Tools and Techniques For Classroom Assessment (1) - 1
Tools and Techniques For Classroom Assessment (1) - 1
Tools and Techniques For Classroom Assessment (1) - 1
classroom assessments
Submitted by,
Jessy Mol A S
TOOLS FOR CLASSROOM
ASSESSMENT
What is evaluation?
• Participant Observation
• Non – Participant Observation
• Uncontrolled Observation
• Controlled Observation
Participant Observation
(or)
SRT is an inventory of statements designed
to evaluate the behavioral, personality and
emotional functioning of children etc
Examples for self reporting techniques
• Questionnaire
• Opinionnaire
• Check list
• Interest Inventory
• Attitude Scale etc
QUESTIONNAIRE
• Questionnaire refers to a device for securing answers to
questions by using a form which the respondent fills in
himself.
• A list of questions may be given to those persons whose
personality we want to assess, The individual are asked to
write answers given to these questions.
Types of Questionnaire
• Close-ended questions
• Open-ended questions.
Open-ended questions
Teacher Rating :
(e.g) Selection for post, Promotion, Sanction increment etc
Personality rating for various purposes.
Testing the validity.
Judging the competitors.
Merits of Rating Scale
• It is easy to evaluate.
• Less time consuming.
• Not much training is needed for the raters.
• Assessed various activities like personality, teaching,
performance of educational institutions, cultural program
etc.
Limitations
• The rater may find difficult to understand the qualities to be assessed.
• Personal likes and dislikes influencing the rating.
• Errors may occur
• Five types of error.
• Generosity error
• Constant severity error
• Average error
• Halo error
• Logical error.
Five types of Error
• Generosity error : Rating liberally about the persons who are very popular.
• Constant severity error: Some raters may think everyone is inferior to
them and award low marks.
• Average error: Some evaluators by providing average rating to all.
• Halo effect: Evaluate various aspects of person’s qualities. Superficial
general impression is taken as a basis for rating.
• Logical error: Evaluator rates closely related or unrelated aspects of
qualities.(e.g) while evaluating an answer script, the answers written in
beautiful handwriting may be given high marks by the teacher.