Section 2.

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Appropriateness and Alignment of Assessment Methods to Learning Outcomes

Pretest.
For each item, write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the item
number.
b 1. Which of the following is TRUE about selected-response items?
a. It assesses the affective domain.
b. It assesses only part of the cognitive domain.
c. It assesses the higher levels of the cognitive domain.
d. It assesses the psychomotor domain.
d 2. Which of the following guides the teacher in ensuring that achievement domains are
achieved and a fair and representative sample of questions appear on the test? It provides
evidence of content validity.
a. Assessment matrix
b. Lesson plan
c. Table of contents
d. Table of specifications
c 3. Mr. Carlos asked his students to demonstrate their proficiency in conducting a Science
experiment on density. Which of the following assessment methods is most appropriate?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Oral questioning
c. Performance task
d. Teacher observation
b 4. A Social Studies teacher is thinking of a suitable assessment that would allow his or her
Grade 10 students to explain the political, social and economic effects of climate change. Which
method of assessment will work best?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Essay
c. Performance task
d. Selected-response
d 5.A Math teacher gave her students a survey instrument that would make them aware of
and more responsible for their own learning through reflection and critical evaluation. Which
type of assessment method did the teacher use?
a. Selected-response
b. Essay
c. Observation
d. Self-assessment
c 6. Which type of learning target is achieved when students successfully made a
documentary about human rights in their Social Science subject?
a. Deep understanding and reasoning
b. Knowledge and simple understanding
c. Products
 d. Skills
b 7. One of the learning competencies in Grade 10 Science class is that students should be
able to describe the structure and function of the reproductive system. If expressed as a learning
target, what type of learning target is it?
a. Deep understanding and reasoning
b. Knowledge and simple understanding
c. Products
d. Skills
d 8. A Math teacher gave this assessment to his students to provide them with an opportunity
to apply their knowledge of systems of linear equations: Create a simple business proposal. The
plan should contain a title, purpose, budget, workers and projected income. Highlight the
equations used. A graph of monthly income would be useful. Which level of assessment is
targeted?
a. Knowledge
b. Process
c. Understanding
d. Product or Performance
b 9. Mr. Cruz asked other Social Studies teachers in his high school to review his periodical
test to ensure that the test items represent his learning targets. Which type of evidence on validity
did he use?
a. Construct-related
b. Content-related
c. Criterion-related
d. Instructional-related
c 10. “Group the following items according to order” can be classified as what type of
questions?
a. Evaluating
b. Generalizing
c. Classifying
d. Inferring
b 11. Teacher Vince wants to test his student’s ability to formulate ideas. Which type of test
should he develop?
a. Problem solving type
b. Essay question
c. Completion test
d. Matching type
c 12. Which of the test item is most appropriate to attain Teacher Karl’s lesson objective
“multiply fractions and reduce the product to lowest term”?
a. What are the rules in multiplication of fraction?
8 6 4 6 8
b. Reduce , , , , to their lowest terms.
12 8 8 10 18
3 15
c. What is the product of and ?
5 18
 3 2
d. The sum of and is _______.
5 3
d 13. Teacher Luis wants to test his students’ ability to speak extemporaneously, which if the
following is the most valid assessment tool?
a. Let his students construct a speech.
b. Written test on the guidelines in delivering extemporaneous speech.
c. Let them make their portfolio on speeches delivered.
d. Performance test in extemporaneous speaking.
a 14. Which of the following is the highest level of taxonomy?
a. Identify the kinds of measures of variation.
b. Compute the mean value: 86, 91, 75, 96, and 88.
c. Compare and contrast standard deviation and coefficient or variation.
d. Explain the concept of variability.
a 15. An English teacher would like to find out quickly if his or her students were able to
understand the elements of the short story they just took up in class. Which method is most
proper for this?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Essay
c. Observation
d. Oral questioning

Suggested Activities
Activity 1: TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
Determine which domain and level of learning are targeted by the following learning
competencies taken from the Basic Education Curriculum guides. For your information, the term
“competency” has various meanings. Its description ranges from that of a broad overarching
attribute to that of a very specific task (Kennedy, Hyland & Ryan, 2009). This activity is
important because your choice of assessment method is contingent on the learning domains and
levels of the learning outcomes and competencies.

Learning Competencies Domains Level

1. Identify parts of a microscope and their functions. Cognitive Understanding
2. Employ analytical listening to make predictions. Affective Valuing
3. Exhibit correct body posture. Psychomotor Adapting
4. Recognize the benefit of patterns in special Cognitive Remembering
products and factoring.
5. Infer that body structures help animals adapt and Cognitive Understanding
survive in their particular habitat.
6. Differentiate linear inequalities in two variables Cognitive Analyzing
from linear equations in two variables.
7. Follow written and verbal directions. Affective Receiving
8. Perform jumping over a stationary object several Psychomotor Practicing
times in succession, using forward-and-back and
side-to-side movement patterns.
 9. Compose musical pieces using a particular style of Cognitive Creating
the 20th century.
10. Describe movement skills in response to sound. Psychomotor Observing

ACTIVITY 2: SEQUENCING
The taxonomies of Cognitive, Psychomotor, and Affective Domains have levels called vignettes.
Arrange the learning competencies using the hierarchy from lowest o highest.

Domain Cognitive
Topic A: Quadratic Equations
ANSWER: (a) Solve quadratic equations by factoring.
1. (b) Describe a quadratic
equation.
2. (d) Differentiate a quadratic (b) Describe a quadratic equation.
equation from other types of
equations in terms of form and
degree.
3.(a) Solve quadratic equations by (c) Compare the four methods of solving quadratic
factoring. equations.
4. (c) Compare the four methods (d) Differentiate a quadratic equation from other types of
of solving quadratic equations. equations in terms of form and degree.
5.(f) Examine the nature of roots (e) Formulate real-life problems involving quadratic
of a quadratic equation. equations.
6.(e) Formulate real-life problems (f) Examine the nature of roots of a quadratic equation.
involving quadratic equations.
Domain Cognitive
Topic B: Mechanical Energy
ANSWER: (a) Decide whether the total mechanical energy remains
1. (c) State the law of the same during a certain process.
conservation of energy.
2. (d) Explain energy (b) Create a device that show conservation of mechanical
transformation in various energy.
activities or events.
3. (e) Perform activities to (c) State the law of conservation of energy.
demonstrate conservation of
mechanical energy.
4. (f) Determine the relationship (d) Explain energy transformation in various activities or
among the kinetic, gravitational events.
potential and total mechanical
energies of a mass at any point
between maximum potential
energy and maximum kinetic
energy.
5. (a) Decide whether the total (e) Perform activities to demonstrate conservation of
mechanical energy remains the mechanical energy.
 same during a certain process.
6. (b) Create a device that show (f) Determine the relationship among the kinetic,
conservation of mechanical gravitational potential and total mechanical energies of a
energy mass at any point between maximum potential energy and
maximum kinetic energy.
Domain Psychomotor
Topic C: Sketching
ANSWER: (a) Watch how tools are selected and used in sketching.
1. (a) Watch how tools are
selected and used in sketching.
2. (c) Draw various lines, curves (b) Create a design using combinations of lines, curves
and shapes. and shapes.
3. (b) Create a design using (c) Draw various lines, curves and shapes.
combinations of lines, curves and
shapes.
4. (d) Set the initial drawing (d) Set the initial drawing position.
position.
Domain Affective
Topic D: Short Story
ANSWER: (a) Write down important details of the story pertaining to
1. (d) Read carefully the short character, setting and events.
story.
2. (a) Write down important (b) Share inferences, thoughts and feelings based on the
details of the story pertaining to short story.
character, setting and events.
3. (e) Examine thoughts on the (c) Relate story events to personal experiences.
issues raised in the short story.
4. (c) Relate story events to (d) Read carefully the short story.
personal experiences.
5. (b) Share inferences, thoughts (e) Examine thoughts on the issues raised in the short
and feelings based on the short story.
story.

ACTIVITY 3: MATCHING
Before you can match the appropriate assessment method to a learning outcome, you have to be
familiar with the types of assessment methods and activities.
Match the descriptions in Column A with the correct methods in Column B. write the letter of
the correct answer before the item number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

B 1. Student writes a restricted or extended A. Brief-constructed response

response to an open-ended question.
C 2. Teacher monitor student’s behavior in B. Essay
class as well as the classroom climate.
 G 3. Student evaluates his/her performance
at a learning task in relation to a learning outcome. C. Observation
E 4. Student demonstrate his/her skills based on D. Oral Question
authentic tasks.
F 5. Student chooses a response provided by the E. Performance Assessment
teacher or test developer.
A 6. Student gives a short answer by completing F. Selected-response
a statement or labelling a diagram.
G. Self-assessment
Posttest:
For each item, write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the item
number.

b 1. Which of the following is TRUE about selected-response item?

a. It assesses the affective domain.
b. It assesses only part of the cognitive domain.
c. It assesses the higher levels of the cognitive domain.
d. It assesses the psychomotor domain.
d 2. Which of the following guides the teacher in ensuring that achievement domains are
achieved and a fair and representative sample of questions appear on the test? It provides
evidence of content validity.
a. Assessment matrix
b. Lesson plan
c. Table of contents
d. Table of specifications
c 3. Mr. Carlos asked his students to demonstrate their proficiency in conducting a Science
experiment on density. Which of the following assessment methods is most appropriate?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Oral questioning
c. Performance task
d. Teacher observation
b 4. A Social Studies teacher is thinking of a suitable assessment that would allow his or her
Grade 10 students to explain the political, social and economic effects of climate change. Which
method of assessment will work best?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Essay
c. Performance task
d. Selected-response
a 5. An English teacher would like to find out quickly if his or her students were able to
understand the elements of the short story they just took up in class. Which method is most
proper for this?
a. Brief-constructed response
b. Essay
 c. Observation
d. Oral questioning
d 6. A Math teacher gave her students a survey instrument that would make them aware of
and more responsible for their own learning though reflection and critical evaluation. Which type
of assessment method did the teacher use?
a. Selected-response
b. Essay
c. Observation
d. Self-assessment
d 7. Which type of learning target is achieved when students successfully made a
documentary about human rights in their Social Science subject?
a. Deep understanding and reasoning
b. Knowledge and simple understanding
c. Products
d. Skills
b 8. One of the learning competencies in Grade 10 Science class is that students should be
able to describe the structure and function of the reproductive system. If expressed as a learning
target, what type of learning target is it?
a. Deep understanding and reasoning
b. Knowledge and simple understanding
c. Products
d. Skills
d 9. A Math teacher gave this assessment to his students to provide them with an
opportunity to apply their knowledge of systems of linear equations: Create a simple business
proposal. The plan should contain a title, purpose, budget, workers, and projected income.
Highlights the equations used. A graph of monthly income would be useful. Which level of
assessment is targeted?
a. Knowledge
b. Process
c. Understanding
d. Product or Performance
b 10. Mr. Cruz asked other Social Studies teachers in his high school to review his
periodical test to ensure that the test items represent his learning targets. Which type of evidence
on validity did he use?
a. Construct-related
b. Content-related
c. Criterion-related
d. Instructional-related
c 11. “Group the following items according to order” can be classified as what type of
question?
a. Evaluating
b. Generalizing
c. Classifying
 d. Inferring
b 14. Teacher Vince wants to test his student’s ability to formulate ideas. Which type of test
should he develop?
a. Problem solving type
b. Essay question
c. Completion test
d. Matching type
c 13. Which of the test items is most appropriate to attain Teacher Karl’s lesson objective
“multiply fractions and reduce the product to lowest term?
a. What are the rules in multiplication of fractions?
8 6 4 6 8
b. Reduce , , , , to their lowest terms.
12 8 8 10 18
3 15
c. What is the product of and ?
5 18
3 2
d. The sum of and is ______.
5 3
d 14. Teacher Luis wants to test his student’s ability to speak extemporaneously. Which of
the following is the most valid assessment tool?
a. Let his students construct a speech.
b. Written test on the guidelines in delivering extemporaneous speech.
c. Let them make their portfolio on speeches delivered.
d. Performance test in extemporaneous speaking.
c 15. Which of the following is the highest level in the taxonomy?
a. Identify the kinds of measures of variation.
b. Compute the mean value: 86,91,75,96 and 88.
c. Compare and contrast standard deviation and coefficient of variation.
d. Explain the concept of variability.