Constrained Subjective Assessment of Student Learning

Student learning is a complex incremental cognitive process; assessment needs to parallel this, reporting the results in similar terms. Application of fuzzy sets and logic to the criterion-referenced assessment of student learning is considered here. The constrained qualitative assessment (CQA) system was designed, and then applied in assessing a past course in microcomputer system design (MSD). CQA criteria were articulated in fuzzy terms and sets, and the assessment procedure was cast as a fuzzy inference rule base.An interactive graphic interface provided for transparent assessment, student “backwash,” and support to the teacher when compiling the tests. Grade intervals, obtained from a departmental poll, were used to compile a fuzzy “grade” set. Assessment results were compared to those of a former standard method and to those of a modified version of it (but with fewer criteria). The three methods yielded similar results, supporting the application of CQA. The method improved assessment reliability by means of the consensus embedded in the fuzzy grade set, and improved assessment validity by integrating fuzzy criteria into the assessment procedure.     

学习产出视角下高等职业教育学生学习评估探析

高职学生学习产出是指学生经过学习后,其职业知识、职业技能、职业行为及职业道德等方面发生的变化。高职学生学习产出具有职业性、实践性和应用性等特点。以学习产出视角反思当前我国高职学生学习评估现状,需要树立系统化的学习评估理念;学校需要从被评者转变为评估主体和主导者;行业企业和学生需要共同参与以学习产出为核心的学习评估标准制定;学习信息的复杂性和多样性需要采用多元收集方法。     

学习支持服务学生满意度及个案问卷调查

学习支持服务是远程开放教育教学的主要过程,是远程教育质量保证的一个重要因素已经被远程教育界认为是所有开放大学成功的关键。及时进行学习支持服务满意度调查是监控远程开放教育教学质量最有效的手段之一。但目前国内开展学习支持服务学生满意度调查还没有起步,更没有纳入常态教学质量监控。本文结合个案问卷调查,对远程开放教育学习支持服务学生满意度调查进行了尝试,对相关的概念、评价指标、期待学生的评价、问卷调查中应注意的问题等进行了进一步的探讨,以期作为一种监控教学质量的常态手段。     

当今美国高等教育质量评估的焦点:学生学习成果评估

学生学习成果已经成为当今美国高等教育质量评估的核心内容.学生学习成果评估提供了能够显示每一所院校办学成效的最为重要的证据.高等教育的学习成果按类型可划分为认知性学习成果和情感性学习成果.学生学习成果评估的一个主要环节是运用定性或定量测量等方法获取学习成果的信息和证据.全国性的标准化测试和问卷调查被更多地用于测评一所高校总体的学生学习成果水平和办学成效.当前,学生学习成果评估在实践中面临着一些问题.美国高等教育质量认证要求的变化促使美国高校前所未有地重视学生学习成果的评估和改善.美国学生学习成果评估运动对中国的高等教育评估有一定的启示.     

关于三项著名国际学生评价项目的比较

全国教育进展评价 (简称NAEP)、第三次国际数学和科学教育的再研究 (简称TIMSS -R)和国际学生评价项目 (简称PISA)是当前国际间最为著名的学生评价项目 ,本文拟就 2 0 0 0年NAEP的 8年级评估、TIMSS -R的 8年级评估和PISA三项评价项目的数学和科学领域评估做一比较 ,以便我们了解这些评估的实施背景、基本框架和评估内容     

远程开放教育学生学习支持服务的探索

学习支持服务是远程教育的重要组成部分。建立和完善学习支持服务体系,首先要明确服务的对象、服务的功能及服务的模型;然后确定服务内容、开发项目和组织服务;最后对学习支持服务质量实施监控,不断改进服务质量。本用献分析法,对学生学习支持服务概念提出一些观点和认识,对广播电视大学远程教育学生学习支持服务若干情况进行分析,并提出改进建议。本的结论是：学习支持服务人人有责;学习支持服务体系应融于远程教育大系统;加快学习支持服务的开发。     

A Multi-Level Assessment of the Impact of Orientation Programs on Student Learning

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of orientation programs on student academic and social learning. Moving beyond previous studies, we examined how participation in orientation programming affected student learning and how the impact of these programs on learning varied by organizational characteristics (i.e., institutional control, size of undergraduate enrollment, sponsoring division, and whether the institution has an office designated for managing orientation programs), student entry characteristics (i.e., gender, race, transfer status), and student experiences (i.e., perceived quality of orientation program in helping student transition and in meeting students’ expectations, positive experiences with orientation staff, and perceptions of orientation programs and their efficacy in helping students navigate resources and in providing useful campus-based information). Hierarchical linear analysis was used to analyze these cross-level effects. Results demonstrated that having a designated office for orientation programs on campus was important for narrowing the academic learning gap between new-first year and transfer students. Implications for researchers and practitioners were discussed.     

Academic Standards and the Assessment of Student Learning: Some Current Issues in Australian Higher Education

This paper reports a recent national studyby the Centre for the Study of HigherEducation into contemporary practices in studentassessment in Australian higher education and theissues of quality assurance facing thesector in the light of public speculationand concern about academic standards. Amajor issue emerging from the project isthe importance of defining the relationshipsbetween approaches to student assessment andgrading, quality assurance and academic standards. The paper discusses the issues surrounding academicstandards in Australia in the context ofthe new national framework for highereducation quality assurance and the role of theAustralian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA).     

基于CDIO教育模式学生学习评估方法的探索

本文探讨基于CDIO工程教育理念进行计算机专业本科的教学,使学生在工程实际环境中学习学科知识的同时培养个人、人际交往能力以及产品、过程和系统建造能力,并提出与之相适应的学生学习评估方法。     

At Risk on the Border: Assessment of Student Learning at an Hispanic Serving Institution

Hispanics face multiple barriers to academic achievement. This study measured learning in an undergraduate criminal justice program at an Hispanic Serving Institution bordering Mexico. We estimated the average gains students achieved across core content areas using a technique that can be used by other faculty as part of program assessment. The majority of participants were Hispanic first-generation college students. An independent samples t-test was used to examine differences between freshman- and senior-level students, and the Lovett/Johnson model (2012) model was used to measure student gains using regression analysis. Results indicated that seniors showed meaningful gains at every level.     

透视美国高等教育中的学生学习结课评价

学生学习结果评价是美国高等教育评价由关注资源输入到全面注重受教育者学习结果的一次转变。它侧重评价学生学习后所获得的各方面知识、能力和品质。该评价成为一场运动的主要原因是培养高技能劳动力的需求、政府问责的加强以及认证组织的推动。学生学习结果评价的实施在政府、高校以及专业、课堂等众多层面展开,并表现出以学生为中心的价值取向、评价参与者广泛以及评价方法灵活多样等特点。     

学分制下基于学分绩点制的学生成绩评价模型研究

讨论学分制及学分绩点制的管理模式,并以学分制及学分绩点制的成绩考核评价模块为切入点,介绍了几种成绩绩点计算数据模型,对各类数据模型的优缺点进行了实例分析,提出了学分制下较合理的成绩绩点评价模型.     

美国“学生学习成果评估”研究评析

1980年代评估运动以来,随着学生学习成果评估在美国高等教育领域的开展,学界对这一质量保障方式的理论研究也日益丰富。研究内容主要包括学生学习成果评估相关概念的界定、学生学习成果评估的历史演进、学生学习成果评估的运行机制、学生学习成果评估的理念之争等四个方面。美国现有的学生学习成果评估研究的成果可谓卷帙浩繁,但相关理论探讨和实践摸索依旧在路上。这一方面说明学生学习成果评估正走向专业化、科学化,另一方面也说明学生学习成果评估实践为理论研究提供了丰富的研究资源。