BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024
CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
B.Ed. I YEAR
(Copyright reserved) For Private Circulation only
,Chairman
Dr.V.M.Muthukumar
Vice-Chancellor
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Vice-Chairman
Dr.C.Thiruchelvam
Registrar
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Course Director
Dr. R. Babu Rajendran
Director i/c
Centre for Distance Education
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Course Material Co-ordinator
Dr.K.Anandan
Professor & Head, Dept .of Education
Centre for Distance Education
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Author
Dr.K.Anandan
Professor & Head,Dept.of Education,CDE
Bharathidaan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
The Syllabus adopted from 2015-16 onwards
,UNIT – I
PERSPECTIVES ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
STRUCTURE
1.1. INTRODUCTION
1.2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.2.1 Meaning of Assessment
1.2.2 Meaning of Measurement
1.2.3 Meaning of Tests
1.2.4 Meaning of Examination
1.2.5 Meaning of Appraisal
1.2.6 Meaning of Evaluation
1.2.7 Interrelation among Assessment, Evaluation and Measurement
1.3 PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT
1.3.1 Teaching and Learning
1.3.2 System improvement
1.4 PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT
1.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT
1.6 LEARNING THEORY
1.6.1 Behaviorism
1.6.2 Cognitivism
1.6.3 Constructivism
1.7 CLASSIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT
1.7.1 Prognostic Assessment
1.7.2 Formative Assessment
1.7.3. Diagnostic Assessment
1.7.4 Summative Assessment
1.8 SCOPE
1.8.1 Teacher-Made vs. Standardized Assessments
1.9 Attribute Measured
1.10 NATURE OF INFORMATION GATHERED (QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE)
1.11 MODE OF RESPONSE
1.12 NATURE OF INTERPRETATION
1.13 CONTEXT (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL)
1.14 LET US SUM UP
1.15 ANSWERS TO ‘CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
1.16 UNIT END EXERCISES
1.17 SUGGESTED READINGS
1
, 1.1. INTRODUCTION
The term Assessment has been widely used by educators to evaluate, measure, and
document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition of students throughout
their learning in life. Different terminologies are there for assessment and evaluation such as
Measurement, Tests, Examination, Appraisal and Evaluation. There are certain Learning theories
which are having conceptual frameworks describing how information is absorbed, processed and
retained during learning. Behaviourism is a philosophy of learning that only focuses on
objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Piaget proposed that a child's
cognitive structure increases in sophistication with development, moving from a few innate
reflexes such as crying and sucking to highly complex mental activities. Constructivist learning
theory stated that the process of adjusting our mental models to accommodate new experiences.
Assessments are classified based on the different purposes, scopes, attribute measured, nature of
information gathered, nature of interpretation and context.
1.2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After learning this unit, you will be able to
describe the meaning Assessment and different evaluations
state the purposes, principles and characteristics of quality assessment
bring out the specialty of different learning theories like Behaviorist, Cognitivist and
Constructivist of
classify the assessment based on purpose, scope, attribute measured, nature of
information gathered, nature of interpretation and context
1.2.1 Meaning of Assessment
In education, the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use
to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill
acquisition of students from preschool through college and adulthood. It is the process of
systematically gathering information as part of an evaluation. Assessment is carried out to see
what children and young people know, understand and are able to do. Assessment is very
important for tracking progress, planning next steps, reporting and involving parents, children
and young people in learning.
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TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024
CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
B.Ed. I YEAR
(Copyright reserved) For Private Circulation only
,Chairman
Dr.V.M.Muthukumar
Vice-Chancellor
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Vice-Chairman
Dr.C.Thiruchelvam
Registrar
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Course Director
Dr. R. Babu Rajendran
Director i/c
Centre for Distance Education
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Course Material Co-ordinator
Dr.K.Anandan
Professor & Head, Dept .of Education
Centre for Distance Education
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
Author
Dr.K.Anandan
Professor & Head,Dept.of Education,CDE
Bharathidaan University
Tiruchirapplli-620 024
The Syllabus adopted from 2015-16 onwards
,UNIT – I
PERSPECTIVES ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
STRUCTURE
1.1. INTRODUCTION
1.2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.2.1 Meaning of Assessment
1.2.2 Meaning of Measurement
1.2.3 Meaning of Tests
1.2.4 Meaning of Examination
1.2.5 Meaning of Appraisal
1.2.6 Meaning of Evaluation
1.2.7 Interrelation among Assessment, Evaluation and Measurement
1.3 PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT
1.3.1 Teaching and Learning
1.3.2 System improvement
1.4 PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT
1.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT
1.6 LEARNING THEORY
1.6.1 Behaviorism
1.6.2 Cognitivism
1.6.3 Constructivism
1.7 CLASSIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT
1.7.1 Prognostic Assessment
1.7.2 Formative Assessment
1.7.3. Diagnostic Assessment
1.7.4 Summative Assessment
1.8 SCOPE
1.8.1 Teacher-Made vs. Standardized Assessments
1.9 Attribute Measured
1.10 NATURE OF INFORMATION GATHERED (QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE)
1.11 MODE OF RESPONSE
1.12 NATURE OF INTERPRETATION
1.13 CONTEXT (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL)
1.14 LET US SUM UP
1.15 ANSWERS TO ‘CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
1.16 UNIT END EXERCISES
1.17 SUGGESTED READINGS
1
, 1.1. INTRODUCTION
The term Assessment has been widely used by educators to evaluate, measure, and
document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition of students throughout
their learning in life. Different terminologies are there for assessment and evaluation such as
Measurement, Tests, Examination, Appraisal and Evaluation. There are certain Learning theories
which are having conceptual frameworks describing how information is absorbed, processed and
retained during learning. Behaviourism is a philosophy of learning that only focuses on
objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Piaget proposed that a child's
cognitive structure increases in sophistication with development, moving from a few innate
reflexes such as crying and sucking to highly complex mental activities. Constructivist learning
theory stated that the process of adjusting our mental models to accommodate new experiences.
Assessments are classified based on the different purposes, scopes, attribute measured, nature of
information gathered, nature of interpretation and context.
1.2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After learning this unit, you will be able to
describe the meaning Assessment and different evaluations
state the purposes, principles and characteristics of quality assessment
bring out the specialty of different learning theories like Behaviorist, Cognitivist and
Constructivist of
classify the assessment based on purpose, scope, attribute measured, nature of
information gathered, nature of interpretation and context
1.2.1 Meaning of Assessment
In education, the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use
to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill
acquisition of students from preschool through college and adulthood. It is the process of
systematically gathering information as part of an evaluation. Assessment is carried out to see
what children and young people know, understand and are able to do. Assessment is very
important for tracking progress, planning next steps, reporting and involving parents, children
and young people in learning.
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