PCS 2: From Unit II

Assessment of Learning
Prepared By
Bincy K Mathew Reg. No.:20062
 Introduction

Assessment plays an important role in
the process of learning and motivation.
Well-designed assessment methods
provide valuable information about
student learning. They tell us what
students learned, how well they learned
it, and where they struggled.
 Purpose of Assessment

 Motivation
 Creating learning opportunities
 To give feedback
 To grade
Assessment should be an integral
part of the learning process
rather than something that is
“tacked on” at the end
Assessment Cycle
 Types of
Assessment of Learning

Oral
Written Peer Self
Reports

Summative Interim Diagnostic Formative

 Types of Assessment
Formative assessment:
 Activities that students and teachers
undertake to get information about
students’ learning
 Giving students feedback which they can
use to improve their performance
 Teachers tell how students are performing
during an instructional period
 Methods for Formative Assessment

 Questions and answers

 Report back from group work
 Questions students ask
 Peer assessment
 Self assessment
 Feedback
 Methods of Feedback

 Feedback can be
 Written/oral
 From teacher to students
 From students to students
 Types of Assessment
Summative assessment:
 Judgement made on work that results in the
student being awarded a grade, may include
formative elements
 Assessment designed to be used to
determine grades or marks.
 Evaluates student performance of specific
skills/knowledge at the end of an
instructional period
Types of Assessment
Types of Assessment
 Assessment - Written

Written Peer Summative

Oral Self
Formative
Reports
 Assessment - Oral

Interview Debate Oral Report

Face to face Quiz

Story telling
Types of Peer Review
 Assessment – Self Report

Questionnaire Inventory Personality test

Face to face Quiz

Story telling

Portfolio
 Self Assessment Tools

MBTI DISC REALISE 2

BELBIN
HOGAN
 MBTI
Myers Briggs Type Indicator.
DISC.
HOGAN
BELBIN
REALISE 2
 Classroom Assessment

Classroom assessment is both a

teaching approach and a set of
techniques. The approach is that the
more you know about what and how
students are learning, the better you
can plan learning activities to
structure your teaching
Tom Angelo (1993)
Purpose of Classroom Assessment?

Classroom assessment is usually

formative – rather than summative –
i.e. it is aimed at improving learning
rather than at assigning grades

The goal is to better understand the

students learning and in turn improve
the teaching
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 Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages: it provides students with

structure and motivation to better
themselves, while ensuring resilience in
competition and disappointment. It
helps in understanding competence so
students can be taught an appropriate
level and pace for them. 
Disadvantages: assessments can change
the way teaching is focused.
Thank you…