Assessment and

Evaluation in Social
Studies
Mr. Kenneth M. Cuyom
Mr. Kenneth M. Cuyom

🞆 Resident of Calaca, Batangas

🞆 Graduate of Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in Social Studies (2015)

🞆 Licensed Professional Teacher (2015)

🞆 Master of Arts in Economics (present)

🞆 Sisters of Mary of Baneux (2015-2017)

🞆 Far Eastern College – Silang (2017 – 2021)

Rules:

🞆 Attend scheduled synchronous classes

🞆 Accomplished asynchronous task on or before due

🞆 Open camera during synchronous classes

🞆 Should be in the online class on time (15 minutes grace period)

🞆 Should come prepare especially during the discussions

Assessment and
Evaluation in Social
Studies
Mr. Kenneth M. Cuyom
Course Code SOCS 69
Course Title Assessment and Evaluation in Social Studies
Pre-requisite Assessment in Learning 2
Credit units 3 units
Course Description The course guides the students to demonstrate understanding on the principles,
theories and different methods of assessment procedures in education. It will equip
students to gain knowledge, skills and competencies in developing and utilizing
appropriate and effective traditional and authentic assessment tools for
formative and summative assessment/evaluation of learners’ performances. It will
also guide the students apply current and global trends in assessment and evaluation.
Introduction: The Nature of Educational
Assessment

🞆 Definition of terms
🞆 Distinction among measurement, assessment and evaluation
🞆 Principles of assessment
🞆 Characteristics of modern educational assessment
🞆 The need and purpose of evaluation
Roles of Assessment in the Teaching of Social
Sciences

🞆 The Role of Assessment in the Teaching of Social Sciences

🞆 Recent Trends in Classroom Assessment
🞆 Assessment Standards for Teachers
🞆 Properties of Assessment Methods
🞆 Ethics in Assessment
Assessment and Evaluation of Social Science
Learning

🞆 Informative Evaluation of Learning in Social Science

Factors in Constructing Evaluative Instruments

🞆 Type of measuring instrument to use

🞆 Length of Instrument
🞆 Range of Difficulty
🞆 Time Limits
🞆 Objectives to be Assessed
🞆 Arrangement of Items
🞆 Scoring Procedure
🞆 Method of Recording and Reporting Assessment Results
Development of Assessment Tools

🞆 Knowledge and Reasoning

🞆 Item Analysis and Validation
Authentic and Alternative Assessment Methods

🞆 Portfolio Assessment Methods

🞆 Process and Product Oriented Performance– Based Assessment
🞆 Grading and Reporting System
TASK:

🞆 Think of one particular lesson/topic under Social Studies and identify the best assessment tool to use to
assess learning. Discuss your answer using 200- words essay
RUBRIC

Outstanding Good Fair Poor

Well written and very Writes clear. Good Minimal effort. Minimal Somewhat unclear.
organized. Excellent grammar mechanics. grammar mechanics. Shows little effort. Poor
grammar mechanics. Good presentation and Fair presentation. grammar mechanics.
Clear and concise organization. Few supporting details. Confusing and choppy,
statements. Sufficient effort and incomplete sentences.
Excellent effort and detail. No organization of
presentation with detail. thoughts.
Demonstrates a
thorough understanding
of the topic.