EDUC267 Lecture 20: EDUC 267 - Lecture 20
22 Aug 2018
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Assessments should be fit for purpose however your stakeholders are. What am i assessing? (taxonomies) > skills, knowledge comprehension, higher-order thinking. Implications for constructivism for assessment: ultimate aim of assessment is to promote learning, driver (1989), lists the following implication of constructivism for instruction and assessment - Learners can not be viewed as passive recipients. Each individual is ultimately responsible of their own learning. Learning is seen as involving a change in the leaner"s conceptions. Personal knowledge is not taken to be objective" but is personally and socially constructed. Teaching is not the transmission" of knowledge, but the negotiation of meaning. Be recognised as central part of classroom practice. Be regarded as a key professional skill for teachers. Recognise the full range of achievement of all learners. Be sensitive and constructive because any assessment has an emotional impact. Take account of the importance of learner motivation.
