In teaching we have to kinds of assessment that are
formal and informal. Informal Assessment is
when we observe students all time in the classroom, how they interact and use
the language. While formal assessment is
when the students made a quiz or any piece of work that has to be graded.
Into formal assessment
we have many tools that can be apply to our students like: diagnostic test which are done at the beginning of the course to
know the level of the student, other is the placement
test where we can know in which level the students can be or move according
the knowledge of the language. The one which is very current is the progress test which is done in every
unit of the book and teacher can give feedback to the students to satisfy the
lacking of knowledge of certain content. Other types of tests are the achievement or summative which is taken
at the end of the course. Finally, we the proficiency
test the one which grated language competence of a student; inside of a
those tests we have many questions like multiple-choice
questions, gap-fill that require specific information, this kind of
question are named objective tasks because they
have just one answer. On the other hand, we have the subjective tasks that do not have a
specific answer and it is a student’s production.
It does not
matter what kind of test we as teacher use, only objective of those it to know
how fluent and accurate is a students in the target language, and also to find
possible problems or misunderstanding that students can acquire in the learning
process.
Use these links for more information:
- http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR836/MR836.ch3.pdf
- http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/teaching-strategies/assessment/tasks.cfm
- http://education.qld.gov.au/staff/learning/diversity/teaching/assessment.htm
- http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/07/
I agree with you Estefania, it doesn´t matter what kind of test as teacher can use because the most important here is how students can prove their knowledge too.However, in my personal opinion ,students should be tested every class with informal assessment cause it is more useful and practical for me ... NICE informations Estefania ... thanks ...
ReplyDeleteDear Estefanía,
ReplyDeleteYour article has useful information for teachers because we have to into account that Assessment is integral to the teaching–learning process, facilitating student learning and improving instruction, and can take a variety of forms. Classroom assessment is generally divided into three types: assessment for learning, assessment of learning and assessment as learning.
Great Job.