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The document discusses the distinctions between assessment and evaluation, emphasizing that assessment involves gathering information on student performance while evaluation includes subjective judgments. It outlines various assessment types, including informal, formal, summative, and authentic assessments, highlighting their purposes and methodologies. Additionally, it addresses the importance of validity and reliability in assessment tools, as well as the role of structured observation in evaluating student success.

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The document discusses the distinctions between assessment and evaluation, emphasizing that assessment involves gathering information on student performance while evaluation includes subjective judgments. It outlines various assessment types, including informal, formal, summative, and authentic assessments, highlighting their purposes and methodologies. Additionally, it addresses the importance of validity and reliability in assessment tools, as well as the role of structured observation in evaluating student success.

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John Mc Quaien R.

Marquez
BSED SocStud 3-4

Assessment and evaluation


"Evaluation" and "assessment" are phrases that frequently used interchangeably, although they
don't necessarily have the same meaning. The process of gathering information about student
performance to assess (make decisions regarding) the achievement of goals, objectives, or
outcomes is what many people consider assessment. Since judgments are involved, evaluation is
never objective. It can only be impartial if evaluations give us enough accurate and high-quality
data to enable us to develop opinions. that consider each learner's unique requirements and
strengths; Accurate in that pupils and others acquire distinct understandings regarding their
learning process and what they may do to enhance performance, and it is accurate to say that our
decisions are reliable, accurate, and consistent.
Informal Assessment
Informal evaluation is an ongoing and Formal assessment is typically more overt and methodical,
yet it can occasionally be an almost unconscious procedure. intended. Quizzes, tests, essays, and
projects are all common forms of formal assessment that we are all familiar with. However, there
are many ways that formal assessment can be done, such as through teacher observation of student
performance. For instance, social studies typically result in pupils becoming more tolerant.

Summative Assessment
Summative evaluation offers an accounting of students' development at a specific moment in time.
It is typically a metric that indicates the student's position in relation to a standard. curriculum
outcomes, for example. An end-of-unit examination, for instance, is intended to teach pupils how
well, they have achieved the unit's objectives in terms of learning new information and abilities.
Most of the A common kind of summative evaluation is the report card. which informs parents and
kids of the extent to which pupils are fulfilling expectations in relation to the curriculum.

Validity
Validity just indicates that the information gathered is genuinely connected to the results we want
to quantify. For instance, social studies curriculum across Canada requires students to gain
procedural and conceptual knowledge in social studies subjects, such as history. The development
of "historical thinking," which includes "the sequencing of events, the analysis of patterns, and the
placement of events in context," is one of the goals of Alberta's new curriculum.
Reliable Assessment Instrument
Reliable evaluation tools are those that will provide identical (or strikingly comparable) outcomes
in
various circumstances. When creating dependable instruments, there are two things to consider.
First and foremost, the task itself needs to yield unambiguous, reliable proof of students' mastery
of the targeted subject. For instance, test questions that are ambiguous and can be read and
answered in a variety of ways are not very dependable since they may cause students in the same
class with similar ability to give rather diverse answers.

Selective Response
Unlike other types of selective response, fill-in tests do not encourage guessing and are effective
for outcomes like vocabulary comprehension. However, poorly written questions and students'
misspellings might provide unclear responses that are challenging to grade. Data is gathered
quickly and requires less reading comprehension when matching items are used. When evaluating
students' understanding of the connections between ideas, matching is especially helpful.
Examples of relationships in social studies include nations and capitals, definitions and
terminology, or historical figures, along with their achievements and discoveries. Additionally,
when more than one topic for the matching set is employed, matching items are vulnerable to
student guessing and, if not adequately structured, the use of apparent answers or irrelevant
information.

Multiple Choice Items


Multiple-choice questions, typically including a thorough explanation of the issue or query
(stem/lead); creating believable distractions (wrong answers); and arranging the key at random
(right answer) are the most flexible types of selective response, which can be used for everything
from simple information recall to interpretation, analogies, and other intricate results. Additionally,
guesswork is discouraged and the reliability of well-designed items like those found in
standardized examinations is high. But creating a good design requires time and work.

Essays
Essays are assignments that call for a lengthy or well-written response to a question that is rather
open-ended and can have several suitable answers. In social studies classrooms, the conventional
assessment methods include essay and selective replies in addition to short-answer questions.
Writing a letter to the local newspaper's editor on a current topic or a thorough case study that
resembles what a judge would write are two examples of essay answers. Essay
Assignments or examinations might be more reliable than chosen. response items since they are
more likely to offer information on significant results like the capacity to recognize a problem and
arrange pertinent data. into a dispute, disclose causal links, understand how humans and their
surroundings interact, consider

Performance Assessment
Performance assessment is viewed as new, however It has existed for as long as assessment.
Correct responses are not counted by the assessor, in contrast to selected responses. in order to
make a decision. Rather, she or he gathers information concerning the procedure or renders a
decision regarding the caliber of the finished result as pupils truly Take action. Performance in
certain jurisdictions assignments act as final tests or assessments for the unit. activities in place of
the customary project or quiz. Tasks for performance evaluation are not extras, fillers, or pauses
for the instructor; rather, they are chances to integrate assessment and instruction.

Document Based Questions


As previously said, Alberta and the majority of other provinces have determined that procedural
comprehension is essential objective for teaching social studies. Stated differently, Students should
be able to apply the ideas. and practices of the fields that participate in social disciplines as
economics, geography, and history. It is insufficient to understand the reasons behind World War
I.
I am kids ought to comprehend a bit of the methods by which historians determined such causes,
such as what data they took into account and how they arrived at comprehension of that evidence.
When instructing primary school students on history grades and courses nationwide suggest the
utilization of original sources, such as images, artifacts, maps, as well as oral and written reports

Authentic Assessment
"Authentic assessments" requires students to complete an assessment and a real-life task is
created in light of that activities. Third-grade students For instance, a class researching their
neighborhood might be requested to conduct an evaluation of the surrounding their school (parks,
streets, and public areas) for accessibility for wheelchair users and write a report for a civic body,
such a city council committee. The activity doesn't have to be related. to modern circumstances.
At the moment, some Acadian The Queen is being urged to issue an apology for the exile from the
Maritimes of their ancestors.

Structured Observation
Numerous authentic and performance evaluations will incorporate "hard" proof of students'
success, including as composed elements, built models, and visual representations, although
frequently a large portion of the data pertaining to student achievement will be obtained through
observing them at work. As an illustration, numerous social The results of investigations are
connected to that significant and The term "thinking" is difficult to define, because thinking
is defined, only a certain amount can be revealed by traditional tests. Determining what thinking
looks like when we observe it is one method.

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