Answer to Question #295462 in Psychology for Pearl

Question

Refer to the specific CAPS subject to answer the following questions to show that you understand assessment in the school context.

2.1. Various assessors may assess learner's work in a school context. Explain.

2.2. Assessment may be regarded as the vehicle driving teaching and learning. Explain this notion.

2.3. Not all assessments occurring in school context are planned. Explain this notion.

2.4. Continuous assessment in an approach rather than a type of assessment. Explain this notion.

2.5. What is the role of assessment in the progression of learner?

Answer 1

2.1. Only the teacher should make assessment judgments on learners' performances related to topics in CAPS- disagree. This is because there are other key stakeholders who should be involved in making assessment judgments on learners’ performances.

2.2. Assessment may be regarded as the vehicle driving teaching and learning towards the destination. This analogy explains the role of the learners very well as they are the passengers in the vehicle while the teacher is the driver- agree. This is because through assessment both teachers and students are able to work towards the accomplishment of their goal.

2.3. Not all assessments occurring in school contexts are planned- agree. Some of assessments in school come as a shock to the students for teachers to evaluate the learners understanding on certain topics previously taught.

2.4. Continuous assessment is one of the various assessment approaches used in teaching and learning at school- agree. Mostly, teaching and learning used continuous assessment approach in order to determine the learners understanding on certain concepts.

2.5. Promotion and progression of learners cannot be done without assessing learners both formatively and summatively - agree. This is because formative assessment helps students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work and summative assessment evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.