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Elaboration of Demonstration and Discussion Method as Teacher centered and Student Centered Respectively (8638 02 1)

01 .      Give reasons why demonstration method is teacher centered while discussion method is student centered method? Answer: Demonstration method is teacher centered A demonstration method of teaching can be formulated just like this: Demonstration = words (audio) + performance (visual information) It is based on demonstrating  skills, principles, and theory via performance, movie, slide presentation, live display etc. Such technique is often  used by teachers in training and s technical educational systems. It works perfectly well at universities, colleges,  and institutions that study crafts, biology, nature and different sciences. The method uses technique or equipment  to make a 'demonstration.' It should be planned ahead of time in order to make a better explanation of the technical  or training steps to students and help them repeat the activity. Teacher-Centered Approach to Learning Taken  to its most extreme interpretation, ...

Pre-requisites for development of a test & Characteristics of a good assessment (8638 02 3)

Question 03: What are pre-requisites for development of a test? What are characteristics of a good assessment? Answer: In education, the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students. While  assessments are often equated with traditional tests-especially the standardized tests developed by testing companies and  administered to large populations of students-educators use a diverse array of assessment tools and methods to measure  everything from a four-year-old's readiness for kindergarten to a twelfth-grade student's comprehension of advanced  physics. Just as academic lessons have different functions, assessments are typically designed to measure specific elements  of learning-e.g., the level of knowledge a student already has about the concept or skill the teacher is planning to teach or  ...