PECT Module 1 Questions and Answers
with Verified Solutions
Formative Assessment✔✔Assesses students DURING instruction. Low stakes and worth no
points.
Examples of Formative Assessment✔✔Curriculum-based assessment, e
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PECT Module 1 Questions and Answers
with Verified Solutions
Formative Assessment✔✔Assesses students DURING instruction. Low stakes and worth no
points.
Examples of Formative Assessment✔✔Curriculum-based assessment, exit tickets, think-pairshare, white boards, response cards
Benchmark Assessment✔✔Evaluates students at periodic intervals, frequently at the end of the
grading period
Examples of Benchmark Assessment✔✔PA LEAP test, DIBELS
Diagnostic Assessment✔✔Assesses students strengths and weaknesses PRIOR to instruction
Summative Assessment✔✔Measures student achievement at the END of instruction. High stakes
and worth many points.
Examples of Summative Assessment✔✔PSSAs, Terra Novas, end of unit tests
Screening✔✔Assesses to see if a student needs specialized assistance or services for
developmental, physical, cognitive, or academic needs. Checks to see if students are learning
basic skills or if there are delays.
Authentic/Performance Assessment✔✔Assesses a student's ability to perform a REAL WORLD
task
Examples of Authentic/Performance Assessment✔✔Science experiment, give a speech,
presentation, or performance, long-term project, using math to buy an item with exact change
Normative/Norm-Referenced Assessment✔✔Compares a student's performance against a
national or other "norm" group. Comparing INDIVIDUALS to the GROUP.
Examples of Normative/Norm-Referenced Assessment✔✔IQ tests, SAT, ACT
Criterion-Referenced Assessment✔✔Measures a student's performance against a specific goal,
objective, or standard. Designed to measure the results of instruction.
Examples of Criterion-Referenced Assessment✔✔AP Exams, Unit-Midterms/Final exams
Piaget Stage of Cognitive Development: Sensorimotor✔✔Birth-2 yrs. Children know the world
through movements and sensation. Object permanence is the key feature.
Object Permanence✔✔Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory. Things continue to exist, even
though they cannot be seen.
Piaget Stage of Cognitive Development: Preoperational Stage✔✔2-7 yrs. Children think
symbolically and can use words and pictures to represent objects. Language development is a
large milestone of this stage. Egocentric viewpoint.
Egocentrism✔✔Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory. Children in the Preoperational Stage
are unable to look (both emotionally and concretely) from another's viewpoint.
Piaget Stage of Cognitive Development: Concrete Operational Stage✔✔7-11 yrs. Begin to think
logically about concrete events. Understand Law of Conservation. Difficultly with abstract or
theoretical concepts. Use inductive logic (specific information >>> general principal)
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