Learner assessment
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Definition
This article will deal with assessment of student performance, i.e. student evaluation - we also will focus on more sophisticated evaluation rubrics for activity-based instructional designs... I know that assessment is weak in this wiki, but that can't be helped for the moment, it's not in the center of my interests - Daniel K. Schneider 15:32, 15 August 2007 (MEST).
First principles
- Assessment should always be based on clear pedagocial objectives, that also should be communicated to the learners.
- Pedagogical objectives can be very different. It is not the same to require from someone to able to recall "data or information" or to be able to "to pull together knowledge and to apply in a real world project", or event to be able to acquire knowledge for a given task ! (See learning type and learning level).
Formative evaluation
According to Nicol and Milligan (2006) and Nicol and Macfarlane (2006), good formative evaluation:
- helps clarify what good performance is (goals, criteria, expected standards);
- facilitates the development of self-assessment (reflection) in learning;
- delivers high quality information to students about heir learning;
- encourages teacher and peer dialogue around learning;
- encourages positive motivational beliefs and self-esteem;
- provides opportunities to close the gap between current and desired performance;
- provides information to teachers that can be used to help shape teaching. (Nicol & Macfarlane-
Dick, 2006, p. 205).
Evaluation Tools
Rubrics
- Rubystar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.
Product-based evaluation
Checklists for auto-evaluation
- PBL Checklists, age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects. The use of these checklists keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation.
Links
- Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, A peer-reviewed electronic journal. ISSN 1531-7714.
- The Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment (JTLA) is a peer-reviewed, scholarly on-line journal.
- Assessment and Evaluation (a short table associating learning levels to performance measures)
References
- Scriven, Michael (1999). The nature of evaluation part i: relation to psychology. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 6(11). Retrieved March 7, 2006 from [1]