Children, Adolescence and Learning

Children, Adolescence and Learning

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Assessment of Learners

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Children, Adolescence and Learning

Abstract

Assessing is a very crucial part of the learning process. When we teach our students a skill we need to be able to evaluate what they have actually learned. Assessments can be developed to assess a variety of different skills in any area. In the following paper I plan to show a variety of reading assessments and identify the purpose of the testing method, frequency of use and if they are on-demand or cumulative assessments.

Introduction

Assessing is a very crucial part of the learning process. When we teach our students a skill we need to be able to evaluate what they have actually learned. Assessments can be developed to assess a variety of different skills in any area. These assessments can be both formal and non-formal being giving on demand or by collecting cumulative data. In the following chart numerous assessment methods have been identified and

|Assessment Method |Purpose of the testing method |Frequency of use / Timeliness of |On-Demand Assessment |

| | |results |Or |

| | | |Cumulative Assessment |

|Formative Evaluation |An oral random evaluation of the |Formative evaluation can and should |Cumulative Assessment |

| |students learning during the |be an ongoing process. It should be | |

| |instruction and learning process. |used frequently throughout a unit of | |

| |This is to monitor the progress...