医学院校实验技术人员工作指标体系的定性探析

获得实验技术人员准备工作的参考指标体系,探索对实验技术人员实验准备工作进行科学的绩效考核方法。通过分层目的抽样,对各实验室的技术人员进行小组讨论和个人访谈。根据实验前、预实验、实验中和实验后归纳出整套指标体系,最终指标性质分为定性指标和定量指标。运用定性分析的方法获得指标体系是切实可行的,但指标权重的获得还需要进一步研究。     

National monitoring in social studies: the reliability of assessment interviews

The National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) is responsible in New Zealand for the national assessment of primary school children's achievement in the essential learning areas, one of which is social studies. Individual interviews are one of the approaches used to assess students' understanding. The assessors are registered teachers, selected by NEMP, who attend a training week where they learn how to conduct the standardised assessment tasks and associated interviews. This study examines the reliability of the assessment interviews used in the 2005 round of social studies monitoring, in particular the variations between teacher administrators (TAs) in their use of prompts and probes. The extent of variation observed in the use of three kinds of prompt was sufficient to raise questions about the reliability of the assessment process. A surprising outcome was the consistent failure of TAs to clarify and elucidate students' social studies understandings through the judicious use of probes. The prompt-related variations between TAs and their failure fully to ‘tap into’ understandings assessed by interview-based tasks are serious threats to the validity of claims regarding students' achievement in social studies. This is particularly concerning as NEMP data are used as the basis for identifying and reporting national patterns and trends in educational performance and making recommendations to policy-makers, curriculum planners and educators.     

国家重点实验室评估的指导作用浅析

国家重点实验室评估是科技部全面检验和督促实验室建设和运行的重要手段,在保证实验室正常良好运行、快速健康发展中发挥至关重要的作用。为全面深入理解国家重点实验室评估,根据国家重点实验室评估规则,结合2011年3月作物生物学国家重点实验室评估情况,全面分析了国家重点实验室评估对实验室建设和运行的督促和指导作用,指出了在确立实验室定位、加强人才团队建设、加强科研交流与合作、制度建设和条件建设等方面的促进作用,详细阐述了实验室在凝练研究方向、完善运行管理机制、加强人才团队建设、扩大对外开放交流、加大支持力度等方面的措施及意义。国家重点实验室评估为实验室的建设指出了问题、指明了发展方向。     

Competency Assessment Tool (CAT). The evaluation of an innovative competency-based assessment experience in higher education

This article examines an innovation in teaching-learning and assessment processes through the use of a platform called the Competency Assessment Tool (CAT). It allows for the tracking of student blogs with the objective of improving self-reflective processes and providing feedback. The experiment was carried out in six universities in Catalonia, Spain, and involved seven different subjects. The CAT platform and its features related to the acquisition of competencies are presented, as are users’ opinions on the metacognitive and feedback processes provided by the tool. The methods used were questionnaires received by students and teachers. Results show a high level of satisfaction for all those involved and emphasise that student participation in the assessment process increases their awareness of the teaching-learning process through self-regulation procedures. The most significant result is related to the use of electronic tools as an appraisal instrument and their enhancement of competency-based assessment.     

如何解实验室建设这道难题

介绍了如何解实验室建设这道“难题”的研究与实践，提出了实验室建设“四步曲”，对高校实验室建设、迎接教育部的“水平评估”和各省(市)的实验室评估会有一些启迪。     

高校实验室开展实验内容风险评价工作的探讨

进行实验内容风险评价工作是实验室安全管理工作的重要组成部分,高校实验室在实验内容风险评价工作方面存在管理机构体制不科学、科研单位安全意识淡薄和安全评价制度不完善等问题.高校管理层面完善实验风险评价制度、研究机构强化风险评价管理措施,可提高实验室人员安全准入门槛,实现实验过程全程监管,有利于高校实验室安全管理工作的顺利开展,营造安全、科学、有序的科学研究氛围,进而推动高校各项事业可持续发展和全社会科技进步.     

New assessment process in an introductory undergraduate physics laboratory: an exploration on collaborative learning

A new team learning assessment process was designed and tested in a first-year university physics laboratory class. The assessment process was designed to provide a strong incentive for students to cooperate and feel responsible for each other’s learning and fostering a sense of collaboration rather than competition. Specifically, the new assessment process involves randomly dividing students into teams of four to work on a physics experiment and, at the end of the laboratory session, randomly selecting only one team member to carry out a post-laboratory session performance task. The results indicate that learning outcomes were not compromised in the new assessment process and that peer instruction was employed to a greater extent compared to our standard process. Student responses from a post-assessment survey revealed that 76% of students considered our new assessment process to be fair, whereas 57% of students felt our standard process was fair. The new assessment process used in this study led to a 75% reduction in grading duties – an advantage for large class management.     

Teacher agency within the context of formative teacher assessment: an in-depth analysis

Teachers’ agency has an effect on their own learning process at the workplace. In this study we explored the extent to which teachers participating in a formative teacher assessment procedure developed a sense of agency. We investigated not only whether teachers participating in a such an assessment procedure experienced agency and thus felt in control of the learning process and able to pursue their learning objectives, but also whether agency was visible, by looking at decision-making in real time: did teachers take an active role in their own assessment, especially regarding the learning objectives to be pursued, during the assessment meetings? We found that teachers experienced a high level of agency while participating in the assessment procedure, but did not consistently show this during the assessment procedure.     

基于模糊综合评价法的教学型实验室综合评价

适应当前高校创新型人才培养的需求,提高教学质量,推动实验室建设和管理水平上升到一个新台阶,必须寻找一套符合实验室发展特点、规律的评价方法对实验室进行评价。以广东A校经管实验中心为例,在利用该校教学型实验室评价指标体系的基础上,运用模糊综合评价法对实验中心进行评价,编写Matlab程序,完成评价过程中复杂的数学计算。评价结果表明,模糊综合评价法适用于教学型实验室评价,能真实反映实验室的情况,并能量化指标体系中各个一级指标的评价结果,为各实验室了解自身不足及改进的方向提供依据。     

机械基础创新实验室建设

为适应新形势对人才培养的需要，提高实验教学水平和质量，培养学生独立分析能力、综合能力以及对多种机械设计方案的评价与决策能力，增强创新意识，创建了机械基础创新实验室，开设了系列创新实验，提供了一个优良先进的实验教学环境。     

实验室建设项目管理的分析

为提高实验室建设项目的投资效益,根据项目执行过程中的相关环节和时间顺序,提出了立项管理、过程管理和绩效评估中的一些问题,并且就建设项目的科学管理进行了初步探讨,并提出了一些参考思路。     

Implementation of criteria and standards-based assessment: an analysis of first-year learning guides

Assessment expectations are communicated to students in various ways and at different points in the semester. The provision of written information in learning guides given to students at the start of semester articulates what they are to do and how well they are to perform in assessment tasks. This paper examines how assessment expectations at an Australian university were communicated by staff in 159 first-year units (subjects) in the first year of university-wide implementation of criteria and standards-based assessment and learning guides policies. A framework was developed to analyse the extent and types of assessment information provided in learning guides. The paper provides a snapshot of the types of assessment used in the first year, including exams and analytical, reflective and authentic tasks. The paper contributes to an understanding of how university-wide assessment policy implementation can be evaluated through an examination of documents produced by staff.     

南京广播电视大学网络学习过程性评价浅析

文章以南京广播电视大学为例,在过程性评价理论的指导下,了解、分析学校现行的评价方法,希望通过采用过程性评价理念指导学习者在网络环境中进行学习,从而达到提升学生学习效能的目的,并在理论的指导下初步设计、构建一套网络学习的过程性评价理论模型。     

高校实验技术人员绩效考核的“三类四效益”方法

实验技术人员绩效考核是关系到高校实验建设、发展和改革的重要环节,通过分析传统的"德、能、勤、绩"考核体系,提出了其存在的主要问题。针对高校实验技术人员的三种类型,结合目前高校在科研团队和社会服务方面的加强,提出了一种"三类四效益"的考核体系,旨在探索出能有效调动广大实验系列人员的工作积极性、主动性和创造性的绩效考核方案。     

实验室建设规划制定的探讨

高等教育的发展对高校实验室建设工作提出了新的要求，本文介绍了在大学城新园区实验室建设规划的思路，对如何搞好高校实验室规划进行了初步探讨。     

以评促建,加强护理专业实验室的创新与发展

该校护理学院凭借评估之机,加强了护理专业实验室的建设、创新与发展,规范了实验室管理,推进了实验教学的改革。通过本科评估,在吉林省护理界发挥了示范与带头作用,再一次证实了"以评促建,以评促改,以评促管,重在建设"的原则是正确的。     

The impact of the scoring system of a large-scale standardized EFL writing assessment on its score variability and reliability: Implications for assessment policy makers

Using generalizability (G-) theory and rater interviews as research methods, this study examined the impact of the current scoring system of the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4, a high-stakes national standardized EFL assessment in China) writing on its score variability and reliability. One hundred and twenty CET-4 essays written by 60 non-English major undergraduate students at one Chinese university were scored holistically by 35 experienced CET-4 raters using the authentic CET-4 scoring rubric. Ten purposively selected raters were further interviewed for their views on how the current scoring system could impact its score variability and reliability. The G-theory results indicated that the current single-task and single-rater holistic scoring system would not be able to yield acceptable generalizability and dependability coefficients. The rater interview results supported the quantitative findings. Important implications for the CET-4 writing assessment policy in China are discussed.     

Perception of teaching competencies by administrators,faculty and students of Indian agricultural universities: an assessment of faculty training needs

Purpose: The study aims at finding out relevance and knowledge levels of selected teaching competencies as perceived by educational administrators, faculty and students, in order to assess the training needs of faculty of agricultural universities.

Methodology: Relevance and knowledge levels were tested through a teaching competency questionnaire developed and run on 292 respondents fitting into administrator, faculty and student groups. Needs Assessment Model by Borich [1980. “A Needs Assessment Model for Conducting Follow-up Studies.” Journal of Teacher Education 31 (3): 39–42] is used to identify training needs.

Findings: Results indicate differences in perceptions among groups towards teaching competencies. Prioritized training needs were identified which provide the content and direction for the development of faculty in-service educational programmes.

Practical implications: Faculty of agricultural universities need periodic in-service training programmes in order to improve their teaching competencies so that they become effective and competent teachers in the present educational environment.

Theoretical implications: The statistically validated methodological framework provides for capturing the perception of all stakeholders on the teaching competencies among the faculty members of Agricultural Universities in India, and offers a scope for scaling up the study for similar educational setting in the region.

Originality/value: The perception of students and administrators was also considered along with the self-perception of faculty about the relevance and knowledge levels of teaching competencies.     

高等院校实验室评估中应注意的问题及对策

本文具体分析了高等院校实验室评估中影响评估信度和效度所存在的问题,为使实验室评估能更加客观真实地反映被评院校的办学水平,针对这些问题提出了相应的建议及对策.     

Validation of an assessment centre process for the selection of school leaders in Chile

This study seeks to develop and validate an Assessment Centre (AC) tool for the evaluation and selection of school leaders, focusing on the identification of competencies that influence teaching and learning outcomes. International research supports the creation of Assessment Centres to select candidates for these roles, due to their superior predictive capacity over traditional methods. In this research, a model composed of four face-to-face instruments (an interview to assess competencies, a human resources exercise, a class observation exercise, and a strategic analysis exercise) was designed and validated which simulated the key tasks of a school principal. To establish the desired performance outcomes, three competencies and 15 indicators were selected, based on international and local standards. The analysis of performance results was obtained from a sample of 164 participants made up of teachers, school leaders and principals. The results suggest positive evidence for construct validity, concurrent criteria validity, and reliability between evaluators. Moreover, the data obtained from a sub-sample of principals, with three or more years of experience in their role, allowed for the association of their AC scores with the results of their school organisations, as measured by the National System for the Measurement of Educational Quality in the years 2013 and 2016.