FOI (D) Assessment and Critique

Question 1

What are the general characteristics of effective assessment?

Answer 1

“FACTSOCO”
Flexible
Acceptable
Comprehensive
Thoughtful
Specific
Organized
Constructive
Objective

Question 2

Describe Flexible:

Answer 2

Should evaluate the entire performance in the context it was accomplished, know what to say, what to omit, what to stress

Question 3

Describe Aceptable:

Answer 3

The student must accept the instructor before they will accept the assessment. They must have confidence in their instructors

Question 4

Describe Comprehensive:

Answer 4

Must cover both strengths and weaknesses, not be too long but cover everything

Question 5

Describe Thoughtful:

Answer 5

The assessment reflects the instructor’s thoughtfulness towards the students feelings, Not unnecessarily rude or critical, the student seeks approval and self esteem

Question 6

Describe Specific:

Answer 6

Students will know exactly what they did well, and what they did poorly, and They KNOW how to IMPROVE it

Question 7

Describe Organized:

Answer 7

Follows a logical pattern (more or less in the order of the flight or lesson)

Question 8

Describe Constructive:

Answer 8

Use praise (Don’t over use it) to reinforce positives and do not use negative comments, they will not point towards improvement, instructor supplies positive guidance for correction.

Question 9

Describe Objective:

Answer 9

The assessment is focused on the performance of the student alone, and not the student

Question 10

What is assessment?

Answer 10

the ability to continuously analyze, appraise, and judge a student’s performance.

Question 11

What is the purpose of an assessment? /Why is it important? 4 components

Answer 11

• Provide the instructor and student with information on how well the student is progressing.
• Provides the student with usable feedback
• Contributes to development of ADM by helping students to self assess
• Helps the instructor see where more emphasis is needed.

Question 12

Briefly describe the two categories of assessment.

Answer 12

Traditional: written tests. Used to determine ROTE or UNDERSTANDING levels of knowledge.

Authentic: Students perform real world tasks, must apply meaningful application of knowledge. Used to demonstrate higher levels of learning such as APPLICATION or CORRELATION.

Question 13

What is the most common means of assessment?

Answer 13

Oral Questioning (direct and indirect)

Question 14

What is a fact question?

Answer 14

Based on memory or recall, who what where and when

Question 15

What is a HOTS question?

Higher order thinking skills

Answer 15

These questions involve why or how and require students to correlate knowledge and skills to come up with solutions

Question 16

What are the characteristics to effective questions?

Answer 16

“ABCAP”
Apply to subject of instruction
Brief and concise but clear and definite
Center on only one idea (who, what, when, how, why, but not a combination)
Adapted to the ability and experience of the student
Present a challenge to the student

Question 17

What are some types of questions to avoid?

Answer 17

“BITTOP”
Bewilderment
Irrelevant 
Trick
Toss-up
Oversize
Puzzle

Question 18

What are some aspects of a good critique?

Answer 18

Considers both good and bad performance, considers individual parts and overall, can be oral or written, come immediately after performance for easier recall.

Question 19

What are the various kinds of critiques?

Answer 19

“SWIISS”
Self- Critique
Written Critique
Instructor/ Student Critique (IP leads group discussion in which members of the class are invited to assist)
Individual Student Critique by another student
Student Lead Critique
Small group critique (class splits up into groups, with each group being assigned a specific performance to analyze)