Assessment Techniques in Social Studies

COURSE MANUAL 

    COURSE CONTENT MATERIALS

ASSESSMENT, MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION 

NATURE OF ASSESSMENT

COMPLEMENTARY NOTES

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1. TEST

2. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF TEST

PAST/TRIAL QUESTIONS

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1. End of Semester questions

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL STUDIES

COURSE OVERVIEW

ASSESSMENT, MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

ASSESSMENT

• Assessment is a broad term which is defined as a process for obtaining

information that is used for making decisions about students, curriculum and

educational policies. • Assessment is broadly defined to include all activities that teachers and students

undertake to get information that can be used diagnostically to alter teaching

and learning.

MEASUREMENT

• Measurement refers to the process by which attributes or dimensions of

some physical objects are determined. • Measurement is also a process of assigning numbers to individuals for the

purpose of indicating the degree to which they possess certain

characteristics.

EVALUATION

• Evaluation is the process of making a judgement about the objectives and goals

to ascertain the worthiness, and appropriateness, of their outcomes for which a

reliable measurement or assessment has been made. • Evaluation involves three major steps which are collection, analysis and

judgement of information

GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

• The teacher needs to be clear about the learning target to be assessed. 

• The assessment technique selected must serve the needs of the

learners. 

• The assessment technique must match the nature of the subject.

• The assessment technique must be based on multiple indicators of performance

• The limitations of the various assessment techniques must be taken into consideration when asseement results are being interpreted. 

• Assessment should be valid and reliable

PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT

• Assessment provides information on the readiness of pupils to learn something

new. 

• It helps teachers to set realistic and achievable instructional goals and objectives

for the class. 

• It puts the teacher in a better position to select the appropriate

instructional technique for the class

• It helps teachers assign grades to pupils which serve as records for their

progress and achievement. 

• It serves as the basis for selection and rejection in institutions

• It provides information for the placement of students into appropriate

courses and classes where they are likely to succeed

• provides information which is used to group learners on the basis of

their individual difference. 

• Assessment helps the teacher to motivate, direct and facilitate pupils

learning

• Assessment results are used to assist students in choosing careers and

in directing them to prepare for the careers they have selected

TRIAL

• Critically discuss authentic assessment and traditional assessment in

teaching and learning. 

• To what extent does assessment improve upon the development of the

Social Studies curriculum?