“过来人”谈本科教学工作审核评估——上海市三所高校校长访谈录

本文是上海市参加首批本科教育工作审核评估三所高校主管教学工作的副校长访谈录。校长们介绍了各自在迎评、评估中和评估后所做的工作与体会。对其他高校有较高的参考价值。     

Diversity in deafness: Assessing students who are deaf or hard of hearing

The purpose of this article is to support members of a student's multidisciplinary team to identify complex factors involved in providing valid classroom-based assessment data, including issues surrounding technology-based assessment for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). The diversity of this population creates unique challenges in creating guidelines for assessment. An overview of the diversity of DHH students is used to provide a framework for examining current assessment practices, including both effective and ineffective practices. Cognitive and linguistic learning differences and diverse language learning experiences in the population are discussed as they relate to assessment protocols. Paralleling technology-based learning experiences with comparable technology-based assessment experiences is also presented. Recommendations for planning for accessible and meaningful assessment include the use of innovative technologies to align instruction and assessment.     

Building strong foundations for educational achievement: Language assessments in early childhood education for deaf and hard of hearing children

It is widely accepted that assessment plays a role in monitoring the development of young children with special needs in early intervention/early childhood settings. The process of assessing young children's language skills often looks for delays within a solid language foundation. However, many children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) may not have a solid language foundation to assess, leading to inaccurate assessment. When we reframe how we assess language skills in children who are DHH, we ensure the assessment provides a comprehensive picture of the child's language development. It is important to modify language assessment tools where necessary while ensuring the assessment stays reliable and valid. It is critical to use multiple assessment tools to monitor the child's progress, including standardized assessments and assessment tools normed for DHH populations. Finally, it is crucial to monitor the child's skills in each language that they are using, regardless of which language is used most often. We explain why each of these factors needs to be considered in the assessment of young children who are DHH, will discuss the challenges of assessing this population, and will provide solutions to some of the challenges of assessing language skills in of young children who are DHH.     

Student threats of violence against teachers: Prevalence and outcomes using a threat assessment approach

Internationally, student aggression against teachers is a prevalent problem in schools. Student threat assessment is an emerging violence prevention practice, but its use for threats against teachers has not been investigated. This study examined use of threat assessment for a statewide sample of student threats against teachers (n = 226) compared to threats against other students (n = 1,228). Results indicated that threats against teachers were less prevalent (15.5%) than threats against peers (84.5%). Of threats against teachers, 30% were classified as serious by the school’s threat assessment team and 5.8% were attempted. Implications for school policy and practice and teacher safety are discussed.     

我国高等职业教育评估制度政策发展探析

文章对我国高等职业教育评估制度的政策演变历程进行了一次比较系统的梳理,试图揭示出一系列重要政策出台的相关背景及原因,并对高等职业教育评估制度政策演变的不同阶段及其特征进行分析,在此基础上提出对我国高等职业教育评估政策发展趋势的一些思考     

国企高职院校教师专业发展的发展性评价

国企高职院校教师素质落后影响着办学质量,教师专业发展应该得到重视,实施发展性教师评价是促进国企院校教师专业发展的必要途径。实施策略在于：坚持以人为本的原则,关心教师实际需要;以教师专业发展为目标,制定相关评价标准;尊重教师个性心理发展,让教师有更多自主权;立足于教学模式改革,着眼于教师文化建设;坚持评价方式科学性,注重产学结合诊断教学;倡导政府与企业协作共建,把国企院校纳入正轨     

The Use of a Mobile Learning Tool by Medical Students in Undergraduate Anatomy and its Effects on Assessment Outcomes

Hand-held devices have revolutionized communication and education in the last decade. Consequently, mobile learning (m-learning) has become popular among medical students. Nevertheless, there are relatively few studies assessing students' learning outcomes using m-learning devices. This observational study presents an anatomy m-learning tool (eMed-App), an application developed to accompany an anatomy seminar and support medical students' self-directed learning of the skeletal system. Questionnaire data describe where, how frequently, and why students used the app. Multiple choice examination results were analyzed to evaluate whether usage of the app had an effect on test scores. The eMed-App application was used by 77.5% of the students, mainly accessed by Android smartphones, and at students' homes (62.2%) in order to prepare themselves for seminar sessions (60.8%), or to review learning content (67%). Most commonly, students logged on for less than 15 minutes each time (67.8%). Frequent app users showed better test results on items covering eMed-App learning content. In addition, users also achieved better results on items that were not related to the content of the app and, thus, gained better overall test results and lower failure rates. The top quartile of test performers used the eMed-App more frequently compared to students in lower quartiles. This study demonstrated that many students, especially the high-performing ones, made use of the eMed-App. However, the app itself did not result in better outcomes, suggesting that top students might have been more motivated to use the app than students who were generally weak in anatomy.     

对我国32所地方高校院系目标考核文本的分析

运用内容分析法,以32所地方高校院系目标考核文件为调查对象,从考核时间、组织部门、考核目的、考核原则、考核范围、考核指标、考核程序、考核结果、结果使用等维度进行统计分析,调查结果发现,我国高校目标考核成效明显,但也存在目标考核工作滞后、考核指标层次不清、考核结果等次人为设置比例等问题,高校要重视发挥目标考核的作用,理清和处理好考核指标之间以及目标设定与目标考核、动态考核与终期考核、相对比较与绝对比较之间的关系。     

教育评估专家评判的价值取向

现阶段我国教育评估中对人的评价出现了唯分数、唯升学、唯文凭、唯论文、唯帽子的价值偏差,脱离了教书育人的根本目的。专家评判是教育评估的重要组成部分,专家评判的价值取向直接关系到评估结果的科学性和公信力,但是专家判断中也严重存在"五唯"现象。因此教育评估要回归到教育的本意,即"育人",要以"立德树人"成效为依据,以促进"人的全面发展"为目标,破除唯一性、单一性的评价价值取向,并从专家主体的价值认同和评判尺度统一、评估标准"唯"与"不唯"的平衡点、客观数据与主观评判关系、道德自律与规则他律四个方面探寻教育评估专家评判价值取向的实现路径。     

广东省幼儿园等级评估的成效分析

广东省幼儿园等级评估工作历经20 年的探索与实践,积累了较为丰富的经验,取得了一定成效。等级评估对政府加强幼儿教育管理、建设一批具有示范意义的幼儿园及培养幼儿教育专家等起到了促进作用,推动了广东省学前教育的发展。