Principles of high quality assessment

centers on what is truly important.

specific and centers on what is truly important.

involves some muscular or some manipulation of materials and objects

some acts which require a nuero-muscular coordination.

Categories of learning targets

This refers to the student’s mastery of substantive subject matter

This is the students’ ability to use knowledge to reason and solve problems

This refers to the student’s ability to demonstrate achievement-related skills

This refers to the student’s ability to create achievement –related products

This is the student’s attainment of affective states such as attitude, values, interest, and self- efficacy.

should be suitable to a particular learning target.

Assessment methods:

(e.g.identification, fill in the blank, essay

(e.g. multiple choice, true or false, matching type)

As assessment method which can test the students’ grasp of the higher level cognitive skills

This is used to determine whether or not an individual behaves in a certain way when asked to complete a particular task.

Assess the students’ stock knowledge

Determine the students’ ability to communicate ideas in coherent verbal sentences

These are useful supplementary methods when used in conjunction with oral questioning and performance test.

Knowledge

Skills

Products

Affective/disposition

Reasoning

Objective

Performance based

Observation

Essay

Self- report