THE PARTICULARITIES OF APPLYING THE METHODS OF WRITTEN EVALUATION TO THE TEACHING ACTIVITY. OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Abstract

ABSTRACT. In the following research it is intended to present a picture of the existent situation at the level of the educational reality regarding the frequency of the use of assessment and test methods in the evaluation process, the particularities of these methods and the advantages they involve. The research regarding the use of assessments and tests as evaluation methods, the particularities and the advantages of these methods, was realized at the level of education professionals, based on the administration of a questionnaire. The results obtained indicate the fact that assessments and knowledge tests are frequently used by education professionals in the evaluative process because they are favourable to students’ thinking and they also improve their memory. Of importance is the problem of the way in which the most effective evaluation strategies (evaluation methods) are projected and applied to the different topics of a specialized field, taking always into consideration the impact that the objective/subjective evaluation has upon students, its impact in the field of the knowledge acquired by them, as well as in the field of their personal development.

Keywords

• the evaluation process
• methods in the evaluation process
• the assessments and knowledge test