Correct Answer - Option 2 : Assessment is carried out during teaching-learning to create differentiated teaching and learning strategies.
Assessment plays a significant role in the teaching-learning process. Assessment of learning helps a teacher to design his/her teaching in a better way and to know the attainment level of learners in the subject content.
The student understands exactly what they are to learn, what is expected of them and are given feedback and advice on how to improve their work, this is also creative as feedback is given to students based on the results obtained from this assessment so that both the student and teacher can improve their learning process.
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Differentiated learning and teaching strategies refer to those strategies which fulfil the need of every individual whether it is learner, curriculum or teacher.
- An assessment helps a learner to know his /her learning progress.
- Assessment of performance of learners not only helps a teacher to make academic decisions but also provides him/her feedback on the teaching strategies adopted by him/her, his/her level of teaching.
- Assessment is the determinant of learning. Learning can be enhanced by enhancing suitable teaching-learning strategies.
- Assessment is feedback given by teachers, differentiated instructions and opportunities to respond enabled the students to develop concepts at a higher rate.
Thus from above-mentioned points, it is clear that assessment is carried out during teaching-learning to create differentiated teaching and learning strategies.
Assessment can be classified into four types on the basis of their purposes-
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Types
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Function
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Example
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Placement Assessment
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Determines possession of prerequisite skills, degree of mastery of course objectives
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Reading tests; aptitude tests
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Formative Assessment
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Determines learning progress, provide feedback for reinforcement of learning and correct learning errors
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Teacher-made mastery tests, observational techniques
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Summative Assessment
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Determines end-of-course achievement for assigning grades or certifying mastery of objectives.
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Teacher-made tests, performance rating scales; product scales.
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Diagnostic Assessment
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Determines causes (intellectual, emotional & environmental) of persistent learning difficulties.
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Published diagnostic tests, teacher-made diagnostic tests.
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