- write 3 points of self assessment (3)

Be honest and critical. Track your accomplishments. Be professional. Difference of summative and formative assessment.

The purpose of formative assessment is to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback to staff and students. The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark

Define standard from national curriculum

These define the competency by specifying broadly, the knowledge, skills and attitudes that Students will acquire, should know and be able to do in a particular key learning area during Twelve years of schooling.

Weaknesses of portfolios 3 marks repeated

1. Can be time consuming to assemble.
2. Hard to use in summative assessment.
3. Difficult to compare results.
4. Very low reliability.

Level of cognitive domain

Old Cognitive Domain

Knowledge: It is defined as the remembering of previously learned material. This may involve the recall of a Wide range of facts, procedures principals and generals, the recall of procedures and the Processes. Sample Question: Define the 6 levels of Bloom’s taxonomy of the cognitive domain.

It is defined as the ability to grasp the meaning of the material. individual can make use of the content or idea being communicated without necessarily related it to other content and seeing its fullest implications. Sample Question: explain the purpose of Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive domain.

Application:

It refers to the ability to use the previously learned material in new and concrete situations. The abstractions may be in the shape of universal ideas, rules of methods. Sample Question: write an instructional objective for each level of Bloom's taxonomy.

Types of test.

Types of Written Tests

Verbal

Non-verbal

Objective

Subjective

Teacher Made

Standardized

Power

Speed

Merits/STRENGTH of portfolios... 5 marks REPEAT

1. The can be readily integrated with the instruction.
2. Provide opportunity to student‘s to show what they can do.
3. Encourage to become reflective learner.
4. Help in setting goal and self-evaluation
5. Effective way to communicate with parents.

Criterion referenced assessment... 5 marks REPEATED

A second type of test tells us about student‘s level of proficiency in or mastery of some skill or Set of skills. This is achieved by comparing a student‘s performance to a standard mastery called A criterion. Test that yields such information is called Criterion Referenced Test.

Dimensions

1. CRT tends to be specific. It measures particular set of skill at one time and focus on level of achievement of that skill. CRT gives clear picture regarding the mastery of student‘s skill in subject.
2. It measures skill more thoroughly so naturally it takes more time comparing to NRT in measuring the mastery of said skill

Face content construct validity ...3 marks repeated

Face content considers how suitable the content of a test seems to be on the surface. Construct validity is the accumulation of evidence to support the interpretation of what a measure reflects. Modern validity theory defines construct validity as the overarching concern of validity research, subsuming all other types of validity evidence such as content validity and criterion validity

Fixed choice assessment with example repeat

Fixed Choice Assessment

Answer: From these, we can assess student abilities of lower level learning

Performance base assessment with example ..3 it’s not in handouts

In general, a performance-based assessment measures students’ ability to apply the skills and knowledge learned from a unit or units of study. Examples of performance assessments include composing a few sentences in an open-ended short response.

comprehension, application levels..3 marks about application level am not found any Q

It is defined as the ability to grasp the meaning of the material. individual can make use of the

content or idea being communicated without necessarily related it to other content and seeing its

fullest implications. Sample Question: explain the purpose of Bloom's taxonomy of the cognitive

domain.

Define reliability...2 marks

Reliability refers to the consistency of assessment results.

Four sources for developing objectives...2 marks

Sources for lists of Objectives

Professional Associations standards State Content Standards Methods books Year books