Correct Answer - Option 1 : Formative
Evaluation refers to the assessment of a student's progress towards stated objectives, the efficiency of the teaching, and the effectiveness of the curriculum.
- Evaluation plays an important role in the teaching-learning process.
- In learning, it contributes to the formulation of objectives, designing of learning experiences, and assessment of learner performance.
- It provides accountability to society, parents, and the education system.
Education is aimed at the all-round development of children. Keeping this in mind, the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) introduced the CCE(Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation).
- The CCE process is made up of formative and summative assessment components.
- Curricular achievements cover activities in subject-specific areas, whereas co-curricular achievements include life skills, abilities in co-curricular areas, attitudes, and values.
Formative evaluation:- Formative evaluation enables teachers to track each student’s progress in academic subjects as well as co-scholastic areas such as life skills, attitudes and values, and extra-curricular activities. Schools and teachers are advised not to restrict formative assessment to paper and pencil tests. Instead, teachers are mandated to use other means of testing such as quizzes, puzzles, project work, practicals, and assignments.
Purpose of Formative Evaluation:-
- It is used to monitor the learning process of students during the period of instruction.
- It provides continuous feedback to both teachers and students concerning learning successes and failures while instruction is in process.
- It diagnosis the weak spots of learning and teaching.
- It is effective for the assessment of both curricular and co-curricular achievements.
Hence, it can be concluded that the formative method of evaluation is effective for assessment of both curricular and co-curricular achievements.
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A comprehensive evaluation is used for assessing various learning outcomes like knowledge, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It is also used to evaluate learners’ progress in all three domains i.e. cognitive, affective, and psycho-motor.
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Aptitude:- This assessment will measure overall cognitive ability.
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Diagnostic:-A diagnostic assessment is a form of pre-assessment where teachers can evaluate students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills before their instruction.
