Oral and Written Evaluation: Difference

Oral Evaluation

Written Evaluation

1.    Oral evaluation which means the students will answer verbally 2.    A student's communication skill is tested 3.    There is no chance of copying from other students. Only if the student knows it, he can answer. 4.    This method is quick to get feedback of students on particular topic along checking their knowledge and communication skills. 5.    there are number of student who know the answer very well but not able to explain it orally. the only disadvantage is the absence of communication skills in all the individuals which may give a wrong results about the knowledge of the person 6.    Generally used at lower level of education 7.    Oral test increases the will power of the individual to face all the problems. The students should have the presence of mind to answer the questions 8.    oral test is more important to know about the person's attitude, character and behaviour. 9.    Examples: interviews, group discussions, speech tests , Viva voce is a Latin word which means 'with living voice' or a 'word of mouth'. 10. It is observed that the students who prefer oral test does a lot of spelling mistakes. 11. Oral type is more argumentativeness in nature 12. with less no. of candidates you can go for oral.

1.    In written evaluation, the student may write something related to the question. 2.    One and main for this is it improves and tests the students' writing skills 3.    Student do malpractices in written tests.and we able to got feedback from all the students on particular test 4.    Students may need some time to think and organize their answers, this time is provided to them in written tests. 5.    Written tests are not only time consuming but also stressful. 6.    generally used at higher level of education. 7.    written tests help in developing the writing skills of a student. The students can learn the various way to express what they feel through writing and through these also their vocabulary also increases. 8.    written test you can test the candidates knowledge. 9.    Examples: Letters, essays, story writing,  application, reports, short and long answers, objective type of test items 10. In written test your answer is documented and its correctness have to be checked.Can be checked at your ease. 11. written is more conceptual. 12. in mass crowd you have eliminate candidates by written test and then