Objectives and assessment-I

In this unit you will learn that how important are the objectives and learning outcomes in
the process of assessment. A teacher should know that the main advantage of objectives
is to guide the teaching-learning activities. In simple words these are the desired
outcomes of an effort. Guided by these specific objectives instructional activities are
designed and subsequently assessment is carried out through different methods. One of
the most common methods to assess the ability of a student in any specific subject is a
test. Most tests taken by students are developed by teachers. The goal of this unit is for
you to be able to design, construct, and analyze a test for a given set of objectives or
content area. Therefore, the objective are key components for developing a test. These are
the guiding principles for assessment. For achievement testing cognitive domain is very
much emphasized and widely used by educationists. Taxonomy of Educational


OBJECTIVES
After studying this unit, you should be able to;
• describe the role of objectives and outcomes in the assessment of student
achievement.
• explain the purpose of a test.
• understand levels of Cognitive .Affective and Psychomotor Domain of learning 
 

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