Question

Which perspective of assessment focuses on providing ongoing feedback to students and teachers to improve learning DURING instruction and emphasizes assessment as a process of metacognition?

• A. Assessment of Learning
• B. Assessment as Learning
• C. Assessment for Learning
• D. Diagnostic Assessment

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Assessment for Learning

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING - DURING INSTRUCTION

• Provides ongoing feedback to students and teachers to improve learning during instruction.

• Focuses on the learners and emphasizes assessment as a process of metacognition (knowledge of one's own thought processes).

•  Stems from the idea that learning is an active process of cognitive restructuring through interaction with new ideas, not just passive knowledge transfer.

• Learners are the critical connectors between assessment and learning.

•  For effective understanding, learners must become critical assessors who:

  1. Make sense of information.

  2. Relate it to prior knowledge.

  3. Use it for new learning.

The five principles for 'Assessment for Learning' include: 

1. The active involvement of learners in their own learning 

2. The provision of effective feedback to learners 

3. Adjusting teaching to take account of the results of assessment 

4. Recognition of the profound influence assessment has on learners motivation and self-esteem 

5. The need for learners to be able to assess themselves and understand how to improve

Assessment for learning :- 

• It is a continuous process

• It is a formative assessment

• Assessment for learning fosters independent, confident, lifelong learners.