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WHAT TO ASSESS
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BOOK NAME
Topic 2
WHAT TO ASSESS
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STRUCTURE
WHAT TO ASSESS
Introduction
2.1 Identifying behaviours to be assessed
2.1.1 The pathway to designing curriculum
2.1.2 Three types of learning
2.2 Assessing cognitive learning outcomes
2.3 Assessing affective learning outcomes
2.4Assessing the psychomotor learning outcomes
2.5 The ABCD of instructional objectives 2.5.1 The dos and the donts of Instructional Objectives
2.5.2 Steps for stating instructional objectives
2.6 Alignment between objectives, instructions and assessment
2.7 Important trends in what is to be assessed
2.8 Summary
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TOPIC2What to Assess?
WHAT TO ASSESS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this topic, you should e !leto"
1.Identify the behaviour whih needs to be
assessed.
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I0TROUCTIO0
Educational assessment is a process to gather information, which enables
us to understand whether the target subject have attained the learning
objectives.
Specification of Learning Objectives and Outcomes can make a teachers way toteaching much more effective.
The shift of approach nowadays is towards the overall development of a pupil.
The teaching and learning are all through the perspective of a pupil as he is the one
who gets appraised for his performance.
The chapter below throws light on this aspect of learning.
We learn about the need for identifying behaviour to be assessed and the
classification of behaviour into cognitive, affective and psychomotor type.
We also study the way to write down the learning outcomes, the Dos and the
Donts.
Finally we see the trends in educational assessment.
2.1 IDENTIFYING BEHAVIOURS TO BE ASSESSED5
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The right way of teaching brings out the desired outcome from the students.
The desired learning outcome could be knowledge, skills, application of knowledge or
attitude.
Assessment is of the utmost importance in the process of learning. A sound assessment is th
one wherein the assessment methods are closely and directly related to the intended learnin
objectives.
Instructional goals and objectives are instrumental for teaching process as well as assessm
process in education.
There are primarily three important reasons:
a)To communicate the intention of the instruction to the subject reading or studying it.
b)To aid the process of learning and teaching.
c)To outline the guideline for assessing the student learning.
Instructional objectives emphasise and lay an outline of the performance desired from
students at the end of learning, either a chapter or a book or a passage.
A list of properly stated instructional goals and objectives definitely describes the intend
learning outcomes in terms of performance.
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In a simple form, it is the description of what a particular student is expected to learn at
end of teachers classes or his /her set of instructions.
In other words, it is concerned with the focus on learning objectives rather than the learni
experience and is concerned with the understanding of the student about a subject.
2.1.1 THE PATHWAY TO DESIGNING CURRICULUM
Behavioural Psychology has been the backbone of conceptualisation and designing of the te
sine 1920s till recently.
According to behavioural psychology, learning is a hierarchial phenomenon. Behaviou
psychology lays emphasis on development of lower level skills to acquire the higher-ord
skills.
Hence, learning outcomes are often defined in small steps or decomposed form in order to
the higher level of specification in learning outcomes.
The example of application of behavioural psychologists approach to education can be stat
the task to be done, teaching the students about the ways to do the task and finally assess
student by subjecting them to the test on the task.
This is also an example of criterion reference mastery tests mentioned in the previo
chapter.
Behavioural psychologist approach gauges only the external observable behaviour rather th
the thinking power.
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The theory revolves around the basis that all behaviours are learned through associating
events with consequences.
But the questions like What about the problem solving abilities one has? , which were
answered by the behavioural psychological approach spearheaded the need to discover a m
comprehensive approach or cognitive approach towards learning and development.
Cognitive researchers are of the opinion that learning of the most basic skills also require
complete involvement of student in various ways of comprehension, analysis and application
The cognitive perspective of learning has brought in a change in the assessment. It focuses
learning outcomes which are more general in nature like comprehension, problem solv
skills, decision making etc.
So in a journey of designing a curriculum or finding ways to design the learning outcomes
perspective has had a paradigm shift from very specific approach of applying behaviou
psychology to the more general approach called as cognitive approach.
Thus, behaviours to be assessed, during education, were not limited to the observa
behaviour but assessment of an overall mental capacity of a person.
Practically, an intermediate approach is required to be devised to form the guidelines
assessment.
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2.1.2 THREE TYPES OF LEARNING
In the year 1948, Convention of the American Psychological Association, which is
a group of college examiners, brought forth how the classification of educational
goals is useful for evaluation of students performance.
Dr.Benjamin Bloom, educational psychologist, in the year 1956 fathered the
phenomenon called Blooms taxonomy which was primarily meant to classify
the educational objectives that could be set by teachers for students, into three
domains, Cognitive domain which refers to the know function of the body
(head), the Affective Domain which refers to the feeling function of the body
(heart) and the psychomotor which refers to the doing function of the body
(legs/hands).
Blooms taxonomy of Educational objectives is fundamental and essential to
design educational, learning and training processes and curriculum as it
emphasises on the other aspects of learning like comprehension, knowledge,
analysing, application and synthesis rather than being rote learning which was
the earliest form of education.
The classification of educational goals or learning is divided into 3 categories:
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Cognitivedomain
Knowledge Comprehension
Application Analsis !val"ation #nthesis
a)Cognitive learning: It deals with the ability to acquire knowledge, intellectual
skills etc.
b)Affective learning: It deals with the attitudes, interests of a person.
c)Psychomotor learning: It is related to perpetual skills of a human being.
Each of the categories was further divided intoisubcategories as represented in
the diagram below.
2.2ASSESSING COGNITIVE LEARNING
OUTCOMES
Blooms
taxonomy is of
immense importance to the teachers as it lets the teacher ask herself what she/he
is asking the students to do and for what purpose.
Assessing cognitive learning outcome necessarily means understanding the level
of performance in the areas mentioned above. All teachers should know how to
construct the lessons by using these domains and make teaching effective.
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% &ords 'tili(ed )* Know+ ,denti-+ dene +recall+memorise+ repeat+recognise+ac/"ire etc.
Knowledge)*Knowing a0o"t st"d material and retrieving the same
% 1er0s 'tili(ed)* 2estate+recognise+ e3plain+ !3press +4isc"ss +descri0e+ill"strate+interpret+represent etc.
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% 1er0s "sed)*Appl+ relate+calc"late+ show+e3hi0it+demonstrate etc
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% 1er0s "sed) Analsed+ Compare+ 7ro0e+,nvestigate
Analsis)*5he a0ilit to categori(e and 0rea6down the comple3str"ct"re
% 1er0s "sed)* Compose+ Assem0le+Create+ 7repare+ Com0ine+originate +derive
#nthesis)* 5he a0ilit to p"t parts in a wa to ma6e a new whole
% &ords 'tili(ed )* 8"dge+ Assess+Compare+ 4ecide+Appraise+1alidate
!val"ation)* 5he a0ilit to chec6 or 9"dge
A:ective4omain o-learning
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The above diagram represents the sub categories of how the verbs can be used for
the affective learning outcomes.
Assessing the Affective learning outcome
o Receiving means the ability of the learner to sense the stimuli
o Responding refers to how actively the learner is acknowledging the stimuli and
showing participation
o Valuing means the learners attitude or commitment to the program
o Organising means how effectively he arranges the values and beliefs
o Characterisation refers to the Internalisation of values taught
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
Write a short note on the three types of learning.
2.4 ASSESSING THE PSYCHOMOTOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
Psychomotor Learning outcome refers to the functions like reflex action, and
imperative movements. This also means natural responses.
These are the objectives concerned with the physical movements where there is a
coordination of the body and mind to encode information and used to express the
concepts.
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The Assessment of the Psychomotor Learning Outcome
o Reflex Movements: Objectives here refer to the involuntary and
instantaneous response to the stimuli
o Fundamental movements: Objectives here refer to the gross movements like
running, walking, jogging etc.
o Perceptual Abilities: Related to the ability to take in the information and react
to it
o Physical Abilities: Outcomes in this context should describe the strength of a
person, his endurance, agility and dexterity
o Skilled Movements: Objectives here , should exemplify the skills required
for dance, sports, or the different forms of art
ACTIVITY
Recall some verbs from Blooms taxonomy and segregate them according to
knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
2.5 THE ABCD OF INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Let us take a quick look at the method of identifying the instructional objective
which can be the most effective for teaching and assessment.
Whenever listing the instructional objectives one must ask the following questions
which can serve as a criteria:
A)Whether all the outcomes of the subject are well covered in the objectives?
B)Whether the objectives are in coherence with the standards set by the
educational bodies for which the course or teaching program is conducted?
C)Whether the educational objectives suit the targeted audience of a particular age
group, whether it is in the interest of the students, whether those conform to the
principle of retention and principle of transfer?
D)Whether the objectives are realistic in terms of student capabilities?
Thus, ABCD of instructional objectives refers to its completeness, the
appropriateness, the soundness, and feasibility.
2.5.1 THE DOS AND DONTS
The Dos The Donts
a)Whenever stating the learning
outcome state these in terms of how
the student is expected to perform
E.g. : The students would be able to
define the concept
a)Whenever stating the learning
outcome do not state using
teachers performance
E.g. : The teacher will teach the
concept
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#tating the generalinstr"ctional o09ectives% #tate each general o09ective as the
desired learning o"tcome% 'se ver0s li6e 6nows etc at the
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Table 1.1: The dos and donts of instructional objectives
2.5.2 STEPS FOR STATING INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
DosIt is a two step process:
a)Stating the General Instructional Objectives
b)Stating the Specific Instructional Objectives
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2.6ALIGNMENT BETWEEN
OBJECTIVES,INSTRUCTIONS & ASSESSMENT
The learning objectives are the foundational stones over which lays the framework
of instruction and assessment.
Learning objectives aid the teacher to explain what the expected performance of a
student is, after the sequential instructions classes so as to further help
assessment. This defines the intent for what the teacher is teaching the student.
The more aligned the statement of objectives is to the intended performance we
can have precision in instructions and assessment.
2.7IMPORTANT TRENDS IN WHAT IS TO BE
ASSESSED
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i%ure 1.+ Trends in assess&ent
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These are the few new trends in what needs to be assessed.
As seen in the figure above it started from more stress on the skills and abilities,
lots of project based activities and mostly group activities. The assessment
revolves around the overall personality development through various arts and
sports.
Courses and curriculum exclusively state what is expected from the student than
letting the students decide or derive the output on their own.
The shift of approach is from mere teacher oriented objectives to student learning
outcome.
2.8SUMMARY
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Instructional goals and learning outcomes are central to teaching, learning and
assessment of a student performance. We cannot generalise the learning or
simplify it by the two approaches viz. behavioural psychologist approach or
cognitive approach respectively.
But finding a mid-way between the two approaches will definitely make sure
that the overall development or progress is being assessed.
In this chapter we studied how important it is to identify the behaviour to be
assessed.
We also came to know how to prepare the instructional objectives.
A)By stating the General Instructional objectives.
B)Defining each general objective with more specific learning outcome
We also learnt about the various types of domains of learning and the
various verbs used while defining the objectives.
The thrust was also on the important points to be looked after when writing
learning objectives.
We now understand the various trends in the assessment and that precision in
writing educational objectives will always yield the intended outcome.
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KEY TERMS
EXERCISES
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Summarise the meaning of learning outcome.
2. Explain Blooms taxonomy.
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1.State how to write educational objective.
2 Describe cognitive, affective and psychomotor assessment.
3. Discuss the new trend in assessment.
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