APPROPRIATENESS OF

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral Questioning, Observation

&
Self - Reports
By: GRACEIAN JOY P. ALARDE
ZORAIDA K. ACMAD
ORAL QUESTIONING
one of the main techniques used in formative
assessment. It is to stimulate learning, develop
students potential to think, drive to clear ideas,
stir the imagination and to incentive to act.
It is also one of the ways of teacher to help
students develop their knowledge more
effectively.
 Characteristics of Good Oral
Questions
 Easily understood
 Composed of common words
 Thought provoking
 Consider the level of instructions
Types of Oral Questioning

1.Open Questions
2.Closed Questions
3.Specific Questions
4.Probing Questions
5.Hypothetical Questions
OBSERVATION
- It is a systematic process of collecting information on
children by watching them.

Information recorded from observations can be used to:

• Make curriculum and instruction decision;
• Select instructional materials;
• Assess developmental progress;
• Decide on how to group children;
• Decide when, if, or how to use formal
tests;
• Provide a baseline for deciding whether or
not to recommend a child for formal
study.
Observation Records
Observation records provide teachers with written
documentation of observations of a child. It can be used to
inform teaching decisions, document progress, and share
information during parent conferences.

Examples:
 Student’s output
 Anecdotal Observations
 Becoming a Skilled Observer

Observation is a skill that improves with patience.

Observation help you read children and situational

Focus on the child’s emotions and expressions

Focus on one child in the group

Begin to focus on individual children in the group

Begin to focus on smaller groups of children

Observe everything that is going on in your classroom

Observe everything that is going on in your classroom

Begin by watching children’s interactions

 Recording Observations –Running Records
 Recording Records are narrative notes of the routine functioning of
a child or a group of children.

When using the running record to document observations:

 Write down everything the child says or does;

 Use descriptive words (e.g. quietly, in a loud voice, etc.)
 Running records are routinely used as a method to document
progress in recording.
Recording Observations –Running Records

 Preand post activities for using running records to record

Observation.

Pre: Use narrative notes to help you remember important details

and issue associated with the child or the observation situation.

Post: Record your impressions from the observation, in addition to

the details and descriptions of the observed behavior.
THANK YOU! 