Assessment and Types of Testing

In the world of education, assessment plays a crucial role in gauging progress, motivating learners, and ensuring comprehension. Discover the importance of assessment, different types of assessments, and examples such as performance tests and short-answer questions. Explore the benefits and drawbacks of various testing methods, including true-false questions and supply questions. Enhance your understanding of assessment strategies and their impact on learning outcomes.

• Assessment
• Education
• Testing Methods
• Learning Outcomes
• Types of Assessment

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1. Assessment 1

2. Why do we need assessment? 2

3. Good reasons for testing 1. Let students know how much progress they have made 2. Tell learners what is important and motivate them to learn those. 3. Let learners apply what they learn 4. Evaluate what parts of your e-learning work and which ones don t 5. Make sure students have mastered the requirements to pass 6. Diagnose learners misconceptions and allow them to skip if necessary (Adaptive Teaching) 3

4. What types of assessment are you familiar with? 4

5. Types of assessment Performance (practical) tests Assessment through writing (papers, essays) Supply or select questions Portfolio 5

6. Examples of Performance test With given tools, find out which of the 3 paper towels is most absorbent Make a surface with slope= .45 and friction = .15 6

7. short-answer questions (supply type) What is the formula for Quadratic equation? List 5 causes of Civil War. America was discovered by----------- 7

8. (Matching Question) Which invention was created by each of the following inventors A- Gutenberg 1-Steamboat B- Edison 2- Phonograph C- Fulton 3- Moveable-type press 8

9. Supply Question Disadvantage Spelling errors= losing points Mostly based on memory Neglect the abilities to see the whole picture 9

10. True-False Questions The speed of light is 186,000 miles a second; True False Herber Hoover invented the vacuum cleaner True False 10

11. True-False Advantage? Good for intro or start Disadvantage Could be misused (easy to create so use it a lot) A lot of time people are in doubt (186,000) Not appropriate for complex or subtle kinds of knowledge and comprehension. 11

12. When to use True/False Is a statement right or wrong? Will a procedure work or not? Is a procedure safe or unsafe? Does an example comply with standards? Should you approve or reject a proposal? Which of two alternatives should I pick? 12

13. Multiple Choice Pick one Misconception about MC question. 13

14. Problems Multiple Choice exams Have not seen good ones Hard to make good ones MC exams not good to evaluate HOTH and CTH 14

15. Force Concept Inventory This is an example of a multiple choice test that unlike many multiple choice tests 1- Does not measure memorization 2- Measures higher order thinking 3- It measures students' misconceptions 4- Is professionally designed 5- All options are based on research on students' learning 6- Several journal articles have been published confirming its validity and reliability. 15

16. Multiple Choice 16

17. When to use pick-one questions Ratings or scales (strongly agree ) Recognizing a member of a specific category Recognizing the main cause of a problem Picking superlatives (which one is faster?) Selecting the best course of action 17

18. Alternative forms for pick-one questions 18

19. 1- Use selection lists (drop-down menu) 19

20. 2- Click-in-pictures Find Noble Gas group in the periodic table 20

21. 3- Select along a scale for value judgment 21

22. When to use matching-list questions 22

23. Sequence-type questions 23

24. Two tips for good assessment Table of specifications Bloom s taxonomy 24

25. Portfolios Performances in art, writing, mathematics, science projects, teaching, computers can be stored in portfolios 25

26. Portfolio Advantages and disadvantages? 26

27. Essay Questions Advantages/ Disadvantages? 27

28. Examples of Essay Questions Compare and contrast the American & French Revolutions What makes Beethoven s music unique? 28

29. Factors affecting students score Handwriting or Penmanship Neatness Gender Physical beauty or sexual attractiveness Mechanics & Formatting First/Last name (ethnicity & religion) 29

30. Missing from research Bias due to open structure (letting the writer to impress the teacher by good writing even is she/he does not answer the question) 30

31. Reliability 17 24 20 22 8 6 0 3 31

32. Another experiment A teacher re-marked the same 10 essays after two months, the correlation was only about .45 32

33. What about rubric? 33

34. Why Rubrics? Your writing is poor. This is my opinion. Assumption= Rubrics help in developing more valid, reliable, fair assessment 34

35. Problems with writing rubrics? 35

36. Writing to the Rubrics Rubrics have the power to undermine assessment. 36

37. Problems with writing rubrics Spandel (2006) the quality of voice, is omitted from many rubrics because it is thought too difficult to define. Kohn s (2006) . Quality is more than the sum of its rubricized parts. 37

38. My Research 38

39. Part 2 Technology Assisted Assessment 39

40. Wrong assumptions Most online assignments involve writing essays We don t have cheating in f2f There is no way to control cheating We don t have other alternatives 40

41. Using technology Advantage Frequent assessment (because it is easy) 41

42. Using technology With the integration of technology, assessment can be an integral part of teaching and both can happen together. 42

43. Immediate feedback Free Counter If you like this activity ring the bell Was this activity useful? Write your reflection 43

44. Peer assessment Advantages & Disadvantages 44

45. Send to the teacher http://www.cengage.com/cgi- wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=97811113422 58&token= Khan Academy IXL 45

46. Using Images Fig. 1. Students are asked to predict the number, name, magnitude, and the direction of forces being applied on the athlete jumping on a trampoline. Later they have to predict at which of the above positions the velocity/acceleration is maximum, minimum, zero, increasing, or decreasing and why? 46

47. Innovative teaching 47

48. Convince me 48

49. Similar to clickers Mentimeter PollEverywhere GoSoapBox Socrative Infuse Learning ResponseWare. Quizlet Live Kahoot 49

50. Advanced simulations http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/acid-base-solutions 50

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