Benefits of Assessment Tools and Creation of Protocol

This report delves into the advantages of utilizing various assessment tools to enhance student learning and self-improvement. It explores different assessment methods, including open-ended questions, reflection exercises, and response cards, and discusses how these tools facilitate better understanding and engagement. The report also covers the benefits of assessment for learning (AFL) and the integration of technology, such as cloud computing and online quizzes. Furthermore, it provides suggestions for creating a meaningful self-assessment protocol, emphasizing the importance of digital tools and individual protocols to foster metacognitive skills and overall student development. The report concludes by highlighting the crucial role of teacher support and motivation in helping students achieve academic success and address daily challenges.

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Benefits of Assessment Tools and Creation of Protocol
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Executive Summary
There are various assessment tools that have been specially designed that help in betterment
of student towards his or learning process. This report discusses about benefits of utilizing
these tools that help the student to judge themselves on latest topics of study and improve
themselves further on those particular topics or ideas.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
Reference List..........................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Teachers while delivering their lecture in schools and colleges talk about a particular subject
and they feel like covering up entire part of material study within a short period of time will
make the students learn in an easier manner as well as in a very fast pace. Certain
assessments are conducted in schools and colleges to determine strengths as well as
weaknesses of students towards a particular subject however these tests do not always
provide satisfactory information regarding the capability of the student (Planas Lladó et al.,
2014). This report discusses about certain assessment tools as well as ideas that would help
the student to learn in a precise manner and would help them to foster new ideas as well as
concepts. This report also discusses about opportunities as a result of utilizing these tools and
provide required suggestions so that a protocol on self-assessment can be developed that
would encourage a student to improve towards studies as well as other recreation activities.
Discussion
Various tools for assessing ideas of students
1. Laying open-ended questions that would assist students towards writing as well as
talking
In order to make the student easily grasp a particular topic, it is necessary to put forward
open-ended questions before them for example “Does this subject make any sense?” so that it
assist them to talk, write as well as learn. This way it would help to reveal any idea in a
clearer manner and would help the student to develop interest in it (Baleni, 2015).
2. Asking the students to reflect on a particular subject
After a lesson is being entirely taught, it is required to ask the student to write in brief that
they have learned from the topic and how they would be implementing the idea in real life

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example to find a solution to any issue. Reflection on a particular topic would help the
student to implement their thinking and help them to utilize that aspect in future.
3. Response cards created by students
Many different items like index cards, whiteboards, and boards made out of magnet and other
such tools are built up by students so that they can held up their responses for a particular
question or a situation that the teacher might present to them in a presentable manner.
Through these type of response devices, teacher can collect as well as note answers of every
pupil while he or she is teaching the entire class of pupils (Põldoja et al., 2014).
Assessment practises guiding students towards their learning opportunities
Assessment for Learning (AFL) talks about an approach towards teaching as well as learning
that helps in providing necessary feedback that would help the student to make an
improvement towards their performance as well as learning (Tien et al., 2014). This type of
teaching tool makes a student take an active part in the process of learning and due to this the
student is getting assistance, guidance, support as well as confidence in their field of study.
Various assessment practices in process of learning helps in bridging the gap between current
learning situation of student and the platform where the student wants to establish himself
towards path of success in respective field. Skilled persons design plans that would help
learners perform accordingly and render positive attitude to students towards learning so that
they also develop capability to think in the form a teacher or an instructor.

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Figure: Cycles of learning by AFL programme
Source:
According to the report of National Foundation that is directed towards Educational Research
by United Nation in the year 2007, it laid down different types of assessment that may be
formative as well as summative:
Formal form of Assessment Summation form of
assessment
Informal forms of
conducting assessments
 Developing
questioning attitude
that would make the
student to understand
the subject better
(Weston & Smith,
2014)
 Providing necessary
feedback to students
 Techniques of peer
 Essays in written
form through which
students can briefly
set out an overall
idea about a subject.
 Through various
portfolios,
coursework as well
as assessment tools
built by teachers

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assessment that
guide them towards
learning
 Through appropriate
methods on self-
assessment, student
can exercise his own
ideas
students can
summarize their
subject of learning
Formal forms of conducting
assessments
 Conducting analysis
and research on a
topic, holding
examinations or
mock tests (Carless
& Boud, 2018).
 Through method of
target setting,
students can set a
particular objective
so that they can learn
a topic within a
specified period of
time.
 Informal approach in
the process of
writing essays in
controlled set of
conditions

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Through these practises towards self-assessment students achieve independence in taking part
in decision making processes and they learn to play a role model through process of
techniques towards peer learning.
Benefits of these assessment tools
Various schools as well as colleges are slowly adopting themselves towards technologies
associated with cloud computing and android apps that is benefitting the students to learn
faster and reduce utilization of pen and paper. Cloud-based learning is a more modern
approach that helps through conducting online quizzes and building surveys through a builder
plan (Ashford-Rowe, Herrington & Brown, 2014). This enables a student to submit their
projects or tasks in online mode and also through various android apps that would be
beneficial towards higher education facilities. Assessing students through online methods
prove to be customizable and trustworthy as well as it can be accessed from multiple devices
and students can get clarified about their mistakes.
Suggestions of how to create a meaningful assessment protocol
It can be suggested that digital version of assessment protocol might help the student to
collect necessary documents regarding learning, their form of understanding and by this
process students would face challenges in developing a metacognitive attitude towards
learning and growth (Dow et al., 2014). It can also be suggested that creation of an individual
protocol for assessment would help the student towards understanding their potentiality not
only in various subjects however that would also help the student to understand their skills in
athletics, acting, painting as well as an active communist. On holding a conference session, it
would also help the student to represent himself before the audience on the stage where they
can deliver their own ideas and expressions.

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Conclusion
Therefore from the above discussion, it can be concluded that proper way of channelizing
thoughts of every individual student through various assessment would help them in process
of learning and face daily challenges. Constant support and motivation and support from the
side of teachers is also another form of assessment tool that would help the student to realize
his mistake and rectify in areas as well as aspects to achieve a successful career.

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Reference List
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