[Posted for the Kerala
University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]
The following is a brief summary of the topics prescribed for study
under Unit 2 of EDU 0.13. A presentation of the same was made during the
Academic Meeting of KUETEF held at Govt. CTE,Thiruvananthapuram on 11 August
2016.
Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation (CCE)
The term Continuous
and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is used for school based evaluation of
pupils in which their assessment is done on a continuous basis throughout the
year and which is also comprehensive in nature, in the sense that it is not
confined to assessment in scholastic subjects but also covers co-scholastic
areas such as performance in games/sports, Physical education, Creative
Education, Art, Music, Dance, Drama, other cultural activities and
Personal and Social qualities.
Common Core Standards-European
Framework
Please view
the following document available online
Criteria of a good test
A good test is Valid,
Reliable, Practical, Relevant, Appropriate and Comprehensive
e-portfolio
A portfolio is a collection of work developed across varied contexts
over time. The portfolio can advance learning by providing students and/or
faculty with a way to organize, archive and display pieces of work.
HOT and LOT
Higher and
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Higher-order thinking
skills are reflected by the top three levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyzing,
Evaluating, and Creating.
Lower-order Thinking Skills
Lower-order thinking
skills are reflected by the lower three levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering,
Understanding, and Applying.
Peer assessment and
Self assessment
In Peer assessment, students individually assess each other's
contribution using a predetermined list of criteria. Grading is based on a
predetermined process, but most commonly it is an average of the marks awarded
by members of the group.
Self assessment is similar to peer evaluation but students assess their own contribution as
well as their peers using an established set of criteria.
Remedial Teaching
Remedial teaching is identifying slow learners and giving them the
necessary guidance to help them overcome their problems, after identifying
their areas of difficulty.
Rubric
A
rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes
descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria.
Technology
in Assessment
For Learners:
* Gets instant
feedback through e-mail
*Can see progression in own learning.
*Participation
becomes strong.
*Develops social skills, research skills and thinking
skills.
For
teachers:
*Can easily
store the assessment information online and access it.
* Can
provide timely feedback.
Tests for Language Skills
A.Listening
Testing
phonemic discrimination, Discriminating stress and intonation, Understanding
sentences and dialogues, Tasks using visual materials, Tasks involving talk and
lecture
B.Speaking
Oral
presentation, Tell a personal anecdote, Talk about yourself, Participate in discussion
C .Reading
Focus on
Reading comprehension and language comprehension. Decoding,
Checking knowledge of Semantics and
Syntax, Checking background knowledge and Linguistic knowledge.
D. Writing
Checking the
ability to respond critically to text, ability to develop an idea, ability to
communicate, ability to structure ones
response and ability to use appropriate word, sentence and grammar.
Types of tests
A. Based on Purposes
1. Proficiency Test
2. Diagnostic Test
3. Placement Test
4. Achievement Test
5. Language Aptitude
Test
B. Based on Response
1. Subjective Test
2. Objective Test
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