Domain Testing: Divide and Conquer - Testing Education

software testing courses before, since that would influence their performance in my
training.
3.03.04 Identify Performance Objectives
What kind of performance of learners determines their success? The needs and
goals should be translated into performance objectives that are specific and detailed
enough to show progress towards the instructional goals developed in the first
stage.
According to Gagne et al. (1988), there are several reasons why writing
performance objectives could be very useful. One of the goals of developing
performance objectives is to cater to communication with people at all levels.
Having these objectives also helps in the development of instructional material. Yet
another reason for having detailed performance objectives is that they enable
measurement of student performance against the objectives. Appendix P contains
the basic and higher-order instructional objectives that were identified for my
training.
3.03.05 Develop Criterion-Referenced Test Items
How do we know if the learners have actually learned? Tests are a means to assess
the effectiveness of the instructional design. Various kinds of tests are described in
the literature, such as entry behavior tests, pretests, posttests and practice tests.
Pretests and posttests enable the instructor to measure the extent to which
learners have learned and practice tests or exercises help the instructor to keep track
of each learner’s progress and provide corrective feedback from time to time. I had
one pretest and two posttests, as well as exercise questions to test each instructional
objective. More of this is discussed in section 3.04.02.01.
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