Critique and Evaluation Flashcards
Assessment
Assessment is the process of gathering measurable information to meet evaluation need. It is an essential, continuos, and ongoing component of the teaching and learning process. No skill is more important to an instructor than the ability to continuously , analyze, appraise, and judge a student’s performance
Critique and Evaluation
Assessment
Critique
Evaluation
2 broad categories of assessment
Traditional assessment
Authentic assessment
Traditional Assessment
Involves the kind of written testing, multiple choice, matching, and grading most familiar to instructors and students
Authentic assessment
Requires the student to demonstrate not just rote understanding, but also the application and correlation levels or learning. Authentic assessment generally requires the student to perform real-world tasks, and demonstrates a meaningful application of skills and competencies
Characteristics of a effective assessment
Objective
Flexible
Acceptable
Comprehensive
Constructive
Organized
Thoughtful
Specific
Objective
The effective assessment is objective and focused on student performance. It should not reflect the personal opinions, likes,disliked, or biases of the instructor
Purpose of assessment
An effective assessment provides critical information to both the instructor and the student
Both instructor and student need to know how well the student is progressing
A good assessment provides practical and specific feedback to students
Effective assessment contributes to the development of ADM
Flexible
The instructor must evaluate the entire performance of a student in the context in which it is accomplished. Sometimes a good student turns in a poor performance,and a poor performance turns into a good one
Acceptable
The student must accept the instructor in order to accept his or her assessment willingly. Students must have confidence in the instructor’s qualifications,teaching abilities, sincerity, competence and authority
Comprehensive
The instructor must decide whether the greatest benefit coms from a discussion of a few major points or a number or minor points
Constructive
An assessment is pointless unless the student benefits comes from a discussion of a few major points or a number of minor points
Organized
An assessment must be organized. Almost any pattern is acceptable, as long as it is logical and makes sense to the student
Specfic
The instructor’s comments and recommendations should be specific. Students cannot act on recommendation unless they know specifically what the recommendations are
Purpose and characteristics of an effective critique ( 3 examples)
Used in conjunction with either traditional or authentic assessment, the critique is an instructor-to-student
An effective critique considers good as well as bad performance, the individual parts, relationships of the individual parts, and the overall performance
A critique may be oral, written, or both. It should come immediately after a student’s performance, while the details of the performance are easy to recall. An instructor may critique any activity a student performs or practices to improve skill, proficiency, and learning
