2BSE-D ProfEd 06 PRESENTATION TOPIC ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULE (2nd Sem 2023-2024)

WEEK TOPIC GROUP NAME

W1a Course Introduction

Feb 12 - USM VGMO
- Course outcomes and
requirements, Grading system,
Classroom policies
- Overview of topics

W1b- UNIT 1 PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS AND

W2 RECENT TRENDS
Feb 1A What is educational assessment?
14, 19, - Basic principles
21 - Types of assessment
- Assessment for learning
- Assessment as learning
- Assessment of learning
- Users of educational assessment
1B Common terminologies
- Measurement
- Testing
- Standardized testing
- High stakes testing
- Evaluation
- Types and distinctions of tests
1C High quality assessment
components
- Clear purpose
- Clear and appropriate targets
- Appropriate methods
- Adequate sampling
- Objectivity

W3a 1D Recent trends and focus 1 1.

Feb 26 - Accountability and fairness 2.
- Standards-based education
- Outcome-based education
- Item response theory

W3b UNIT 2 TARGET SETTING 2 3.

Feb 28 2A Standards-based assessment 4.
- Constructive alignment
- K-12 assessment guidelines
- Content standards
- Performance standards
- Assessment types

W4a 2B Appropriate targets 3 5.

Mar 4 - Competencies, objectives, 6.
outcomes
- Characteristics of objectives
(SMARTER)

W4b- 2B Appropriate targets 4 7.

5a - Learning domains and 8.
Mar 6, taxonomies 9.
11 - Cognitive 10.
Bloom’s taxonomy (Bloom et
al., 1964)
Revised Bloom’s taxonomy
 (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001)
- Affective
- Psychomotor

W5b- UNIT 3 DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING 5 11.

6a ASSESSMENTS 12.
Mar 13.
13, 18 3A Characteristics of quality
assessment tools: RSVP, Fairness,
Authenticity

3B Types of teacher-made tests

W6b- 3C Learning target and assessment 6 14.

7a method match 15.
Mar - Table of specifications
20, 25

W8 3D Assessment tools development 7 16.

Apr 1, - Assessment development cycle 17.
3 - Test item formulation
- Multiple Choice

W9 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Apr
8-12

W10 3D Assessment tools development 8 18.

Apr - Test item formulation 19.
15, 17 - Binary type
- Matching exercise

W11 3D Assessment tools development 9 20.

Apr - Test item formulation 21.
22, 24 - Completion
- Short Answer
- Essay

W12a 3D Assessment tools development 10 22.

W13a - Item analysis 23.
Apr - Qualitative item analysis -- 24.
29, Judgmentally based 25.
May 6 improvement procedures:
Self ​review, Peer review,
(Holiday Student review
May 1 - Quantitative item analysis
Week
12b) -- Empirically-based
improvement procedures:
difficulty index,
discrimination index,
distractor analysis

W13b 3D Assessment tools development 11 26.

W14a - Reliability 27.
May 8, - Measures of relationship 28.
13 - Index of determination 29.
- Inter-rater reliability
- Validity
 W14b- UNIT 4 ANALYSIS AND 12 30.
W15 INTERPRETATION OF ASSESSMENT 31.
May RESULTS 32.
15, 20 4A Types and interpretation of test 33.
22 scores 34.

4B Quantitative analysis and

interpretation
- Levels of measurement
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of variability
- Measures of relative position
- Other measures: Skewness,
Kurtosis

W16 UNIT 5 FEEDBACKING AND 13 35.

May COMMUNICATING ASSESSMENT 36.
27, 29 RESULTS
5A Constructive feedbacking
- Principles and characteristics
- Strategies
- Written feedback
- Oral feedback

W17 5B Self-assessment 14 37.

Jun 3, 38.
5 5C Peer assessment

W18 FINAL EXAMINATION

Jun
10, 11,
13, 14,
17

PRESENTATION CRITERIA
1. Content mastery
2. Elaboration and linking of ideas
3. Contextualized illustrations
4. Reasoning, analysis, and reflections