CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

Continuous and Comprehensive EvaluationManual for TeachersAnnexure 1Tools and Techniques for Assessing Children’s Learning: The Choice AvailableTypes ofAssessmenttools/techniquesAdvantagesCaution for teachersSuggestions forimplementation1. ObservationInformation can begathered aboutchildren in ‘natural’settings. Some areabout learners inthe course ofteaching. Othersbased on plannedand purposefulobservation ofstudents onactivities /tasks.• Various aspects ofpersonalitydevelopment canbe assessedthroughobservations.• Can be used toassess individualsas well as groups.• Assessments canbe made duringvarying timeperiods.• Evidence of child’sperformance/knowledge is based onan ‘on-the-spot’record.• Over time, detailedobservations ofbehaviour as wellas interests,challenges,patterns/trendsemerge whichallow teachers tocreate acomprehensivepicture/view of thechild.• Avoid arriving atinferences/interpretations orjumping toconclusions.Important to takedown more thanwhat is actuallyseen.• Dependent on theskill of the observerwhich determines‘what’ is observed.• Requires sensitivityandunobtrusiveness inthe way theobservation isdone. Observationsto be made over aperiod of time,across differentactivities andsettings.• Recording detailsthat not onlydescribe theactions but revealhow a child feelsabout what she/heis doing, details onhow she/he doessomething as wellas when she/hedoes it, the qualityas well as thequantity of her/hisinterrelationshipwith people andmaterials, andwhat he/she saysetc.• Noting commentsabout the child’sbehaviour inparentheses basedon whichprocesses can beinferred at a laterpoint of time.101