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Classroom assessment
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple in-class activities that provide feedback on the teaching and learning process. CATs give teachers day-to-day feedback that can be immediately applied, and help students develop self-assessment skills while reducing isolation. CATs serve two purposes by helping teachers evaluate student understanding of content and assess the effectiveness of teaching methods.
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- 2. Classroom Assessment Tecniques( CATs ) are generally simple, non-graded, anonymous, in class activities designed to give you and your studentsuseful feedback on teaching- learning process as it is happening.
- 3. ADVANTAGES When CATs areused frequently, they can ave te following advantages : FOR FACULTY : Provide day-to-day feedback tat can be applied immediately Provide useful information about what students learned without the amount of time required for preparing tests, reading papers, etc;
- 4. allow you toaddress student misconceptions or lack of understanding in a timely way help to foster good working relationships with students and encourage them to understand that teaching and learning are on- going processes that require full participation.
- 5. FOR STUDENTS: help develop self-assessment and learning management skills; reduce feelings of isolation and impotence, especially in large classes increase understanding and ability to think critically about the course content foster an attitude that values understanding and long-term retention
- 6. CONCLUSION Classroom Assessment Techniques are formative evaluation methods that serve two purposes. They can help you to assess the degree to which your students understand the course content and they can provide you with information about the effectiveness of your teaching methods. Most are designed to be quick and easy to use and each CAT provides different kinds of information.