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The goal of formative assessment is to :

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UGC NET 2018 Paper 1 Question Paper (20-Dec-2018) (Shift 1)
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Monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback

Formative assessment is carried out during the teaching-learning process, not at its end.

Its purpose is to keep track of how students are learning and give continuous feedback so that both teacher and students can make corrections in time.

Promotion to the next level and comparison against a benchmark are functions of summative assessment, while forming groups is placement, not the goal of formative assessment.

Hence, Monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback.

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

  9. 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:

  10. Which one of the following statements is correct in the context of multiple-choice type questions?


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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