EDUC 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Central Tendency, Psychomotor Learning, Ator
4 Apr 2017
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Standardized tests: usually nationwide, under uniform conditions, scored according to uniform procedures. Classroom assessments: selected, created by teachers; many diff. forms (unit tests, essays, portfolios, projects, performances, oral presentation, etc. ) Assessment: procedures used to obtain info about student performance: broader: all kinds of ways to sample, observe skills, knowledge, abilities. Formative assessment: ungraded testing used before/during instruction to help plan/diagnose: pretest: formative test to assess knowledge, readiness, abilities, most important in teaching. Summative assessment: end of instruction, inform teacher/student about accomplishment. Can use same assessment as formative and summative. 2 types of comparison: norm-referenced and criterion referenced. Norm-referenced testing: scored compared w/ avg. of others. 3 types of norm groups (comparison groups: class/school, school district, national samples. Cover wide range of objectives: good for program candidate selection. Limits: doesn"t tell if you if students ready for more difficult material: not good for affective and psychomotor objectives. Affective: attitudes and values are personal, can"t take avg.
