Evaluation: Plague or Promise?.

Cryan, John R.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Evaluation: Plague or Promise?

Cryan, John R.

Childhood Education, v62 n5 p344-50 May-Jun 1986

Maintains that decisions regarding evaluation should be made in relationship to learning principles based on a developmental perspective. Using these principles as a basis, teachers are better able to select appropriate formal and informal evaluation procedures. Each procedure is defined and its limitations are discussed in terms of effectiveness. (BB)

Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment, Learning Processes, Student Evaluation, Teachers, Testing Problems

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