Oral Tasks and Interviews
In some countries oral assessment was usual practice, even as part of the formal national examination system. There are different forms, of which we cite three:
• An oral discussion on certain mathematical subjects that are known to the students.
• An oral discussion on a subject—covering a take-home task—that is given to the students
for 20 minutes prior to the discussion.
• An oral discussion on a take-home task after the task has been completed by the students.
Quite often the oral assessment format is used to operationalize the higher process goals.