portfolio - ANSWERA collection of students' work put together for the purposes of assessment. It may include samples of classwork, homework, texts, & audio/video recordings (i.e. digital/online portfolio). May also include some form of self-assessment &/or reflection, e.g. European Language Portfol...
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portfolio - ANSWERA collection of students' work put together for the purposes of
assessment. It may include samples of classwork, homework, texts, & audio/video
recordings (i.e. digital/online portfolio). May also include some form of self-
assessment &/or reflection, e.g. European Language Portfolio.
initial test - ANSWERMeasures new students' knowledge, skills, &/or competencies.
Useful for allocating students to an appropriate level or type of class/group. May also
be used diagnostically to help formulate a course plan.
formative assessment - ANSWERUmbrella term for measuring knowledge, skills,
&/or competencies that have been taught or are being taught from a syllabus.
Provides feedback to the teacher & typically involves giving corrective, directive, &/or
epistemic feedback to students. Used to inform current &/or future teaching, i.e. to
modify/adapt current &/or future techniques & strategies in order to optimise teaching
& learning. A central component of, e.g. Direct Instruction & Dynamic Assessment.
summ aptitude test - ANSWERMeasures students' ability to learn rather than current
level of learning, e.g. IQ tests, dynamic assessment, n-back tests, working memory
capacity tests.
achievement test - ANSWERMeasures students' performance at the end of a period
of study, e.g. unit, week, term, or year, in order to evaluate efficacy of students'
studying, teachers' teaching, &/or curriculum design, i.e. if a few students perform
poorly, it is their responsibility but if most students perform poorly it is the teaching's
&/or curriculum's responsibility.
ative assessment - ANSWERUmbrella term for measuring specific knowledge, skills,
&/or competencies that have been taught from a syllabus. Typically provides
feedback to students in the form of a grade. Informs students of how well they are
performing/learning.
summative test - ANSWERMeasures knowledge, skills, &/or competencies that have
been taught from a syllabus. Typically provides feedback in the form of a grade.
Informs students of how well they are performing/learning.
formative test - ANSWERMeasures knowledge, skills, &/or competencies that have
been taught from a syllabus. Used to inform planning for future teaching, i.e.
strengths & weaknesses in teaching or learning or both, e.g. achievement tests can
be used in this way.
objective test - ANSWERMeasures with items that have predetermined right & wrong
answers. e.g. multiple choice questions, gap fills, sentence transformations. Higher
practicality.
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