Edu 703 modern educational practices

EDU 703 Modern Educational Practices

Part A

Educational Evaluation and Research

Evaluation in Education

• Making Judgement about something

• Systematic Determination of a subject’s worth, merit and significance

Evaluation involves..

• Assessment

assessment refers to the

processes and product which

are used to describe the

nature and extent of some

attribute

• Measurement

measurement is the

process of assigning

numerals to objects or

qualities

Relationship between evaluation, measurement and assessment

Evaluation

Assessment

Measurement

Difference between measurement and evaluation

MEASUREMENT

• Quantitative

• Objective

• Precise and specific

• Scope is limited to scholastic

• Independent of evaluation

• Not continuous

EVALUATION

• Qualitative

• Subjective

• Interpretive and philosophical

• Unlimited to scholastic and non scholastic

• Depends on measurement

• continuous

Significance of Evaluation

• Evaluation is an important component of teaching and learning process

Instructional Objectives

Learning Experince

Evaluation


• Motivates students for better learning

• Diagnoses strength and weakness of students

• It judges effectiveness of the instruction

• It helps in determining how far the learning objectives are achieved


• It determines the rate of progress of students

• It provides the base for certifying the students

• It helps in classifying students

• It predicts the success of the student in future.


• Gives reinforcement for teacher and learners

• It is a procedure for improving the product

• It is a procedure of quality control

Functions of Evaluation

• Evaluation assesses or make appraisal of

Educational objectives,

Programmes

Curriculum

Instructional material

Performance of teachers and learners


• Evaluation enhance the quality of the teacher– It helps the teacher to find out how far they have

succeeded in their teaching

– Evaluation helps the teacher to adopt appropriate instructional Strategies


• Evaluation helps in clarifying the objectives

– Teacher will get a deeper insight into various aspects of the topic

• evaluation motivates learners

– evaluation is continuous, it gives immediate feedback and that is a reinforcement

– The trill of success act as a motivation

Functions of evaluation

• Guidance can be given on the basis of evaluation

– Evaluation makes the individual difference clear

– Specific difficulties can be identified

• Evaluation helps in bringing changes in the curriculum

Types of Evaluation

FORMATIVE EVALUATION

• Continue with instruction

• Feedback to the students as well as teachers

• Purpose is to determine the degree of mastery of a given learning task

• Eg. Unit test

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

• Done at the end of the course

• Purpose is to assess the overall performance of the students

• Uses for promotion and selection

• Eg. Semester exam

Types of Evalution

Scholastic Evaluation

• The evaluation procedure which analyses the cognitive abilities of the students

• Eg. Knowledge, understanding, application, synthesis, analysis

Co-scholastic Evaluation

• The evaluation procedure which analyses the factors like physical health, habits, interest, attitude etc. (Other than subjects)

• Eg. Study habits, literary interest, musical inteest, scientific interest, attitudes, values etc..

System of Evaluation

Introduced in Kerala

i. Evaluation of Scholastic skill

ii. Evaluation of Co-scholastic skill

iii.Evaluation of Personal and Social

Qualities

Evaluation of Co-scholastic

Skills

Subjects and their Maximum Score

Sl No: Subjects Max. Score

1 Work Experience 20

2 Art Education 20

3 Health & Physical education 20

Total 60

Evaluation of Personal & Social

QualitiesItems to be Evaluated

Sl No: Quality Grade

1 Communication Skill

2 Character & Conduct

3 Regularity

4 Group Working Skill

5 Leadership Quality

6 School Club Activities

Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE)

• CCE is an approach that aims at assessing those attributes which cannot be assessed through one attempt written examination

• Student must be evaluated continuously through out the academic year. Project work, practical, collections, assignments, seminars, internal examinations are to be considered while evaluating the student.

CCE

• Comprehensive evaluation means evaluation of the all aspects of the individual

• Students’ achievements in sports and games, art and work experience etc. should give due importance in evaluation. Personal and social qualities of the students also to be considered to evaluate the students’ performance.

CCE

Scholastic Achievements

Co- Scholastics Achievements

Personal and social qualities

Norm referenced evaluation

• The classroom test and standardised test that report test report in terms of