Evaluation of Students' Achievements in
Social Studies

Principlesof Evaluation
1. An integral part of
instruction
2. A continuing
instruction
3. A cooperative process
4. Made in terms of the
purpose of the program
5. Made in variety of
situations
6. Done with a variety of
devices and procedures

Commonly used tools:
1. Paper and Pencil
tests-objective
assessment
• multiple choice items,
completion type and
matching items- easy to
construct and scored.

Commonly used tools:
1. Paper and Pencil
tests-objective
assessment
• Essay tests that call
for explanations or
illustrations of
principles take more
time to check but are
good means of assessing
the kind of learning or
changes in behavior that
has taken place.

2. Analyzing work
products- Product
assessment
• involves a meticulous
examination of work
results such as:
collections, accomplished
records of data, projects
submitted, assignment,
notebooks, scrapbooks with
clippings, photographs and
news special reports
written for a particular
topic.

3. Oral assessment
• participation in
class discussions
• interviews
• oral reports

4. Formal and informal
observations about students'
attitude and behavior
(affective assessment)
• remarks
• checklists
• diaries
• case studies
• comments
• attitude scales
• scrapbook
• interview
• inquiries
• questionnaire

5. Performance-
based Assessment
• proficiency in
performing some
classroom related
activities like
conducting
investigations,
gather data through
surveys and
interviews, etc.

6. Portfolio Assessment
• a method of collecting and
assessing a variety of student
work.
• Work Portfolio consists of the
students outstanding works.
• Scrapbook type includes tests,
checklists, observations and
rating scales chosen both
student and teacher
• Evaluation Portfolio- a
collection of work that can
indicate learning such as
examination booklets, written
reports and about journals.

Thanks.