Developing assessment instruments
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This document discusses developing assessment instruments for measuring learner skills and knowledge. It describes four types of criterion-referenced tests: entry-skills tests administered before instruction; pretests before new content; practice tests during instruction; and posttests after instruction. It also matches test item types like short answer, matching, and essays to different cognitive domains and learning behaviors.
Developing assessment instruments
- 2. CHAPTER 7: DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS Nor Syahirah Norizan NorhafizahAmir
- 3. In this chapter, we discuss a criterion-referenced assessment, an instrument composed of items or tasks that directly measure skills describes in objectives. Criterion-referenced tests is a objectives-referenced tests that the instructor done to ensure the learners understand what they study. There are 4 types of tests: Entry-skills tests Pretests Practice tests Posttests
- 4. ENTRY-SKILLS TEST Usually given to the students before the instruction begin to assess learners’ mastery about the previous lesson that they have learnt before. It may be found that learners who lack with this skills will have a problem during the instruction.
- 5. PRETESTS Administered to the learners before the instruction for the sake of efficiency. Whether the learners have mastered the previous skills that have to be included in the instruction.
- 6. PRACTICE TESTS Usually during the instruction process. To provide active learners during the instruction Enable learners to rehearse new knowledge and skills Judge their level of understanding and skill Contain fewer skills rather than pretest/posttest and typically focused on the lesson rather than the unit. Examples: Spot quiz Short essay
- 7. POSTTESTS This test should assess all the objectives. May be quite long rather than pretest. To ensure that learners have achieved the terminal objective
- 10. Test Design Matching the learning domain with an item or assessment task type.
- 11. Type of Behaviour and Related Test Item Types Type of COMPL Behaviour ETION Stated in Objective SHOR T ANSW ER MATC HING MULTIP LE CHOICE ESSAY PRODU CT DEVEL OP. LIVE PERFO RM. State/Name Define Identify X X X X X X X X X X Discriminate Select Locate X X X X X X X X X Evaluate/Jud ge Solve Discuss X X X X X X X X X X X Develop Construct Generate X X X X X X X X X Operate/Perf orm Choose (attitude) X X
- 12. Behaviour Domain Test State/Name Define Identify Verbal information Objective-style Short answer Matching Evaluate/Judge Solve Discuss Intellectual skill Objective-style Product develop. Live performance Choose Attitude Live performance Develop Construct Generate Psychomotor skill Product develop. Live performance
- 13. Examples Completion: __________ is a type of local fruits. Short Answer: Where do you live? I live in ___________ . Solve the problem: 5x4+228=
- 14. Select the correct match: State Selangor Kedah Pahang Johor Capital city Johor Bahru Shah Alam Alor Setar Kuantan