TEACHING n ASSESSMENT

What is Discrete Point Testing?

• the assessment used to classify people according to whether or not they are able to perform tasks satisfactorily.

• the assessment used to compare students’ progress to others in their peer group

• the testing of more than one element at a time

• the testing of one element at a time

What is Integrative Testing?

• the assessment used to classify people according to whether or not they are able to perform tasks satisfactorily.

• the assessment used to compare students’ progress to others in their peer group

• the testing of more than one element at a time

• the testing of one element at a time

What kind of marking where only one answer is possible - right or wrong?

• Subjective marking

• Objective marking

• Analytic marking

• Holistic marking

What does Indirect testing focus on?

• Testing a particular skill by getting the student to perform that skill

• testing the abilities which underlie the skills we are interested in

• Combining many language elements to do the task

• requiring short answers which each target a defined area

When should we use subjective marking ?

• When measuring critical thinking skills, a student’s ability to come up with their own original ideas

• When evaluating a student’s knowledge of facts.

• When checking students’ memory about  specific knowledge

• When there is only one exact answer for each question in a test.

Which methodology is adopted if a teacher tests whether someone can write a discursive essay by asking them to write one?

• Direct testing

• Indirect testing

• Discrete-point testing

• Integrative testing

Which methodology is adopted if a teacher breaks down a task into parts and marks each bit separately?

• Subjective marking

• Objective marking

• Analytic marking

• Holistic marking

Both subjective marking and holistic marking requires

• monitoring and standardization of markers

• breakdown of knowledge and skills  into targeted areas

• breakdown of knowledge and skills into digital, right - wrong elements

• All are correct

Which methodology needs no judgment on the part of the marker?

• Indirect testing

• Discrete-point testing

• Integrative testing

• Direct testing

What kind of test is this?

• Direct testing

• Indirect testing

• Discrete-point testing

• Integrative testing