Correct Answer - Option 4 : Assessment should be carried out at the end of a term.
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. In assessment, the data collected over a period of time rather than on current information.
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Differentiated learning and teaching strategies refer to those strategies which fulfil the need of every individual, it is not meant to compare and rank children.
- An assessment helps a learner to know his /her learning progress or we can say in self-assessment
- It helps students to know their progress in learning and learning difficulties in different subject areas
- 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 should be carried out at the end of a term is least appropriate about assessment procedures.
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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