Developing and Assessing Listening in a Competence Based Curriculum

H.O.D.

Noura Al-Bedaiwi

Assessment “The overall purpose of assessment,

regardless of age, is to help teachers make appropriate instructional decisions about how to best teach children.” EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSESSMENT FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 8 (Grade 3); Pennsylvania’s Departments of Education and Public Welfare Harrisburg, PA; 2005.

Assessment is to measure student’s development and teachers’ practices using performance standards outlined in the curriculum guide.

Assessment

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Summative

Assessment

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Measuring Listening

Assessing Listening Through

Curriculum Standards

and Descriptors

Varried Tasks

Suitable Assessment

Tools (observatio

n – portfolio, rubrics,

etc.)

Examples of Listening Descriptors to be Used in Rubrics

Recognize and use words to describe concepts/ideas.

Recognize, name, and describe categories. Consistently respond appropriately to questions

and directives.

Reference:Listening and Speaking – First Steps into Literacy; Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth; 2008.