Chapter 9 - Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video - CGISS
Chapter 9 - Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video - CGISS
Chapter 9 - Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video - CGISS
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Alternative<br />
Methods of<br />
Assessment<br />
There are assessment devices, other than tests, that can be used<br />
<strong>to</strong> provide measures of student performance, including:<br />
• Essays<br />
• Term papers<br />
• Research reviews<br />
• Reports<br />
• Case studies<br />
• Portfolios<br />
• Projects<br />
• Performances<br />
• Peer evaluation<br />
• Mastery<br />
• Simulations<br />
Just as with tests, the underlying principles <strong>to</strong> keep in mind as you<br />
introduce alternative assessment <strong>to</strong>ols are validity and reliability. A<br />
<strong>to</strong>ol you use for measurement will be valid as long as it measures<br />
student learning of goals and objectives set for the course. The<br />
measurement will be reliable if you expect <strong>to</strong> get similar results<br />
administering the chosen assessment <strong>to</strong>ol <strong>to</strong> the same group of<br />
people again. It will have the additional benefit of reusability, if it<br />
can be used in multiple instances, including future classes.<br />
Available media and equipment influence the choice of<br />
assessment <strong>to</strong>ols. But the principle fac<strong>to</strong>r involved in the choice of<br />
an assessment strategy is the overall design of the course. Good<br />
design principles demand that the assessment strategies be<br />
chosen as part of the overall instructional plan before the course<br />
actually starts.<br />
• Essays are written assignments in which the student is the<br />
source of information. Essays report on things the student<br />
knows or thinks. Reference is not a major part of an essay. But<br />
an essay requires the student <strong>to</strong> use high-level thinking skills.<br />
There may be prepara<strong>to</strong>ry activities involved with writing an<br />
essay. For instance, an assignment may ask a student <strong>to</strong> read<br />
several articles from several viewpoints and then derive his<br />
own viewpoint from the articles. The expectation in giving the<br />
assignment is that the student will apply reasoning skills and<br />
reach a conclusion that is well reasoned. The actual position<br />
reached is not the main value of the essay, and should not be<br />
evaluated unless your objective is <strong>to</strong> have students’ opinions<br />
agree with your own.<br />
Section: Student Assessment 176 <strong>Chapter</strong> 12: Testing Issues