Mrs. Davis, a first grade teacher, wants to find out more about her students’ knowledge of word endings so she has decided to use a task where she gives the student an example such as: If I say ‘push’ and then I say ‘pushed’; then I say ‘jump,’ so then you should say _____?” This is an example of what kind of assessment:

a. language sample
b. observation
c. ecological assessment
d. elicitation

ANSWER

d. elicitation