ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP REVIEW

It’s the end of the semester, you are making a judgment on the student’s competence and level after an instructional phase is completed and based on a set of criteria and grading scale, so you are deciding who passes the course and who does not. What main concept is this situation associated with?

Answer explanation

Key words:

Judging students' level

Criteria

Instructional phase is completed. So...we

are taling about the evaluation concept!

You are an elementary school teacher. You constantly check on students’ understanding and knowledge throughout the whole year. You use all the information you gather to improve your instruction and students’ performance throughout the teaching and learning process. What main concept is associated with this situation?

Answer explanation

Key Words:

Costantly checking.

Gathering information

Improve instruction and learning. So... We are talking about Assessment!

It judges student learning, skill acquisition and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period.

• Formative assessment

• Alternative assessment

• Summative assessment

• Traditional assessment

The conventional method of testing which usually results in a written document, such as a quiz, exam, or paper is known as…

• Traditional assessment

• Assessment

• Alternative assessment

• Formative assessment

An assessment that requires students to generate a response to a question rather than choose from a set of responses provided to them. It requires accomplishment of complex and significant tasks.

• Formative assessment

• Alternative assessment

• Testing

• Evaluation

The use of different techniques, tools or strategies to measure and monitor students’ level of skills in specific linguistic aspects.

• Formative assessment

• Testing

• Alternative assessment

• Traditional assessment

A wide variety of methods used to collect detailed information in order to improve instruction and student’s learning while it’s happening is known as…

• Evaluation

• Summative Assessment

• Formative assessment

• Testing

CBA AND LAL: Complete the Statement with an appropriate concept:

Besides, there is recognized need in the field for teachers to reflect on their _________________________ practices, so they can recognize them, analyze them and think about how these might be improved. Hill ( 2017) provides a very useful framework for this purpose.

CBA AND LAL: Complete the Statement with an appropriate concept: :

During the course, and taking into account Herrera and Macias (2015), we have discussed the need of ____________________________ so teachers can have theoretical and practical knowledge, and an overall competence on the different aspects related to assessment.

What step of the Language Assessment Process is it?

A teacher is deciding how to score an oral interview she will do next week.

• Assessing quality of the procedure.

• Selecting the assessment procedure.

• Determining the quality of language to be produced.

• Designing items and tasks.