Assessment For Learning

The book is a rich source of information relevant to the field of assessment and learning. It describes various techniques and methods for evaluating the potential, ability, interest and attitude of learners for understanding the ways to further build up the pyramid of their learning.It covers exhaustive information inclusive of that required for the compulsory paper "Assessment for Learning" introduced in the curriculum of B.Ed. course of various Indian universities in accordance with the guidelines of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).It discusses Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives, the Construction and Standardisation of Achievement and Diagnostic Tests, Policy Perspective on Examination and Assessment, latest Assessment Tools and Devices such as Portfolio Assessment. Besides, it describes the development and use of Rubrics, Emerging Trends and Assessment Practices such as Computer-based online examination, Examination on demand, Open-book examination, and Choice-based credit system, and Statistical means and ways of analysing and interpreting students' performances.KEY FEATURES• Full coverage of syllabi of all the Indian universities• Diligently arranged chapters for the sequential learning• Comprehensive explanation with illustrative examples• Explicit figures, tables and diagrams for easy interpretation• Chapter-end summary for quick recapitulationPrimarily designed for B.Ed. students, the book is also of immense value to the students of B. EL Ed., D.Ed. (Ed.), School Teachers, Teacher Trainees, Educational Planners and Evaluators.THE AUTHORSS.K. Mangal, PhD (Education), has been Principal, and Professor and Head of Department of Postgraduate Studies at C.R. College of Education, Rohtak, Haryana. Dr. Mangal has authored several books, including Essentials of Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology (Second Edition), Educating Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, Essentials of Educational Technology, Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Win in Life, Pedagogy of Social Sciences (Second Edition), Research Methodology in Behavioural Sciences and Statistics in Psychology and Education (Second Edition), published by PHI Learning. Professor Mangal has been a distinguished administrator and researcher. He has devised various educational and psychological tests and has published extensively in reputed journals.Shubhra Mangal, PhD (Education), is the Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies, C.R.S. College of Education, Noida. She has devised an Emotional Intelligence Inventory for the measurement of Emotional Intelligence of School Teachers. She has written a number of books in the field of Educational Psychology and Teacher Education, including Research Methodology in Behavioural Sciences published by PHI Learning. The areas of her research interest include emotional intelligence and teacher education.