Answer to Question #199169 in English for boledi

Question

1 Read the introduction section on Assessment in the CAPS document and give a summary of the importance of assessment. (5)

Answer 1

1.      An effective assessment enables students to find out what they know and what they don’t know.

2.      Instructors get an insight into the effectiveness of their teaching strategies through a reflection on student’s accomplishments.

3.      Assessment drives learning whereby students learn depending on how they think they will be assessed.

4.      What a student has learned is reflected on their grades defining the student learning outcome.

5.      The direction of a course can be determined by a pre-test.