The difference between formative and summative assessment in Grade 12 Life Orientation
School-based assessment tasks can be used for formative as well as summative purposes.
Summative assessment
Refers to more formal planned assessments at the end of a unit or term / year which are used primarily to assess learners’ progress.
Formative assessment
Is usually more informal and more frequent, involving the gathering of information about learners and their learning needs while they are still learning.
Formative assessment has two key functions: informing and forming.
Formative assessment shapes the decisions about what to do next, by helping the teacher to select what to teach in the next lesson, or even in the next moment in the lesson and the learners to understand what they have learnt and what they need to learn next.
Life Orientation school-based assessment (SBA) Topics
Term 1 topics:
- Task 1: Development of Self in Society Weeks 1 – 5: Essay, Source base and Case Study
- Physical Education Task: PET 1 – Participation in programmes that promote achievement of personal fitness and health goals
Term 2 topics:
- Task 2: Human Rights and Democracy
- Task 3: Examination 1: Mid-year Examination
- Task 3: Physical Education Task PET 2 – Participation in programmes that promote long term engagement in community and/or playground and/or indigenous games or traditional and or non-traditional sports that promote physical activity
Term 3 topics:
- Task 4: Examination 2 – September Examination
- Physical Education Task: PET 3 – Participation in programmes that promote long term engagement in relaxation and recreational activities
Originally posted 2023-10-29 12:01:46.