SCE based Suggested Tools for Formative Assessment

Following tools and techniques can be used by the teachers of English and others while conducting the Formative Assessments in the classroom. 

Suggested Tools for Formative Assessment

Language

• Listening Comprehension
• Reading Comprehension
• Debate/ speech/ Group Discussion/ Role Play /Presentation
• Dramatization/ Dialogue/ Conversation/ Commentary
• MCQs/ Quiz
• Grammar Exercises.
• Writing/ Completing a poem, story, script, play, diary entry etc.
• Web Charts, Concept Mapping
• Visual Representation
• Letter, E-mail, data interpretation, article, bio sketch and dialogue completion

It is suggested that at least one out of four tasks should be used for assessing convesation skills in the form of listening comprehension or convesation.

Mathematics

• Data handing and analysis.
• Group projects
• Problem solving
• Maths Lab Activities
• Quiz/ oral questions
• Experiments
• Presentations
• Chart, model making
• Visual Representation
• Simple and interesting assignments
• Mathematical puzzles based on various theorems.

It is suggested that for Mathematics at least one activity out of four should be used for assessing performances in maths lab activities.

Science

Experiments
Information gathering and deducing Presentations on science concepts/ experiments Investigations for stated problems MCQs and Science Quiz Simple and interesting assignments Group assignments and projects
Model Making
Science symposium/ seminar.
Preparation of various compounds/salts
explanation of different natural phenomenon using scientific principles.
It is suggested that for science, at least one out of four formative assessments in the year are experiments.

Social Science

Written assignments involving inference, interpretation and evaluation Commentaries
Simple projects (group & individual) Presentations (group & individual) Quiz and MCQ’s Models and charts. Debates

• Symposium / Seminar
• Conducting intervenes of historical figures
• Role plays
• Dramatization of historical events

Procedure for Formative Assessments

• The suggested split up of syllabi will be followed by teachers for formative assessment.
• The minimum number of formative assessment tasks as suggested in the annual plan have to be conducted. However, teachers can give more than the minimum number of tasks depending on the need and time available.
• The performance of students in each task will be assessed on the basis of assessment criteria given.
• The total of marks obtained by each student in the formative tasks will be calculated and reduced to 10 marks. For instance, if three tasks of 5 marks each have been given for FA 1 and a student obtains 3, 3 and 2 in these tasks, the total obtained by the student will be 8 out of 15. The weightage for 10 will be (8 -r 15) x 10 = 5.33 = 5 = Grade C2 (The total will be rounded off to the next whole number if the decimal is 0.5 or more. If less, it will be ignored). Similarly the mark will be calculated for FA2, FA3 and FA4 and the total will yield the marks in formative assessment out of 40% marks for the whole academic session.

Formative Assessment (Flexible Timing)
Tools	Techniques
Objective type	Tests
Short Answer	Assignments
Long Answers	Quizzes and Competitions
Questions	Projects
Observation schedule	Debates
Interview schedule	Elocution
Checklist	Group discussions
Rating scale	Club activities
Anecdotal records
Document Analysis Tests and inventories
Portfolio analysis