Our group discussed the differences and purposes of
Formative , Diagnostic and Summative Assessments.Each play an important task
for teacher and student; Diagnostic tests help in ascertaining the known learning
and Formative assessments help to inform teachers how the current lessons are
being understood. Summative assessments will summarise learning at the end of a
topic. We decided that any assessment needs to be transparent to ensure the
best possible learning outcomes for students , that it needs to be a fair and
relevant process , keeping to the topic taught. Staying on track and not being
sidelined by distraction or learning from other areas is also important when
assessing students knowledge on a set topic of learning. Keeping communications
clear and specific helps students to
prepare and will help the teacher stay focused on the learning outcomes as planned. We all agreed that
promoting learning is key and methods that are wholistic ,valid; encourage deep
learning and are practically sustainable for the student and teacher should be
employed.
we also discussed that assessment need not always be in
the form of 'tests' , and may be as simple as a few well worded questions , or
a brief discussion giving students an opportunity to share learning.
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