Teachers should consider using a variety of assessment instruments and techniques to assess students’ abilities to meet the Social Studies 11 prescribed learning outcomes. These can include:
• teacher assessment tools such as observation
checklists, rating scales, and rubrics
• self-assessment tools such as checklists, rating
scales, and rubrics
• peer assessment tools such as checklists, rating
scales, and rubrics
• journals or learning logs (model is for teachers but can be adapted for student)(rubric)
• video (to record and critique student
demonstration or performance of a task)
• written or oral tests (true/false, multiple choice,
short answer)(oral)(written)
• worksheets
• portfolios
• student-teacher conferences.
Assessment in Social Studies 11 can also occur while students are engaged in, and based on the product of, activities such as:
• group and class discussions
• debates (e.g., formal debate, model parliament,
town hall)
• research projects
• case studies
• brainstorms, clusters, webs
• posters, collages, models
• charts, graphs, timelines
• peer teaching
• essays
• oral and multimedia presentations.
For more information about student assessment,
refer to the Social Studiess 11 IRP - section on Student Achievement.
RESOURCES:
THE WRITING OF A HISTORY ESSAY EXAMINATION (UVIC)
Student Evaluation: a Teacher Handbook
Social Studies 11 IRP ( "Sample Assessment Instruments")
Teacher Created Rubrics for Assessment from the University of Wisconsin
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