Pangasinan State University

Bayambang Campus
Bayambang, Pangasinan

ASSESSMENT

Name: Candace M. Macaraeg

Professor: Agnes Valdez

Year & Section: BEEIII-1

2016

Date: September 23,

I. Introduction
Assessment is becoming increasingly important in higher
education as a means for demonstrating and promoting quality in student
learning. Assessment is a mechanism for providing instructors with data for
improving their teaching methods and for guiding and motivating students to
be actively involved in their own learning. Therefore, students should be able
to recognize the concepts and types of assessment, interpret the concepts of
assessment, and
II. Content
A. Activity
Crossword Puzzle
Vertical:
1 a feeling of nervousness that
makes unable you to relax
18 acceptable
36 To make an opinion
39 A way of doing something
48 To judge the value or
condition

54 equal
Horizontal:
1 use to invent useful things
11 mistake
22 Encouragement
41 Process of teaching
71 Effective

What can you say about the words you answered?

B. Discussion
Assessment is the process of gathering evidences of students
performance over a period of time to determine learning and mastery of
skills.
Concepts of Assessment

Assessment is inherently a process of Professional Judgment.

Assessment is based on separate but related principles of measurement
evidence and evaluation.
Assessment decision-making is influenced by a series of tensions.
Assessment influences student motivation and learning.
Assessment contains error.
Assessment enhances instruction.
Good assessment is valid.
Good assessment is fair and ethical.
Good assessment is efficient and feasible.
Good assessment uses multiple methods.
Good assessment appropriately incorporates technology

Types of Assessment
1. Formative Assessment occurs in the short term, as learners are in the process of
making meaning of new content and of integrating it into what they already know.
2. Summative Assessment takes place at the end of a large chunk of learning, with
the results being primarily for the teacher's or school's use. Results may take time
to be returned to the student/parent, feedback to the student is usually very limited,
and the student usually has no opportunity to be reassessed.
C. Summary
Why is it significant to know the concepts of assessment?
How it can help us Teachers?
What is the difference of formative and summative assessment?
III. Assessment
IF-AT (Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique) cards
(Time on task: 5 minutes; Group size: 3 to 5)
IF-AT cards are like scratch it-win it. Students begin by answering the list of
questions on their own without use of IF-AT cards. Afterwards, students work with a
group to go through the questions, convince one another of the correct answer, and
then scratch the card to discover what is right
Questionnaire
1. Assessments that are used to monitor and improve a process while it is still
going on are called _____________ assessment.
a. Formative
b. Objective
c. Summative
d. Official
2. A test is best defined as a

a.
b.
c.
d.

A task requiring students to exhibit their best performance

Set of questions about a specific content area
Situation requiring students to solve problems
Procedure for sampling the behavior of students

3. What is the disadvantage of using a technology in your teaching?

a. There is no reliability, validity, and fairness on the internet resource.
b. Teachers have the opportunities to use computer-based techniques.
c. Can easily research for the lesson.
d. You can show students more samples.
4.

Which of the following types of test intended to assess achievement on a

particular unit of instruction?
a. A teacher-made test
b. A standardized achievement test
c. An ability test
d. A state proficiency test

5. A teacher is planning a final exam. S/he should decide what types of items to
include based on
a. The intended difficulty of the test.
b. Whether the exam is to be diagnostic or grading.
c. How well the students did on topics during instruction.
d. The task suggested by her objectives.