State five advantages and five disadvantages of oral test as an assessment method in education

      

State five advantages and five disadvantages of oral test as an assessment method in education.

  

Answers


Simon
Advantages.
• Oral test provides direct contact between the examiner and the examinee.
• More than one examiner can assess more than one candidate simultaneously
• It provides an opportunity to assess strong and weak areas of each learner.
• It provides an opportunity to question the candidate about how she arrived to the answer.
• It provides the examiner with an opportunity to clarify the question in case the candidate has not understood.
Disadvantages.
• It depends heavily on the experience of the examiner and their ability to retain in their minds an accurate impression of the standard required.
• It lacks standardization hence the results of the test cannot compare across candidates.
• It is expensive because an examiner cannot examine more than fifteen students in a day.
• It lacks objectivity because it is very subjective; examiner can be affected by other factors external to the test.
• It lacks a precise definition of the criteria for the award of a satisfactory rate

skilled writter answered the question on April 24, 2018 at 18:35


Next: Give four advantages and four disadvantages of performance test as an assessment method
Previous: State the advantages and disadvantages of paper and pencil test as an assessment method in education

View More Diploma in ECDE Questions and Answers | Return to Questions Index


Exams With Marking Schemes

Related Questions