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On the basis of summative tests, a teacher is interpreting his/her students, performance in terms of their wellness life style evident in behaviour. This will be called:

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Criterion-referenced testing

To solve the given question, we need to understand various testing and evaluation methods in education. The options provided relate to different ways of assessing student performance:

  1. Formative Testing: This involves assessments conducted during a learning process for improving student learning through timely feedback. It is not about final judgement on student capabilities or behaviors.
  2. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): This assessment approach is holistic and includes both scholastic and co-scholastic areas of student development. It aims to evaluate a student's performance continuously and comprehensively over some time.
  3. Norm-referenced Testing: This assessment compares a student's performance to a larger group to see how they stand about others. It is less focused on individual capability or specific learning outcomes.
  4. Criterion-referenced Testing: This involves measuring a student's performance against a fixed set of criteria or learning standards. It judges whether students have learned a specific body of knowledge or skill.

In the context given, the teacher is interpreting students' performance based on their wellness lifestyle as seen in behavior, which aligns with evaluating them against a specific set of criteria for wellness. Thus, the correct answer is Criterion-referenced testing. This method assesses how well a student meets predetermined criteria or learning goals in a specific area, such as wellness behavior in this scenario.

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  1. Assertion (A): Formative evaluation tends to accelerate the pace of learning.

    Reason (R): As against summative evaluation, formative evaluation is highly reliable.

    Choose the correct answer from the following code:

  2. Which is the characteristic of formative evaluation?

  3. Which type of evaluation focuses on the identification of deficiencies and difficulties of the learner?

  4. Diagnostic Evaluation ascertains:

  5. Below are listed some activities performed by a teacher. Which activities are of the nature of formative evaluation?

     (a) Giving a mastery test

     (b) Conducting quiz session

     (c) Evaluating students in grading system

     (d) Providing feedback while teaching 

    (e) Encouraging students reflect more 

    Select your answer from the options given below :

  6. In the following characteristics of an evaluation procedure, identify those which describe formative assessment. Select from the code to indicate your answer.
    (a) Evaluation is a post instructional event.
    (b) Evaluation occurs during instruction.
    (c) Evaluation is carried out by policy makers.
    (d) Evaluation takes place periodically.
    (e) The aim of evaluation is to improve the process of teaching.
    (f) Evaluation is used on participation of students and teachers.

  7. Below are given the characteristic features of formative and summative assessment procedures used in various teaching-learning contexts.

    (a) It is used for judging learning standard.

    (b) It is used for improvement of capacity and quality.

    (c) Its use is extended to performance appraisal of teachers, students and institutions.

    (d) It is used during instruction.

    (e) Assessment is formal and post instructional in nature.

    (f) It is based on participation of both teacher and student.

    Which of the given codes relate to formative procedures?

  8. From the list of evaluation procedures given below identify those which will be called ‘formative evaluation’. Indicate your answer by choosing from the code:

    (a) A teacher awards grades to students after having transacted the course work.

    (b) During interaction with students in the classroom, the teacher provides corrective feedback.

    (c) The teacher gives marks to students on a unit test.

    (d) The teacher clarifies the doubts of students in the class itself.

    (e) The overall performance of a students is reported to parents at every three months interval.

    (f) The learner’s motivation is raised by the teacher through a question-answer session.

    Code:

  9. Identify the category of evaluation that assesses the learning progress to provide continuous feedback to the students during instruction.

  10. Diagnostic evaluation ascertains


Important Questions from Types of Evaluation

  1. Assertion (A): Formative evaluation tends to accelerate the pace of learning.

    Reason (R): As against summative evaluation, formative evaluation is highly reliable.

    Choose the correct answer from the following code:

  2. Which is the characteristic of formative evaluation?

  3. Which type of evaluation focuses on the identification of deficiencies and difficulties of the learner?

  4. Diagnostic Evaluation ascertains:

  5. Below are listed some activities performed by a teacher. Which activities are of the nature of formative evaluation?

     (a) Giving a mastery test

     (b) Conducting quiz session

     (c) Evaluating students in grading system

     (d) Providing feedback while teaching 

    (e) Encouraging students reflect more 

    Select your answer from the options given below :

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