CONCEPT
Process of gathering data on student's learning
What is assessment?
Diagnostic, formative, and summative
What are the three types of assessments focused on today?
Avoid negatives, keep it simple, and use direct questions
What are some guidelines for summative test development?
Projects, games, puzzles, journaling and portfolios
What are some forms of assessment?
To plan your test
What is table of specifications used for?
Measurement and Evaluation
What are two key processes involved in assessment?
During formative assessment
When assessment as learning occur?
Common errors made by students
What are distractors based on?
Observational checklist
What instrument can be used to observe and assess students at work?
Before Instruction
When should tables of specifications be prepared?
To refine programs and improve student's learning
What are the benefits of assessment?
Assessment for learning
What is diagnostic assessment closely associated with?
In descending or ascending order
How should multiple choice options be organized?
By using a rubric
How can you assess a project?
Number of items, objectives and levels to be tested, proportional representation of each topic
What does a TOS contain?
To mirror reality
How should we teach and assess?
Student's reactions to overall instruction
What summative assessment measures?
Use in the stem
Where should you use repeated words?
By using games and technology
How can we make assessment and learning fun?
Barrett's Taxonomy
What is the name of a taxonomy used for reading comprehension?
After the second world war
When did the word assessment come into use in an educational context?
To measure student's performances against a fixed sets of predetermine criteria or learning standards.
Why do we use criterion-referenced assessments such as CSEC and CCSLC?
To decipher whether students really understand or whether they are guessing?
Why use more descriptions than options when creating matching items?
To get them to think at a cognitively demanding level.
Why should teachers ask students why and how questions during oral questioning?
To assist me in developing my different cognitive levels of questioning
Why do I need Bloom's Taxonomy Framework?