Answer to Question #222042 in Economics for Pope Anthony

Question

Online assessment has become necessary in the implementation measures to combat the spread of covid- 19 pandemic in Ghana's higher educational institutions" . Examine the extent to which this new practice violates the principles of assessment in economics.

Answer 1

When assessing the skills and competencies in the field of economics, it is very important to understand whether the student fully owns all the skills of analyzing the situation for making decisions or has doubts about something. This requires a direct dialogue between the teacher and the student. However, in the era of a pandemic, electronic means of testing students' knowledge of economics have developed. This is good and can be used to test more mechanical skills than direct analysis skills. In economics, static processes are very rare, that is, everything must be considered in dynamics.