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Classifying Evaluation Instruments
General Objective:
Learners will become familiar with a variety
of evaluation instruments
Specific Learning Objectives: Learners will be able to classify
a number of evaluation strategies based on the five kinds of evaluation.
Content
You have listed a number of familiar evaluation instruments and
added to the list those that I provided. You know the five classification
of evaluation. Now using the five classifications, classify the
evaluation instruments. Below is one way to chart this information.
| Informal | Formal |
Diagnostic | | |
Formative | | |
Summative | | |
Below is a set of answers
| Informal | Formal |
Diagnostic | Pretest Diagnostic test |
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Formative | Discussions Panels Questions
and answers Horseshoe debates Symposiums Demonstrations
Buzz groups Observations Practice exercise Structured
experiences Learners self-evaluations Learners peer evaluations
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Summative | | Final examinations - using
all types of questions - essays, short answers, multiple choice,
true/false, matching, sentence completion) Assignments -
thematic research, informal summary, bibliography, literature
review, summary, term papers, case study, essays Essays
Checklists Projects Oral tests Laboratory/shop activities
(could use checklists and demonstrations of skills) Demonstrations
Presentations Practical work - projects, laboratory sessions,
presentations, training report |
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