Difference between revisions of "Assessment"

{{Term|ASSESSMENT|Continuous process that seeks the objective of understand and increase learning by defining, selecting, designing, collecting, analyizing and interpreting the information obtianed through observation and mesurament of the learners. Assessments provide faculty with a better understanding of what learners are learning and engage them more deeply in the process of learning content. By using assessment strategies that draw learners into the assessment process, they learn more of the content while getting the benefits of learning skills that will be useful to them in the future. It also provides information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which learners are engaged.<ref> [http://serc.carleton.edu serc.carleton.edu ](15 April 2008), [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk www.ltscotland.org.uk](15 April 2008)</ref> See also: [[Evaluation]]; [[Formative Evaluation]]; [[Summative Evaluation]]}}