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AED3701 ASSIGNMENT 1
Indicate the correct option from the choices available in every question below. Indicate your
choice by writing the correct alphabet next to the question number (e.g., 1.11. A). This
question assesses your understanding of assessment theory as contained in the module
content.
1.1The following analogy is used to explain assessment in teaching and learning in a school
context, namely that assessment is the vehicle taking learning forward. Why is assessment also
described as a journey in this analogy? Indicate which statement answers this best:
a) In school, learning is like moving from one place to another, from not knowing to knowing about a
topic in CAPS. Assessment helps on such a journey.
b) To come to understand assessment is a route on which student teachers travel to become
assessors.
c) Understanding and being able to apply assessment theory is something that develops along the
way. The way along which we learn how to assess learners effectively is a journey
d) In school, every year, the teacher and the learners in a class are on a joint journey towards the
final examination at the end of the year.
1.2. Which of the four curriculum developments is best described by the following: It describes the
curriculum in terms of aims and topics, content is prescribed very specifically, and in great detail,
and assessment is described in meticulous prescriptions regarding the types, weights, and numbers
of assessments, with many guidelines. Focused on the achievement of learning objectives a) Pre-
C2005
b) C2005
c) RNCS
d) CAPS
1.3. Indicate which statement does not fit the definition of assessment as defined in CAPS:
a) Assessment information is particularly used to understand and thereby assist the teacher to
improve the process of learning and teaching.
b) Assessment may take various forms.
c) Assessment is a continuous, planned process of identifying, gathering, and interpreting
information about the performance of learners
d) Assessment involves generating and collecting evidence of achievement, evaluating this
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evidence, recording the findings, and using this information in four steps.
1.4. Indicate which term or phrase is described by the statement below: An approach to using
various kinds of assessment tasks throughout the school year to assess learners in terms of real-life
tasks or simulations to assess their ability to apply learning content and skills to various contexts. a)
Continuous assessment
b) Formative assessment
c) Summative assessment
d) Authentic assessment
1.5. An assessment is regarded to be valid when
a) the evidence is produced by the candidates assessed and nobody else and withno
assistance from anybody else.
b) the evidence produced is enough for the assessor to make a
substantiatedjudgment.
c) the evidence is recently produced or relatively ‘’fresh’’.
d) None of the above.
1.6. Which one of the following is a characteristic of traditional assessment in terms of classroom
management?
a) Integrated
b) One-shot
c) Feedback comes quickly
d) References are available
1.7. Which of the questions used in planning credible formal assessments is most Important
because it determines most other decisions?
a) Where, when, and how will assessment(s) take place (during the lesson,
after thethe lesson, at home) and why?
b) What is the purpose of this assessment (what should learners be able
todemonstrate – knowledge, skills, values); and with what curriculum content and
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AED3701 ASSIGNMENT 1
Indicate the correct option from the choices available in every question below. Indicate your
choice by writing the correct alphabet next to the question number (e.g., 1.11. A). This
question assesses your understanding of assessment theory as contained in the module
content.
1.1The following analogy is used to explain assessment in teaching and learning in a school
context, namely that assessment is the vehicle taking learning forward. Why is assessment also
described as a journey in this analogy? Indicate which statement answers this best:
a) In school, learning is like moving from one place to another, from not knowing to knowing about a
topic in CAPS. Assessment helps on such a journey.
b) To come to understand assessment is a route on which student teachers travel to become
assessors.
c) Understanding and being able to apply assessment theory is something that develops along the
way. The way along which we learn how to assess learners effectively is a journey
d) In school, every year, the teacher and the learners in a class are on a joint journey towards the
final examination at the end of the year.
1.2. Which of the four curriculum developments is best described by the following: It describes the
curriculum in terms of aims and topics, content is prescribed very specifically, and in great detail,
and assessment is described in meticulous prescriptions regarding the types, weights, and numbers
of assessments, with many guidelines. Focused on the achievement of learning objectives a) Pre-
C2005
b) C2005
c) RNCS
d) CAPS
1.3. Indicate which statement does not fit the definition of assessment as defined in CAPS:
a) Assessment information is particularly used to understand and thereby assist the teacher to
improve the process of learning and teaching.
b) Assessment may take various forms.
c) Assessment is a continuous, planned process of identifying, gathering, and interpreting
information about the performance of learners
d) Assessment involves generating and collecting evidence of achievement, evaluating this
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evidence, recording the findings, and using this information in four steps.
1.4. Indicate which term or phrase is described by the statement below: An approach to using
various kinds of assessment tasks throughout the school year to assess learners in terms of real-life
tasks or simulations to assess their ability to apply learning content and skills to various contexts. a)
Continuous assessment
b) Formative assessment
c) Summative assessment
d) Authentic assessment
1.5. An assessment is regarded to be valid when
a) the evidence is produced by the candidates assessed and nobody else and withno
assistance from anybody else.
b) the evidence produced is enough for the assessor to make a
substantiatedjudgment.
c) the evidence is recently produced or relatively ‘’fresh’’.
d) None of the above.
1.6. Which one of the following is a characteristic of traditional assessment in terms of classroom
management?
a) Integrated
b) One-shot
c) Feedback comes quickly
d) References are available
1.7. Which of the questions used in planning credible formal assessments is most Important
because it determines most other decisions?
a) Where, when, and how will assessment(s) take place (during the lesson,
after thethe lesson, at home) and why?
b) What is the purpose of this assessment (what should learners be able
todemonstrate – knowledge, skills, values); and with what curriculum content and
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