Instruction design and assessment

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We were just looking at the posibility of writing workable objectives around which our instruction could be based. But how do we know we are on course. The current phase - phase 4 i believe provides the answer to this.

This phase looks at placing checks that informs us and learners on their progress with the instruction. This usually comes in the form of assessment.

In all, the designer could use any, or a combination of any of the following kinds of assessment:
formative assessmenst
confirmative assessment
and summative assessment
Formative Assessment
This kind of assessment is given during the instructional process. Its purpose is to provide the instructor and learners information they could use to adjust teaching and leaning, while they are happening. It informs teachers and students about students understanding at a point when timely adjustments can be made to ensure that, students achieve, targeted standards-based learning goals within a set time frame. Formative assessment can easily be taught of as "practice".
Summative Assement
This is given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and do not know. It often comes in the form of end of section/topic test, end of term test, end of year test or any other standard tests taken at the end of studies.
Confirmaive Assessment
It is used to determine the degree to which instructional obejectives are being achieved. The difference between this and the summative assessment are that, in the case of the former, it measures how much has been achieved after the training, whilst the later meausres how much is being achieved.

Comparing this to the formative, formative often looks at the process and possible adjustments that can be made and not neccessarily on the achievement levels.

Now how do we assess?
Formative assessment can be conducted regulaly prior to the completion of instruction in the forms of obeservatrion, online transcript analysis, quizzes, achievemnet tests, surveys, interviews, checklists, peer appraisal, student self-assessment.

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