Affective Assessment

Dr. Edward E. Babasa

 What is affective assessment?
• It deals with the affect dimension of students’
learning.
• The word affective comes from the Latin word
“affectus” which means feelings
• It includes a host of constructs such as
attitudes, values, beliefs, opinions, interests
and motivation – they are the non-cognitive
outcomes of learning that are not easily seen
or explicitly demonstrated.
• The type of assessment in this domain is not
aimed to determine what the students have
learned. Rather, it looks into how students feel
while they are learning., have their learning
experiences have influenced their emotions
and future behavior.
• Teaching is not only imparting content
knowledge that requires cognition. It is also
knowing and understanding students as
learners and humans.
• Unlike cognitive and psychomotor assessment,
affective assessment does not determine the
grades the students get. It rather helps
teachers determine what steps need to be
taken to help students attain success.
Taxonomy of Affective Domain in Learning

• Receiving – learner demonstrates an

awareness in an activity that is happening
such that he gives attention to that activity
• Responding – the learner reacts to a given
stimulus or information that has been
received.
• Valuing – learner demonstrates commitment
to the object, knowledge or activity. The
learner internalizes a set of specific values.
• Organizing – learner has internalized and
integrated his or her feelings, emotions,
beliefs, opinions resulting to actions where
new values and traits emerged
• The learner is able to discern independently
the right from wrong
• Characterizing – the learner demonstrates
his / her beliefs and attitudes not only in a
single event or situation but in multiple
events, showing consistency of behavior that
establishes his image or character.
 Affective variables in learning
1. Attitudes – we refer to a person’s reaction
whether negative or positive, favorable or
unfavorable toward an object, activity, person
or environment
2. Values and Beliefs
• Values are characteristics or traits that a
person holds in high importance. These
include principles that one considers to be
right and consequently which guides the
person’s future actions and decisions.
• Beliefs refer to our convictions or opinions we
hold to be true even without evidence.
• While beliefs are traditionally associated with
religion, they have been talked about in the
field of education. Beliefs emanate from what
one hears, sees, needs and experiences.
• Values are developed from beliefs. Beliefs and
values can change over time from learned
experiences.
3. Interest – is a psychological state that draws a
person’s attention to an object, idea or event.
• It is interest that drives the learner to be
attentive to the topic of discussion
• Interest may be personal or situational.
4. Motivation is an inner drive, impulse,
emotion, or desire that moves one to a
particular action. It arouses and sustains
behavior.
5. Self-confidence – refers to how a person feels
about his / her abilities to accomplish a task or
reach a goal. It is the person’s perception of
himself / herself and his /her capabilities to
perform successfully the task given to him /
her.
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