Importance Of Assessment And Evaluation

Assessment and Evaluation is the final on-line course required to complete the certificate of Teaching and Training Adults. It involved learning methods of assessment and evaluation in order to determine if learning has been successful. I first thought that evaluations for adult learners aren’t important but I now realize that it is important to know if the content has been delivered successfully. Evidence of learning can only by determined through evaluation measures. Evaluation is not just for the learners it is just as important for course designers, directors and instructors so they can improve the instruction delivery. All the course participants were respectful of one another and everyone was able to add to forum conversations with relevant …show more content…
I learned the most, not from my Evaluation Strategy, but from having the opportunity to mark my peer’s Evaluation Strategy. I was determined to the best job marking the paper so I meticulously went through every detail. I realized it wasn’t about giving her a grade but about showing ways that could really improve the assignment. I wanted to ensure I was not misleading and right with my advice. Improving teaching methods is an ongoing process that requires the whole learning community. I enjoyed the whole peer review process since it involved seeing the work my co-learners were producing and also sharing different ways to improve our assignments. It is a lot different than collaborative works, that I have done in the past, because usually everyone does a chunk of the work and the others usually only correct for grammar errors. Peer review involved giving real constructive criticism that would affect the other person’s standing, so I had to make sure my recommendations were …show more content…
I now know that if you ask good questions you will get good answers. My initial pre-assessment questions were too vague and I would not have gotten the answers I expected. I wanted to find out about my learners background knowledge but I might have only gotten one word or short answers. I also like the fact that the pre-assessment questions help prepare the learners for what is expected in the learning outcomes. I now know that learners might not be the best evaluators of course content and the questions that are asked at the end of a course are influence more by enjoyment than