CHAPTER 4:

TECHNIQUES OF
EVALUATING SCIENCE
LEARNING
SOME EVALUATION TECHNIQUES WHICH SCIENCE TEACHERS CAN
TRY IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT A FAIR JUDGMENT OF THE PUPIL'S
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE:

1. Administering pencil-and-paper test

a. Objective test
b. Essay
c. Checklist and rating scale
2. Assessing completed work products
a. Recorded data and generalization- arrived at after undertaking an activity.
b. Apparatus set- up
c. Assignment notebooks
d.Clippings
e. Collection
f. Projects
g. Written special reports and records of interviews conducted outside the
school.
h. An invention entered in a school
i. Sample research
3. Measurement of oral responses.

a. Daily recitations
b. Panel discussion
c. Specially assigned reports
d. Debate on correct controversial issues.
4. Observation of behavior, both formal and informally.

• Formal- undertaken with the help of the determined

questionnaires.Likewise, ensure objectivity and accuracy of
recorded response.
• Informal- May be undertaken outside of formal planned class
activities.
5. Conducting interviews and small group conferences
A pupil who has been lagging behind in science
need special attention. The teacher may interview the
pupil to solicit significants regarding the situation