An Introduction to the Assessment of Learning in the Psychomotor

and Affective Domains

Levels in Psychomotor Domain

It is focused on the processes and skills involving mind and body.

It also uses physical movement and coordination

(3) Levels Of Psychomotor Domain

Imitation Manipulation Precision

Imitation

• Is the ability to carry out a basic rudiments of a skill when given directions and under supervision. At this level the total act is not performed skillfully. Timing and coordination of the act are not yet refined.

Manipulation

• Is the ability to perform a skill independently. The entire skill can be performed in sequence. Conscious effort is no longer needed to perform the skill, but complete accuracy has not been achieved yet.

Precision

• Is the ability to perform an act accurately , efficiently. And harmoniously. Complete coordination of the skill has been internalized to such extent that it can be performed unconsciously.

Measuring the Acquisition of Motor and Oral Skills

(2) Approaches in Measuring Motor and Oral Skills

Observation of Student Performance

Assessing Performance through student Portfolios

Observation of Student Performance

Is an assessment approach which learner does the desired skill in the presence of the teacher

Holistic or AtomisticObservation and Evaluation of Student

Products

Holistic- is mployed when the teacher gives a score or feedback based on pre-established prototypes of how an outstanding, average, or deficient performance looks.

Atomistic or Analytical- it requires that a task analysis be conducted in order to identify the major subtasks involved in the student performance.

Evaluation of Student Products- is another approach that teacher can use in the assessment of students mastery level.

Assessing Performance

through student Portfolios

Port Folios Is a new form assessing students performance

It is a collection of the students work.

It is used in the classroom to gather a series of students performances or products that show their accomplishment and/or improvement over time.

Purposes of using Port Folios

Providing Examples of student performances to parents.

Showing students improvement overtime

Providing a record of students typical performances to pass on to the next years teacher

Identifying areas of the curriculum that need improvement

Encouraging students to think about what constitutes good performance in a learning area

Grading Students

Tools for Measuring Acquisition of Skills

•Rating Scale•Checklist

Levels in the Affective Domain

•Receiving•Responding•Valuing•Commitment

Evaluating Affective Learning

• Attitude scale• Questionanaire• Checklist• Semantic Differential• Likert scale