Question

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE ASSIGNMENT. QUESTION 1 Choose the correct option provided. Write the question number and option chosen, e.g. 1.1 (a) 1.1 Teachers use evaluation to ... learners work. (a) disqualify (b) judge (c) eliminate (d) shape (1) 1.2 Teachers use placement assessment to (a) to determine students’ performance at beginning of instruction. (b) to analyse students’ performance at the beginning of instruction. (c) to judge students’ performance at the beginning of instruction. (d) to summarise students’ performance at the beginning of instruction. (1) 1.3. Self-assessment if used appropriately can (a) help learners to take responsibility of own learning. (b) provide opportunity for learners to compete with others. (c) provide opportunity for learners to argue with their teachers. (d) provide opportunity to judge other learners learning. (1) 1.4. The process of evaluation that follows collection of assessment data involves (a) analysis and reflection. (b) analysis and summarising. (c) reflection and testing. (d) analysis and testing. 1.5. Positivist viewed knowledge as (a) certain facts. (b) certain ideas. (c) certain beliefs. (d) certain values

Answer 1

1.1 b) judge as the evaluation process means to judge the work in a given criterion

1.2 to determine students performance at the beginning of instructions as they are used for placement of students into courses and are used by determining the level of the student before assigning him to a certain course

1.3 help learners to take up the responsibility of their own learnings as the self assessment gives knowledge about learnings of the individual to himself or herself only

1.4 analysis and testing as after data is collected it is statistically compared and then the conclusion is tested

1.5 certain facts as positivism focussed on social facts