Lesson 1: Planning formative assessment
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The teacher sets the tasks. Tasks are activities designed in the learning environment by the teacher in order to enable learners to develop and display their knowledge and understanding and demonstrate the acquired skills, competencies, attitudes and values.
How tasks are developed
Use observable action verbs consistent with the level of learning expected, considering all the low, medium and higher order thinking skills and competencies.
Examples of verbs used in setting tasks and criteria:
a. Lower order (knowledge and understanding): define, name, list, identify, label, match, outline
E.g.: Label the parts of the flower indicated on the drawing provided
b. Medium Order: explain, describe, examine, classify, express, summarize, compute, relate, show, solve, use
E.g.: Using a lens, examine the specimen provided and describe its external features
c. Higher order: compare, analyze, illustrate, differentiate, compose, construct, design, formulate, evaluate, justify, and interpret.
E.g.
- Compare and contrast the education system of Rwanda before and after 1994
- You are provided with a dissection kit and a dead rat, dissect the rat longitudinally and draw what you see. Label the drawing with the function of each part.