Answer to Question #199151 in English for Natasha

Question

Can technology make it easy for you as a teacher to teach and assess a multigrade class? 

The questions below requires of you to be innovative and apply the ICT knowledge and skills. 

Assessment in a multi-grade class (more than one grade in one class) differs from that in a 

normal class (single grade). Given the above, design an assessment activity in which you will 

be assessing two different grades from the same phase that are in one class using the same 

subject and topic. Your assessment should indicate the following: 

1 Indicate the two grades, subject, and topic

2 The type and form of assessment used

3 Indicate the purpose of assessment per grade according to CAPS document.

4 Justify, how will you ensure that the assessment is credible and fair to learners in both 

grades?

5 How will you take into account the three learning styles (haptic, visual, and auditory) 

when assessing the learners?

6.What is the expected end product of the assessment activity?

Answer 1

1 Indicate the two grades, subject, and topic.

Grade- Grade I and grade II

Subject- English grade I and English grade II

Topics- Spelling of words in grade I and Punctuation in grade II

2 The type and form of assessment used

Class progress assessment

3 Indicate the purpose of assessment per grade according to CAPS document.

To gauge weather teaching is taking place as per the curriculum

4 Justify, how will you ensure that the assessment is credible and fair to learners in both 

grades?

All learners will be subjected to fair assessment also same environment of learning

5 How will you take into account the three learning styles (haptic, visual, and auditory) 

haptic learning as "learning a new skill or activity without active focus, visual is learning by seeing while auditory is by listening. Assessment will entails both categories.

6.What is the expected end product of the assessment activity?

Assessment results can be positive or negative depending with the nature learning has been taking place.