Notes to go through in order to prepare for your examination. Consists of questions with answers taken from various previous assignments, question papers, online revision, and study guide activities.
NB: Make sure you know how to create a rubric and also
activity for assessment.
Forms and Types of assessment:
Forms of assessment describe the actual activities that the learners will be doing,
that such as:
· test
· examination
· assignment
· investigation
· portfolio
· performances
· case studies
Types of assessments describes a range of assessment approaches that can be
used for different reasons at various stages of learning.
· formative
· summative
· diagnostic
· continuous
· baseline
below are some examples
term test and examination - summative assessment
,written research task - formative assessment
class test before teaching a new topic - baseline assessment
oral questioning in the classroom by the educator to find problem area or the gaps in
the learners understanding of what is being taught - diagnostic assessment
The above stated information is very important please. kindly familiarise yourself with
it as you prepare for your examination
Types of assessment
Baseline assessment takes place before learning commences for a teacher to
determine what learners know and can do. It assists the teacher to plan on how to
proceed with lesson presentation in order to meet the learners‟ learning demands
Formative assessment is used to determine the progress of learners towards
achieving learning outcomes. Formative assessment provides valuable daily
feedback on learners‟ performance and helps the teacher determine if instruction
was effective or a different teaching strategy is needed
Diagnostic assessment determines the barriers to learning. Teachers use diagnostic
assessment to probe the causes and nature of barriers to learning and decide on
remediation process or even referral of severe cases placements in special schools
Summative assessment is used to determine the overall achievement of
learners. This assessment takes place at the end of a school term/ year to provide to
different stakeholders the overall mark.
All these types of assessments play a vital role in the testing of our learners
Differentiating Phases:
Foundation phase is from Grade R to Grade 3
Intermediate Phase is from Grade 4 to Grade 6
Senior Phase is from Grade 7 to Grade 9
FET Phase Grade 10 to 12
Define assessment:
,Assessment is a continuous, planned, unplanned process of identifying, gathering
and interpreting information about the performance of the learners and it may take
different types and forms.
Formal assessment:
It is the systematic way of evaluating how well learners are progressing in the
subject that you are teaching them. Assessment criteria must be clear to the learners
so that they know what is expected from them before the assessment process.
Used to grade Learners.
Informal assessment:
It is the daily assessment that is used to monitor and enhance Teaching and
learning. This is done the through the teacher observation and also teacher and
learner interaction. Should be used to close the Gaps during teaching and learning,
also used to provide feedback to the learners and teachers on how effective is the
teaching and learning.
used to improve and adjust teaching ang learning by identifying misconceptions and
abilities or inabilities of learners.
Assessment for learning
During this process, we assess the learners during teaching and learning, we do not
wait till the end of the term to assess them. This allows the teacher to see if the
learners are grasping what they being taught. Planning is done in order to provide
opportunities for learning when learners complete the actual assessment task. These
assessments are used by the teacher to adapt their teaching and instructions to be
more effective. If the learners are doing well, there will be no need to change your
plan and method of teaching. But when you realise that the learners are not at par or
not achieving the way you hoped they will urgent need to adjust your teaching
methods is needed.
Assessment of Learning is
· The process of collecting and interpreting evidence for the purpose of
summarising learning at a given point in time, to make judgements about the quality
of learners‟ learning on the basis of established criteria, and to assign a value to
represent that quality. The information gathered may be used to communicate the
learners‟ achievement to parents, other teachers, learners themselves, and other
stakeholders. It occurs at or near the end of a learning cycle
, · Determine the overall achievement of learners.
· Take place at the end of the teaching cycle.
· It is formal ( Summative)
This topic was dealt with earlier this month, just restating as a reminder because
they both play a vital tole in Assessment, and one should be able to differentiate
between the two.
Assessment for learning
· It is an ongoing process of gathering and interpreting evidence about learners‟
learning for the purpose of determining where learners are in their learning, where
they need to go, and how best to get there
· It‟s used to determine the learners‟ progress during teaching and learning.
· Take place during the teaching and learning.
· It is informal ( Formative)
· It is used to gather information about learners learning using a variety of
assessment strategies and tools
· It informs learners about their learning progress, monitors their progress
towards achieving their goals
· The teacher gives timely constructive feedback to learners
· Learners develop skills of peer and self-assessment
Principle and Assessment
Principle: Rule that explains how something must be done or how it must be used.
Assessment “Assessment is a continuous, planned process of identifying, gathering
and interpreting
information about the performance of learners, and may take various forms.
It involves four steps:
· generating and collecting evidence of achievement;
· evaluating this evidence;
· recording the findings,
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