EDU431 Handouts by VUBuddy

Lecture Topic no. Topic

Unit 1: Concepts of Assessment 1. Measurement, assessment and evaluation

2. Classroom assessment

3. Types of assessment

4. Use of Assessment in Classroom Instruction

5. Use of Assessment in Classroom Instruction –

Formative and Summative Assessment

6. Types of Assessment: Methods of Interpreting Results

Unite 2: Assessment, Testing

and National Curriculum 7. Role of national curriculum in assessment

8. Connecting all four levels in curriculum

9. Modes of Assessment in Curriculum

Lecture 3: Taxonomies of

Educational Objectives and 10. Taxonomies of Educational Objectives and

11. Bloom‘s Taxonomy and SOLO Taxonomy

12. SOLO Taxonomy

13. Depth of Knowledge

14. Bloom‘s Taxonomy

15. Bloom‘s Taxonomy (Continued)

16. Revised version of Bloom‘s Taxonomy

17. Instructional Objectives

Unit 4: Purpose of Testing 18. Educational Decisions making

19. Types of test

20. NormReferenced Assessment (NRT)

21. Criterion Referenced Assessment

22. Characteristics of Criterion Referenced Assessment

23. Difference between NRT and CRT

24. Formative Assessment

25. Functions of Formative Assessment

26. Summative Assessment

27. Functions of Summative Assessment

Lecture 5: Table of

Specification 28. Table of specification

29. Concept of table of specification

30. Elements and Appropriateness in Table of

Specification

31. Balance among Learning Objectives and their Weight

in table of specification

32. Balance among Learning Objectives and their Weight

in table of specification: Example

Unit 6: Selection of Test 33. Selecting pre-design test

34. Standards for selecting appropriate test

35. Standards for selecting appropriate test (continued)

36. Fairness in selecting appropriate test

Unit 7: Characteristics of good

test 37. Characteristics of good test: Validity, reliability and

usability

38. Nature of validity 39. Evidences of validity: Content validity

40. Evidences of validity: Construct validity

41. Evidences of validity: Criterion validity

42. Evidences of validity: Consequence validity

43. Nature of reliability

44. Method of estimating reliability

45. Test-retest method

46. Equivalent forms method

47. Split half method

48. Kuder-Richardson methods, coefficient Alpha and

inter-rater method

Unit 8: Types of Assessment

tools 49. Types of assessment tools: Anecdotal records

50. Effective use of Anecdotal Record

51. Advantages and limitations of Anecdotal record

52. Peer Appraisal

53. Portfolio: Strengths and Weaknesses

54. Purpose of portfolio

Unit 9: Creating Fixed-choice

test items 55. Selection of items in a test

56. Characteristics of Multiple choice items

57. Use of Multiple choice items

58. Use of Multiple choice items (Continued 1)

59. Use of Multiple choice items (Continued 2)

60. Advantages and limitations of MCQs

61. Advantages and limitations of MCQs (Continued 1)

62. Advantages and limitations of MCQs (Continued 2)

63. Suggestions for constructing MCQs

64. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 1)

65. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 2)

66. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 3)

67. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 4)

68. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 5)

69. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 6)

70. Suggestions for constructing MCQs (Continued 7)

71. True/ False and its uses

72. Uses of True/False items

73. Advantages and limitations of true/false questions

74. Suggestions for constructing true/false items

75.

(Continued 1)

76.

(Continued 2)

77.

(Continued 3)

78.

(Continued 4) 79.

(Continued 5)

80.

(Continued 6)

81. Matching exercises

82. Uses of Matching exercises

83. Advantages and limitations of Matching exercises

84. Suggestions for constructing Matching exercises

85. Suggestions for constructing Matching exercises

(Continued 1)

86. Suggestions for constructing Matching exercises

(Continued 2)

87. Suggestions for constructing Matching

exercises(Continued 3)

88. Developing short answers with examples

89. Developing short answers: Advantages and

disadvantages

90. Uses of Short answers/ completion questions

91. Advantages and limitations of Short answers

92. Suggestions for constructing Short answers

93. Suggestions for constructing Short answers

(Continued 1)

94. Suggestions for constructing Short answers

(Continued 2)

95. Suggestions for constructing Short answers

(Continued 3)

96. Suggestions for constructing Short answers

(Continued 4)

Unit 10: Creating constructed

response test items 97. Subjective items: Restricted response essay type items

98. Guidelines for constructing restricted response essay

type items

Unit 11: Creating extended

response test items 99. Extended response essay type items: advantages and

limitations

100. Guidelines for constructing extended response essay

type items

101. Scoring rubrics for essay type items

102. Types of scoring rubric: Analytical scoring rubric

103.

Unit 12 : Analyzing the Test 104. Theories of test development

105. Item Analysis: information provided by item analysis

106. Appropriate time for item analysis

107. Test theories in item analysis

108. Item difficulty in CTT

109. Item discrimination in CTT

110. Item characteristics curve (ICC) in IRT