Tuesday, August 16, 2016

131. Unit 2: EDU 0.13

[Posted for  the Kerala University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]

The following is a brief  summary of the topics prescribed for study under Unit 2 of EDU 0.13. A presentation of the same was made during the Academic Meeting of KUETEF held at Govt. CTE,Thiruvananthapuram on 11 August 2016.

 Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
The term Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is used for school based evaluation of pupils in which their assessment is done on a continuous basis throughout the year and which is also comprehensive in nature, in the sense that it is not confined to assessment in scholastic subjects but also covers co-scholastic areas such as performance in games/sports, Physical education, Creative Education, Art, Music, Dance, Drama, other cultural activities and Personal  and  Social qualities.

Common Core Standards-European Framework
Please view the following document available online




Criteria of  a good test
A good test is Valid, Reliable, Practical, Relevant, Appropriate and Comprehensive

e-portfolio
A portfolio is a collection of work developed across varied contexts over time. The portfolio can advance learning by providing students and/or faculty with a way to organize, archive and display pieces of work.

HOT and LOT
Higher and Lower Order Thinking Skills
Higher-order thinking skills are reflected by the top three levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating.
Lower-order Thinking Skills
Lower-order thinking skills are reflected by the lower three levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering, Understanding, and Applying.

Peer assessment  and Self assessment
In Peer assessment, students individually assess each other's contribution using a predetermined list of criteria. Grading is based on a predetermined process, but most commonly it is an average of the marks awarded by members of the group.
Self assessment is similar to peer evaluation but students assess their own contribution as well as their peers using an established set of criteria.

Remedial Teaching
Remedial teaching is identifying slow learners and giving them the necessary guidance to help them overcome their problems, after identifying their areas of difficulty.

Rubric
A rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria.

Technology in Assessment
 For Learners:
* Gets instant feedback through e-mail 
*Can  see progression in  own learning.
*Participation becomes strong.
*Develops  social skills, research skills and thinking skills.
For  teachers:
*Can easily store the assessment information online and access it.
* Can provide  timely feedback.

Tests for Language Skills
A.Listening
Testing phonemic discrimination, Discriminating stress and intonation, Understanding sentences and dialogues, Tasks using visual materials, Tasks involving talk and lecture
B.Speaking
Oral presentation, Tell a personal anecdote, Talk about  yourself, Participate in discussion
C .Reading
Focus on Reading comprehension  and language comprehension. Decoding, Checking knowledge of   Semantics and Syntax, Checking background knowledge and Linguistic knowledge.
D. Writing
Checking the ability to respond critically to text, ability to develop an idea, ability to communicate, ability to structure ones  response and ability to use appropriate word, sentence and grammar.

Types of tests
A. Based on Purposes
1. Proficiency Test
2. Diagnostic Test
3. Placement Test
4. Achievement Test
 5. Language Aptitude Test
B. Based on Response
1. Subjective Test
2. Objective Test

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Prepared and posted by                                                              
Dr. C. Praveen
President, KUETEF



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