What is formative assessment?
Formative assessments refers to measurements and conclusions that are made during the course of a learning program. This method is intended to determine whether or not an existing learning program is functioning satisfactorily or should be modified before it is completed.
What is summative assessments?
Summative assessment refers to measurement made at the end of a learning unit or learning program. It will result in final judgment about the achievement of learners and the effectiveness of learning activities.
Criterion
Criterion referenced assessments are intended to determin whether or not a learner has achieved an objectively set level of competence.
Norm
Norm referensed assessments are usually selected when learners are studying material for which there is no agreement on what a person must know
Self-referenced
Self-referenced assessments are used when the learning goals are personal.
Self-directed learning
People that are self-directed learners take the initiative and the responsibility for what occurs. They are able to manage and asses their own learning activities.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Blog #1 Constructivist vs. Positivist
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that seeks to define "knowlege," that seeks to explain what is means "to know" something, that seeks to understand how humans come to "know" things.
Positivist believe knowledge to be a thing. They say it's born of scientific investigation. Certain facts, truths, relationships exist and they can be found if we explore the world. Knowledge constitutes factual and verifiable information. Knowledge and information are the same thing.
Constructivist believe knowledge can be defined as something very different from verifiable facts. When talking about knowledge it is the meaning assigned to facts that matter not just the facts. The facts are inert and meaningless until we attempt to interpret them and make them into a coherent picture. Knowledge is a matter of human interpretations. There is no knowledge with out a knower.
I identify with the Positivist. I believe that facts speak for themselves and don't change due to human interpretation. No matter what people think things will stay the same.
Positivist believe knowledge to be a thing. They say it's born of scientific investigation. Certain facts, truths, relationships exist and they can be found if we explore the world. Knowledge constitutes factual and verifiable information. Knowledge and information are the same thing.
Constructivist believe knowledge can be defined as something very different from verifiable facts. When talking about knowledge it is the meaning assigned to facts that matter not just the facts. The facts are inert and meaningless until we attempt to interpret them and make them into a coherent picture. Knowledge is a matter of human interpretations. There is no knowledge with out a knower.
I identify with the Positivist. I believe that facts speak for themselves and don't change due to human interpretation. No matter what people think things will stay the same.
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