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A maths teacher checks a child's work while teaching only to adjust the next step. This is which assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase is another name for formative assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →A final unit exam in maths that gives each pupil a grade is an example of which type of assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which assessment is usually carried out before a topic is taught, to set a baseline?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tool is an informal way to assess pupils in a maths class?Read the answer and worked solution →A progress check that may give no grade is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Summative assessments, such as a midterm exam, usually carry what kind of weight?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is an example of a summative assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →In the soup analogy by Robert Stake, the guests tasting the soup stand for which assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Who coined the terms formative and summative evaluation in 1967?Read the answer and worked solution →Which researcher took up the term formative in 1968 in the book Learning for Mastery?Read the answer and worked solution →Who researched the effects of longer wait time after a teacher's question?Read the answer and worked solution →What is wait time in classroom questioning?Read the answer and worked solution →What did longer wait time bring about?Read the answer and worked solution →A reliable assessment is one that does which of the following?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher uses only a written test to judge a pupil's driving skill. Which quality is weak?Read the answer and worked solution →Asking people to guess the time without a clock is an example of an assessment that is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Teachers complain that an exam does not cover the syllabus it is based on. Which quality are they questioning?Read the answer and worked solution →Which type of validity asks whether the test content measures the stated objectives?Read the answer and worked solution →Which validity asks whether scores correlate with an outside reference, such as future reading skill?Read the answer and worked solution →Consistent performance on two separate occasions is called which kind of reliability?Read the answer and worked solution →What does washback mean in assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →A test makes teachers drop useful activities to drill for it. Which concept does this show?Read the answer and worked solution →Measuring candidates against defined criteria, as in a driving test, is which type of assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which assessment compares a student with the rest of the group, as in grading on the curve?Read the answer and worked solution →What does ipsative assessment compare?Read the answer and worked solution →What mainly makes a question subjective?Read the answer and worked solution →Which format suits computerised or online assessment best?Read the answer and worked solution →An assessment set and marked by the school's own teachers is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who sets and marks an external assessment?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A maths teacher checks a child's work while teaching only to adjust the next step. This is which assessment?

  1. External assessment
  2. Summative assessment
  3. Formative assessment
  4. Placement assessment
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Correct answer: C. Formative assessment

1. Checking learning during teaching to modify the lesson is formative assessment. 2. Summative assessment comes at the end and assigns grades, so it does not fit. 3. Placement happens before instruction and external is set by a governing body. _Source: Wikipedia, Formative assessment, Definition_

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Which phrase is another name for formative assessment?

  1. Assessment of learning
  2. Assessment after learning
  3. Assessment for learning
  4. Assessment by ranking
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Correct answer: C. Assessment for learning

1. Formative assessment is also called assessment for learning. 2. Assessment of learning is the name for summative assessment. 3. The other two phrases are not standard names. _Source: Wikipedia, Educational assessment, Placement, formative, summative, and diagnostic_

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A final unit exam in maths that gives each pupil a grade is an example of which type of assessment?

  1. Diagnostic assessment
  2. Placement assessment
  3. Summative assessment
  4. Ipsative assessment
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Correct answer: C. Summative assessment

1. Assessment carried out at the end of a unit to assign grades is summative. 2. Diagnostic looks for learning difficulties and placement is done before teaching. 3. Ipsative compares a learner with their own past work. _Source: Wikipedia, Educational assessment, Placement, formative, summative, and diagnostic_

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