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ASSIGNMENT 1 YEAR 2022
QUESTION 1
Indicate the correct option from the choices available in every question below. Indicate
your choice by writing the correct alphabet next to the question number (e.g., 1.11. A).
This question assesses your understanding of assessment theory as contained in the
module content.
1.1 The following analogy is used to explain assessment in teaching and learning in a
school context, namely that assessment is the vehicle taking learning forward. Why
is assessment also described as a journey in this analogy? Indicate which
statement answers this best:
a) In school, learning is like moving from one place to another, from not knowing
to knowing about a topic in CAPS. Assessment helps on such a journey.
b) To come to understand assessment is a route on which student teachers travel
to become assessors.
c) Understanding and being able to apply assessment theory is something that
develops along the way. The way along which we learn how to assess learners
effectively is a journey.
d) In school, every year, the teacher and the learners in a class are on a joint
journey towards the final examination at the end of the year.
ASSIGNMENT 1 YEAR 2022
QUESTION 1
Indicate the correct option from the choices available in every question below. Indicate
your choice by writing the correct alphabet next to the question number (e.g., 1.11. A).
This question assesses your understanding of assessment theory as contained in the
module content.
1.1 The following analogy is used to explain assessment in teaching and learning in a
school context, namely that assessment is the vehicle taking learning forward. Why
is assessment also described as a journey in this analogy? Indicate which
statement answers this best:
a) In school, learning is like moving from one place to another, from not knowing
to knowing about a topic in CAPS. Assessment helps on such a journey.
b) To come to understand assessment is a route on which student teachers travel
to become assessors.
c) Understanding and being able to apply assessment theory is something that
develops along the way. The way along which we learn how to assess learners
effectively is a journey.
d) In school, every year, the teacher and the learners in a class are on a joint
journey towards the final examination at the end of the year.
