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1. A. Match each assessment type with the correct definitions listed A-H. (1pt)
Types of assessment
1. Formal assessment
2. Summative assessment
3. Informal assessment
4. Formative assessment
5. Portfolio assessment
6. Continuous assessment
7. Peer assessment
8. Self-assessment
Definitions
A. When a test is used at the end of a course (final test). A mark or grade is given,
but no other feedback. Summative assessment
B. When students decide for themselves if they think their progress or language
use is good or not. Self-assessment
C. When a student’s work is judged through a test and the student is given a report
or a grade to say how successful or unsuccessful they have been. Formal
assessment
D. A types of testing which is different from a final examination. Some or all the
work that students do during a course is considered by the teacher on regular
basis and contributes to the final grade given to students. It may also include
monitoring of classroom performance and contribution. Continuous assessment
E. When students give feedback on each other’s language work, learning
strategies, and performance. Peer assessment
F. When a teacher gives students feedback on their progress during a course, rather
than at the end of it, so that they can learn from the feedback. Formative
assessment
G. When a teacher decides whether a student is doing well or not but does not
necessarily set a test or write an official report or give a grade. Informal
assessment
H. A collection of work that a student uses to show what s/he has done during a
particular course. A purposeful document, regularly added to that may be part of
assessment. Portfolio assessment
B. What are the types of assessment in the teachers’ comments below? (1pt)
1. I think it’s important for students to assess themselves, so sometimes I record
them when they are doing a speaking activity and then get them to listen to
themselves. Self-assessment
2. I don’t like giving my students tests and exams. I think they are demotivating,
especially for young learners.
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3. I get students to mark each other’s written work and I tell them to just look at it and say
what’s wrong. I don’t ask them to check it against any criteria. I don’t think they can look for
particular mistakes like spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes. Peer assessment
4. When students are doing a speaking activity, I observe them, but I don’t make any notes
and I don’t give marks. Sometimes I talk to students about their strengths and weaknesses I
tutorials though. Observation ???
5. My students choose pieces of their best work during the course and keep them in a file,
which can be looked at during the course. I know some teachers use this as the way they
assess students at the end of the course, but I’m not sure how that works. Portfolio
assessment
2. Put the activities in the box below into the right categories of testing and assessment.
Which are the odd ones out and why? (2pts)
15-minute test portfolio presentation peer teacher
assessment conference
Testing:
- 15-minute test
- final exam
- oral test
Assessment:
- Portfolio
- learning log
- feedback
- Peer assessment
- informal test
- teacher conference
- self-assessment
- Discussion
- pair work
- group work
The odd ones out:
- Handout
- presentation
- experiment
- scaffolding
- survey
- drill
- project
Assessment Teaching Test Other
Conferencing/ Reviews Group 15- Debate
Informal questions work minute Experiment
Informal test Pair work test
Semi formal-exercises Drill 45-
Handout Translate minute
Discussion Postcard test
Homework/ Classwork Role play Oral test
Quizzes Dictation Small
Portfolio test
Feedback Final test
Presentation
Scaffolding
Learning/ Response logs
Peer-assessment
Survey
Teacher conference
Observation
Self-assessment
Kinesthetic assessments
Exercises
Written questions (semi-
formal questions)
Strategies questioning
(FA)
Voting in lessons
Creating diagrams or
charts to demonstrate
learning
Projects
Journal
Assignments
Exit/ Amit slips
Graphic organizers
Multiple-choice answers
Diagnostic tests
Visual representation
Individual whiteboards
Four corner
Think pair share
Appointment clock
Simulations/ Business
Games
Worksheets
Essays
Performance tasks
Concept map
3. What are the forms of formative assessment discussed in class? Do you think that they
share the same characteristics? Justify your answer. (2pts)
4. How is assessment for learning embedded within this period of project in Unit 8 of
Grade 10? (2pts)
5. Teach this period of writing from Unit 5 of Grade 10 using a process approach. How is
assessment for learning embedded within this lesson of process writing? (2pts)
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