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E. Attitude Scales

Attitude scales attempt to determine what an individual believes, perceives, or feels. Attitudes can be measured toward self, others, and a variety of other activities, institutions, and situations. There are

D. Test

A test is a means of measuring the knowledge, skill, feeling, intelligence, or aptitude of an individual or group. Test objectivity means that an individual's score is not

Limitations

1. Low Responses: The mailed questionnaires have lowrates. 2. Limited validity of data: If the response rate of mailed questionnaires is less than 40%, the data obtained are of limited

C. The Questionnaire

It is a data-gathering instrument through which respondent, answer questions or respond to statements in writing. It consist of series of questions or statements that are submitted to those from

Limitations of Interview

1. Expensive: Interview is comparatively a costly affair. The cost per interview is higher than any technique used to collect data. 2. Bias: Interviewer bias is the major weakness of

Advantages of Interview

1. High Responses: The percentage of response is likely to be much higher than in case of questionnaire. 2. Greater depth: It permits greater depth and provides a true picture

B. Interview:

Interview is a technique of collecting information orally form others in a face to face situation. It is a two way method which permits an exchange of ideas and information.

Limitations of observation

1. Subjectivity There is a great chance for personal prejudices and bias of the observer. 2. Less accuracy. As observation is recorded after some time of occurrence of events so

1.9 Techniques of Assessment & Evaluation

There are various instruments available which yield a wide variety of data for a wide variety of purposes. Selection of an instrument involves identification and selection of the most appropriate

4.Diagnostic Assessment

Diagnostic assessment is concerned with the persistent or recurring learning difficulties that are left unresolved by the standard corrective prescriptions of formative evaluation. If a pupil continues to fail in

3. Summative Assessment

Summative assessment typically comes at the end of a course (or unit) of instruction. It is designed to determine the extent to which the instructional objective have been achieved and

2.Formative Assessment

Formative assessment is used to monitor learning progress during instruction and to provide continuous feed back to both pupil and the teacher concerning learning successes and failures. Feedback to pupils

1.8 Types of Assessment

The way that tests and other evaluation techniques are used in classroom instruction also forms a convenient framework for describing evaluation procedures. One such classification system follows the sequence in

Inter-related Nature of Teaching and Evaluation

1.7 Need for Assessment:

The need for assessment and evaluation in education be discussed as under: 1. Selection Decisions:Jobs and seats in different organizations and institutions are limited in number. Usually, there are

1.6 Distinction between Measurement and Assessment/Evaluation

Measurement 1. Measurement is the process of obtaining a numerical description of the degree to which an individual possesses a particular characteristic. 2. It answers the question "How much?

Evaluation

Undertaking evaluation, the highest level in the hierarchy of terms, is based upon assessment interpretations of the colleted data. With the information gained from measurement and assessment, educators are in

Assessment

Assessment is broader in scope than measurement in that it involves the interpretation of measurement data. It is essentially concerned with firstly making sense out of measurement data and then