unit 2

• Assessment is defined as all activities undertaken by teachers and students to gather information for altering teaching and learning.
• Assessment is an effective tool to enhance learning and is derived from a Latin word meaning "to sit beside"
• Evaluation is product-oriented, focusing on what has been learned and is judgmental and provides grades
• Assessment is ongoing, while evaluation provides closure
• Assessment improves learning quality, while evaluation judges the level of learning
• Assessment is upgraded, while evaluation is graded
• Assessment provides feedback, while evaluation shows shortfalls
• Formative Evaluation:

  • Ongoing process to monitor students' learning progress during instruction
  • Provides ongoing feedback to students and teachers
• Summative Evaluation:

  • Given at the end of the course to assess the extent of mastery of intended learning outcomes
• Diagnostic Evaluation:

  • Used to find out the exact problem and understand students' strengths and weaknesses
• Performance in physical ability can be improved by focusing on two components:

  Health Related Fitness:

  • Refers to measuring general wellbeing by achieving health fitness in areas like aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, strength, flexibility, and body composition
• Skill Related Fitness:

  • Based on the neuromuscular system and determines how successfully a person can perform a specific skill
  • Includes abilities like action, balance, and coordination
• Body Composition:

  • Refers to the percentage of fat, bone, and muscle in the body
  • Calculated using Body Mass Index (BMI) = Weight (in kg) / Height^2 (in m)
• Reasons why Assessment and documenting them in the form of a report is important:

  1. Identify areas of Strength and improvement
  2. Monitor learning and fine-tune teaching
  3. Talent identification
  4. Motivating performance