Educational Assessment Methods

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What type of evaluation is focused on comparing student performance to a specific standard or criterion?

Formative evaluation

Criterion-referenced evaluation (correct)

Norm-referenced evaluation

Authentic evaluation

What is the primary concern of summative evaluation?

To determine if students are meeting the learning objectives (correct)

To provide feedback to students during the learning process

To compare student performance to their peers

To evaluate the effectiveness of the teacher

Which type of assessment is most suitable for evaluating a student's ability to speak extemporaneously?

Display of speeches delivered

Performance test in extemporaneous speaking (correct)

Written quiz on how to deliver extemporaneous speech

Writing speeches

What is essential for self-assessment to be effective?

Consensus of evaluation results from teacher and student Signup and view all the answers

Which intelligences is being enhanced when students work on a physical model of the atom?

Kinesthetical Signup and view all the answers

What type of evaluation is teacher G using if she does not wait for the end of the term to find out how much the students learn?

Formative evaluation Signup and view all the answers

What type of evaluation is teacher K interested in if he wants to know his student’s performance when compared with other students in the class?

Norm-referenced evaluation Signup and view all the answers

Which type of assessment is most suitable for authentic evaluation?

Performance task Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following assessment tools is most suitable for evaluating an instructional objective on working with and relating to people?

Organizing a community project Signup and view all the answers

What is the most reliable tool for assessing a student's writing ability?

Portfolio assessment Signup and view all the answers

How can you best measure a student's acquisition of the scientific method?

By evaluating their ability to do all of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue with the test item '____ is an example of a mammal'?

The question has multiple possible answers Signup and view all the answers

How can the test item 'An example of a mammal is_____' be improved?

By ensuring the question has only one acceptable answer Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the number being added in an addition problem?

Addend Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

A = l x w Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the result of a multiplication problem?

Product Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Evaluation Types

Teacher G agrees with Formative evaluation, which is done during the learning process to improve student learning.
Formative evaluation is used to find out how much students learn during the teaching process.
Teacher J is engaged in Formative evaluation, which is done to assess student understanding during the teaching process.

Evaluation Purposes

The concern of "To what extent were the objectives of the course met?" is related to Formative evaluation.
Teacher K wants to know how well his students perform compared to other students in the class, which is a characteristic of Norm-referenced evaluation.

Assessment Tools

A valid assessment tool to find out how well students can speak extemporaneously is a Performance test in extemporaneous speaking.
For self-assessment to be effective, a Scoring rubric must be present.

Self-Assessment

Consensus between teacher and student regarding evaluation results is necessary for self-evaluation to succeed.
Student's intrinsic motivation to learn is essential for self-evaluation to succeed.

Multiple Intelligences

The activity of creating a physical model of the atom enhances Kinesthetical intelligence.

Authentic Assessment

Authentic assessment involves Real-world application of lesson learned.
Conducting a mock election is an authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with and relating to people.
Portfolio assessment is a reliable tool for measuring the development of a pupil's ability to write.

Scientific Method

The ability of pupils to See connectedness of events, Critic and evaluate, and Generic and test hypotheses measures how much of the scientific method they have acquired.

Test Item Construction

The test item "____ is an example of a mammal" is defective because it is very elementary and lacks complexity.
To improve the test item, the blank should be at the beginning of the sentence, and the item should give more cues.

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Description

This quiz assesses understanding of different evaluation methods used in educational settings, including formative, summative, and norm-referenced evaluations.