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MEASURING DEVICE
Checklist
Checklists can be used for
formative (ongoing)
assessment to monitor
students’ behavior and
progress towards reaching
stated goals. In this chapter,
two kinds of checklists are
emphasized.
Observation

WHAT YOU SEE IS

WHAT YOU GET!
Ways of Recording Observation

• Checklist
• Anecdotal Records
• Rubrics
Observation Checklist

‘‘a strategy to monitor specific skills, behaviors,

or dispositions of individual students or all the
students in the class.’’
- Kay Burke (1994)
Sample Observation Checklist
I. Place a Check mark each Frequency
time the teacher:
a. ask individual question to 8
students
b. ask question to students as 6
a whole
c. discipline students 1
d. Ask for silence in the 2
classroom
e.Ask students if they have any 4
questions.
g. Sends students in front to 3
present output
Sample Observation Checklist
Sample Observation Checklist
Suggestion in Conducting
Classroom Observation
Identify the purposes for which the observational
information will be used

Identify the kinds of observational information that would be

useful for these purposes
Decide how you will observe in order to collect the
desired information

Select a method (or methods) for recording your observations

Prepare the necessary reporting forms.
Tips for Teachers
• Focus on one student, or on a few students at a time.
• Observe students in different kinds of activities.
• Record observations immediately
• Evaluate students in terms of their own personal
growth.
Interview Schedule

Is nothing but a list of questions

which is necessary to test the
hypothesis
- Thomas Carson
Types of Interview Schedule
Observation Schedule
Rating Schedule
Survey Schedule
Interview Schedule
Interview Schedule vs Questionnaire
Interview Schedule
Direct Method of Study
Less area covers
No obligation on respondents
Without covering Letter
More reliable information
Details are possible
No-gap between interviewr
and Interviewee
Questionnaire
Indirect Method of Study
More area covers
Obligation over respondents
With specific covering letter
Less reliable information
Details are not possible
Gap between the interviewer
and interviewee
Good Practice in an Conducting
Interview Schedule

Establish Rapport
State your Purpose
Motivate the Interviewee
Observe Timeline
Aptitude Test
A type of test that
assesses intellectual
abilities that are not in
most cases, specifically
taught in school
Sample Aptitude Test
Projective Devices
Any sort of instrument with a
vague stimulus that allows
individuals to project their
interest, preferences,
anxieties, prejudices, needs,
and so on through their
responses
Sample
Projective Test
Sociometric Device
defined as the measurement of
interpersonal relationships in a
social group. Sociometric
measurement or assessment
methods provide information
about an individual's social
competence and standing within
a peer group
Sample Sociometric Assessment