Assessment of Cooperative Learning: A Goal-Criterion Approach

The problem of assessment of non-traditional teaching techniques has long challenged educational administrators and faculty. The approach to assessment that we followed in this instance employed a model that we developed to assess group learning, variously known as cooperative learning, collaborative learning, or team learning. We applied the model to group-based case study courses that included innovative enhancements such as group exams and group-based role-play. The model required balanced representation among multiple learning criteria arranged in six goal-criterion sets, all drawn from the literature on group learning. We designed a test instrument based on the model and administered the instrument to 85 students near the end of three business strategy courses. Imbalances among criteria in the six goal-criterion sets helped identify and correct weaknesses in course design and in methods of instruction.     

对我国职业资格证书制度的思考

职业资格证书制度是人力资源开发与管理中一个不可或缺的重要手段。现阶段我国职业资格证书制度建设中存在着对职业资格证书认识不到位,职业资格证书的推行难度较大,缺乏统一的与学历文凭相沟通的国家职业资格框架,职业资格证书考核工作的社会化管理机制不完善等问题。要积极推进我国职业资格证书制度建设必须采取相应的措施:提高对职业资格证书制度的认识,加强对职业标准的研究和开发,建立双向沟通式的双证制;完善职业资格证书的考核管理。     

数学教学评价的内容和方法

数学教学评价的问题是关系到数学教学改革的成败问题，因此，必须正确认识数学改革中的数学教学评价，深刻理解它的意义和功能，建立科学有效的评价手段和方法。     

How to encourage a lifelong learner? The complex relation between learning strategies and assessment in a medical curriculum

Abstract

To foster lifelong learning skills, we need new didactic approaches with aligned assessment methods. Therefore, we investigated whether the outcomes of a project assignment show a different relation to learning strategies than a longitudinal knowledge-based assessment. We studied learning strategies of first year students of medicine and biomedical sciences (n?=?248) and performed hierarchical regression analyses for the learning strategies and grades of the longitudinal knowledge-based test and project assignment. Scores of students, measured with the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Likert scale 1–7), were relatively low for critical thinking (3.53), compared to rehearsal (4.40), elaboration (4.82), organisation (4.69) and metacognitive self-regulation (4.33). Knowledge based tests showed a significant relation to elaboration (p?<?0.01). For the project-based assessment, we did not find a significant relation to any learning strategy (p?=?0.074). Explained variance of the grades was low for all learning strategies (R² < 0.043). Different types of assessment did not discriminate between students with high or low scores on learning strategies associated with lifelong learning. An explanation is that the curriculum is not aligned with assessment, or students do not benefit in terms of grades. We conclude that, if assessment is to drive lifelong learning skills, this is not self-evident.     

大学图书馆的绩效评估

文章简要介绍了绩效评估的基本方法,指出大学图书馆实行绩效评估是时代发展的需要,是引入竞争机制的具体体现。文章强调大学图书馆工作的绩效评估要以“工作规范为基础”,要引入等级记分法,用等级和分数来代替评语,要赋予每一项考核内容明确的数量值,以使评估人员在操作过程中便于检查、统计、比较。     

评估——高职院校改革与发展的助推器

高职高专院校人才培养工作水平评估,是我国高职教育改革与发展的内在要求,是政府依法行政、学校依法办学的重要举措.从实践效果看,评估有力地促进了学校教育教学观念的转变,办学思路的清晰,办学条件的改善,教学改革的深化,师资队伍的加强和教育管理的规范,实现了学校更好更快的发展.要巩固发展评估的成果,必须高度重视评估的整改工作,建立起评估的长效机制,不断推进高职院校的发展.     

新课程背景下教师如何备好学生

新课程背景下教师的备课首先必须备好学生.备好学生应做到六个了解,遵循三个原则,掌握五种基本方法,这样才能真正实现"一切为了学生的发展"的素质教育目标,才能更好地作出适合学生发展的课堂教学设计,才能更好地引导和组织学生进行有效课堂教学活动.     

英国GCSE化学考试探究性技能评价方法及启示

科学探究性技能的评价是英国GCSE化学课程考试评价目标中重要的一项.它对探究性技能进行分领域评价,制定详细的、便于操作的评价目标和评定细则,突出课程作业在评价中的地位,重视学生的探究过程和关注学生发展,其做法值得我国借鉴.     

中华文化最高价值视野中的学习评价思路

文化是研究学习评价的一个重要角度。中华文化的最高价值是＂崇高＂。在中华文化经历了漫长而复杂的变迁之后,崇高这一最高价值仍有必要而且值得传递,但需要更新。体现中华文化最高价值之传递与更新的学习评价思路包括：学习评价要全面地评估学习者的素质,学习评价要充分地促进学习,要提高学习评价本身的崇高性。     

实践教学的重新认识与学习评价方法研究

围绕应用型人才的培养目标和能力为本的课程目标,传统的课程模式应该转变为实践导向的课程模式。实践教学课程的设计和实施需要新型的学习评价策略与此相匹配,其最终目的是实现师生的共同成长和发展。