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, QUESTION 1
This question assesses your understanding of assessment theory as contained in the module content. Indicate the correct option from the choices
available in every question below. Indicate your preference by writing the correct alphabet next to the question number (e.g., 1.11. A).
1.1 The following analogy is used to explain assessment in teaching and learning in a school context, namely that assessment is the vehicle
taking learning forward. Why is assessment also described as a journey in this analogy? Indicate which statement answers this best:
1x2=2
a. In school, learning is like moving from one place to another, from not knowing to knowing about a topic in CAPS. Assessment
helps on such a journey.
b. To understand assessment is a route on which student teachers travel to become assessors.
c. Understanding and applying assessment theory develops along the way. The way in which we learn how to assess learners effectively
is a journey.
d. In school, the teacher and the learners in a class are on a joint journey towards the final examination at the end of the year.
1.2 Which of the four curriculum developments is best described by the following: It describes the curriculum in terms of aims and topics,
content is prescribed very specifically and in great detail, and assessment is described in meticulous prescriptions regarding the types,
weights, and numbers of assessments, with many guidelines. Focused on the achievement of learning objectives.
1x2=2
a. Pre-C2005
b. C2005
c. RNCS
d. CAPS
1.3 Indicate which statement does not fit the definition of assessment as defined in CAPS: 1x2=2
a. Assessment information is particularly used to understand and thereby assist the teacher to improve the process of learning and
teaching.
b. Assessment may take various forms.
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