Unit 6 Evaluation Technniques of student performance

Evaluation Techniques of Student Performance

 

There are some common techniques for evaluation, as follows;

 

Assignment  

Presentation

 

Written Exam

 

Posters

 

Creating Games

 

Quizzes

 

Testing & Grading Techniques

 

 

 

Assignment

Assignments are tasks requiring student engagement and a final tangible product that enables you to assess what your students know and don’t know. They represent on the most common ways to assess learning.  They can be either low-stakes [formative assessment] or high-stakes [summative assessment], so the number and type of assignments will depend upon your course design, learning outcomes, and course enrollment numbers.



 

 

Pros	Cons
Can assess a range of skills or outcomes including generic skills	Can be very time consuming of limited class meetings
Marking using criteria is relatively fast and reliable	Subjectivity may affect fair grading
Allows for immediate feedback to the student	Can prompt performance anxiety in students
Allows for a variety of topics	Provides an opportunity to display argument and originality

      

Presentation            

Presentations are usually made orally to a class on a prepared topic and may include the use of presentation aids such as PowerPoint, handouts or audiovisuals. This assessment may be undertaken individually or as a group. Presentations may take different forms such as role plays, facilitating group activities, debating, presenting a product, question and answer time, and formal speeches.

 

 

 

Quizzes                                                                                                                                                                   Quizzes Gauge students’ prior knowledge, assess progress midway through a unit, create friendly in-class competition, review before the test -- quizzes can be great tools that don't have to count heavily toward students' grades. Using quizzes to begin units is also a fun way to assess what your students already know, clear up misconceptions, and drive home the point of how much they will learn.      Written Exam

A. Types                              1. Multiple choices 2. True/false 3. Matching  4. Completion 5. Essay B. Source of test items: the course and lesson objectives 1. Test items should come from the course objectives and lesson plan a. If you are testing information you have not directly covered in the class you should ensure students have been directed to this information via reading assignments, projects, or some other form of independent study  C. Advantages of written examinations 1. Can be used with a large number of students 2. Measures cognitive objectives  3. Provides for consistent scoring  4. Grading and compiling result is quicker than for other types of examinations  D. Disadvantages of written examinations 1. Time consuming to develop a. Difficult to develop adequate measurements for the higher order levels of the domains of learning 2. Complex validation procedures 3. Could discriminate against students with reading difficulties a. Poorly written items may evaluate a student’s reading ability more than they evaluate knowledge of the material . 4. Cannot measure skills performance. posters A poster is a visual representation of a topic or the outcomes of learning activity. They can use different media, including online technology, and can be created individually or in groups     Pros Cons Provides an opportunity to display creativity and originality Can focus unduly on presentation rather than content or understanding Can assess a range of skills or outcomes including generic skills May require additional resources Marking using criteria is relatively fast and reliable Makes comparison between students difficult since the posters may be very different Allows for a variety of topics Subjectivity may affect fair grading Has potential for peer assessment   Encourages active learning   Games  Games for students are a great way to build the skills that kids need to succeed and evaluate them in school. These educational games for students make learning fun with math facts, language arts, and more. Children enjoy learning with educational games. Students can learn with math addition facts, multiplication flash cards, language puzzles, and more to make their learning experience rewarding and fun. educational games make learning fun for students. Testing and Grading Techniques Using rubrics to communicate assessment standards  A scoring rubric is a table that makes clear to students the criteria against which their work will be assessed. Students can use it in developing, revising and judging the quality of their own work. Assessors can use it to assess students' performance either analytically or holistically. Perhaps the most important function of a scoring rubric, however, is in providing both formative (ongoing) and summative (after marking) feedback to students and feedback to staff on students' learning and thus the effect of their teaching (Huba & Freed, 2000). Assessment is a process that should be integral with student learning and not just something tacked on at the end of a period of learning. If assessment is viewed this way, well-constructed scoring rubrics can play a key role implementing an effective learning and assessment program. go to go to go to   Reference Biggs, J. (2003). Teaching for quality learning at university: What the student does (2nd ed.). Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press. Bloom, B. S., Ed. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. Book 1: Cognitive domain. London, Longman. Brown, G., Bull, J., & Pendlebury, M. (1997). Assessing student learning in higher education. London: Routledge. commented on the post commented on the post commented on the post commented on the post             .