CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -True/false items are useful for formative assessment and for practice, giving students and the teacher the opportunity to see how much they know and understand without the pressures of knowing that their answers will contribute to their final result.

Detailed explanation-2: -The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments: help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Peer-and self-assessment gives students the opportunity to critically assess the performance of group members and themselves. Peer-and self-assessment has shown that group members will be more likely to be personally accountable for their share of the work load knowing that their peers will be assessing one another.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peer assessment is a process by which learners rate their peers, and is, as such, of great relevance to teacher development. It signifies the joint collaboration by those involved in the learning process in the appraisal of their own learning.