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PURPOSE OF EVALUATION
Chief purpose of Evaluation
The improvement of the individual learner.
Other purpose of Evaluation
To maintain standards
To select students
To motivate learning
To guide learning
To furnish instruction
To appraise educational instrumentalities
Brown and Thornton (1971) state that a teacher complete program of
evaluation—which should really be regarded as an important continuous aspect
of teaching—allows him to accomplish several purposes as follows:
To determine, through feedback, the level of knowledge, other
achievement, or condition of students in his class of various times
during the term.
To provide bases for assigning grades.
To become aware of specific difficulties of individual students, or the
entire class, as a basis for further teaching.
To estimate the effectiveness of techniques, subject content and
instructional resources in reaching the goals of his course.
To encourage student’s learning by measuring their achievement, by
informing them of their success, and by reinforcing the emphasis of
class presentations through repetitions on tests.
To use the additional motivation of examinations to provide practice
in critical thinking.
To gather information needed for administrative purposes, such as
selecting students for honors courses, permitting students to enter
sequential courses, granting credit by examination, meeting
graduation requirements, writing recommendations, or assessing
facets of institutional quality.
To serve as a basis for replanning and improving the next offering of
the course.
FUNCTIONS OF EVALUATION
Prediction
Diagnosis
Research
AREAS OF EVALUATION
Achievement
Aptitude
Interest
Personality
A WELL DEFINED SYSTEM OF EVALUATION
Enable one to clarify goals
Check upon each phase of development
Diagnose learning difficulties
Plan carefully for remediation
TYPES OF EVALUATION
References:
Assessment of Learning 1 by Rosita De Guzman-Santos
Principles and Methods of Effective Teaching by Gaudencio V. Aquino