What can e assessment do for teaching & learning
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This document discusses the potential benefits of e-assessment for teaching and learning. It outlines how e-assessment can enhance education by allowing for more complex questions, fast feedback, and efficient use of assessment data. The document also provides examples of successful formative and summative e-assessment systems and discusses barriers to wider adoption like the time needed to create high-quality questions.
What can e assessment do for teaching & learning
- 1. What Can e-Assessment Do for Teaching & Learning? Cliff Beevers e-Assessment Association On behalf of the eAA expert panel
- 2. Introduction http://caa.ecs.soton.ac.uk/papers/ Technology to serve Education Build on research More complex question & test structure Fast/accurate feedback Efficient use of data
- 3. Definition e-Assessment occurs when there is an automated marking/response, to student input on-screen in a test, informing on the process of answering a question and providing feedback to learners and their teachers through well-crafted advice and reports.
- 4. Outline ARG principles Successful e-assessment Other research Greenwood et al (1998) Int Conf Mathematics/Science Edu and Tech, Vol. 2000, Iss 1, 2000, 179 Sandine et al (2005) “ The National Assessment of Educational Progress in Online Assessment in Mathematics and Writing” Ashton et al (2005) BJET, 36(5), 771-787
- 5. ARG’s Formative Principles Effective planning of T&L Focus on how students learn Centre of classroom practice Promote professional skills Sensitive/constructive
- 6. ARG’s Formative Principles Foster motivation Promote learning goals Help improve learning Develop self-assessment Recognise range of achievement
- 7. Examples of Formative Success ALTA at Primary/Secondary SCHOLAR at Secondary/Tertiary Medicine at Dundee Maths at Newcastle/Birmingham Physics at Surrey Open University courses Professional eg Accountancy
- 8. Heriot-Watt Experience CALM started in 1985 and used e-assessment in: Diagnostic tests Self-testing Monitoring reports Motivating exercises to test the gifted Grading in part from 1995 More info at www.calm.hw.ac.uk
- 9. ARG’s Summative Principles Valid : measure appropriate achievements Reliable : accurate and consistent Impact : desirable for T&L Practical : resources provide value
- 10. Innovation to Mainstream 1985 CALM provides formative assessment 1995 CAA used summatively after educational evaluation 1999 SCHOLAR creates e-learning across broad spectrum of subjects in Higher and Advanced Higher 2001 Research with SQA on medium and partial credit effects 2003 PASS-IT begins
- 11. Example of Summative Success Research to check on Reliability & Validity Impact : encourages use of formative e-resources Practical : 500 undergraduates tested over week randomisation mathematical expressions steps provided immediate re-test.
- 12. QTI Benefits : no lock in to supplier question sharing potential Barriers : reduced range & quality of question types MCQ + variants too restrictive lessons not passed on not appropriate in STEM subjects lack of adaptive modes
- 13. Barriers Time to create good questions High initial costs Poor collaboration history NIH Digital divide
- 14. PASS-IT Background Collaborative project: HW/LTS/BBC/SFEU/SQA Built on previous work Explored the potential of formative/summative e-testing in post-16 education 1042 candidates in 21 schools/3 colleges
- 15. PASS-IT Summary Pilots delivered in 6 levels in 1 subject Variety of levels in 5 other subjects Support candidates with additional needs Candidate questionnaires & focus group for teachers/IT staff Summary at www.pass-it.org.uk/project_materials.asp
- 16. Role of Steps Can over-complicate for good students Provides structure in formative tests Helps with partial credit Contributes to comparability with paper tests Ashton et al, (2006) BJET, 37(1), 93-119 (2006)
- 17. Alternative Evidence Higher Mathematics 3 NAB units available from 2005/6 Practice for unit assessment Taking actual unit assessment Initially 1300 registered, 25 schools, >8000 tests Re-sits available on demand 7% - 15% coverage since 2007
- 18. Conclusions What works in Education? Make that the standard. e-Assessment can: Enhance teaching, improve learning and measure part of it. F ormative: SCHOLAR (Scotland) from 1999 R esearch: www.pass-it.org.uk , 2003-5 S ummative: e-NABs from 2006