D 293 - Assessment and Learning Analytics - Section 1: Evaluating Assessment Alignment
Which characteristics describe effective formative assessment practices? Choose 3 answers.
- Aligns to a specific learning objective. - Informs instruction. - Helps students learn during a course.
In a certificate program for adults pursuing a career in business, learners must demonstrate the ability to write an employee self-evaluation using a self-assessment rubric as well as to submit a reflection describing the extent to which a potential raise or promotion provides motivation for writing an honest self-evaluation. Which two learning domains are being used in this authentic assessment? Choose 2 answers.
- Cognitive - Affective
An instructor has asked students to engage with three different sources that discuss an environmental issue. The students have read the sources, and the instructor wants to assess students' ability to synthesize the information. Which assessments would demonstrate the students' ability to synthesize? Choose 2 answers.
- Create a presentation highlighting ideas where the sources are in agreement. - Write a blog post explaining a new perspective based on the three sources.
An instructor wants to develop an authentic assessment where students demonstrate the Understand level of Bloom's revised taxonomy. Which two assessments align to this cognitive level? Choose 2 answers.
- Summarize the benefits of the company's insurance policy. - Clarify the insurance premium and payout options for a potential client.
An instructor in a digital art course is seeking a summative assessment that aligns with a course learning goal: "Learners will demonstrate the skills of visual design, applying color theory, fonts and layouts, and information to successfully communicate with a variety of digital media contexts." The instructor consults with a learning experience designer and decides to require students to create a personal website e-portfolio of original designs created in the course. Each design will include a student annotation about the design's origin, how it meets the requirements of the learning goal, peer reviews of other students' work. In a review with the department chair, the instructor is asked to explain the reasons for this assessment task. Which reasons justify the instructor's assessment strategies based on the learning goal? Choose 2 answers.
- The web portfolio gathers artifacts that demonstrate a range of media types. - A portfolio website requires students to apply the skills the learning goal measures.
Project-based Assessment
A concrete way to assess the learner other than a test. Creative outlets also open the door to all learning types in this method. An example would be to ask students to create a website.
What is an example of indirect assessment?
A course survey will provide information about factors that affect student learning, but it does not measure student knowledge or skills.
Traditional
A learning experience designer is asked to design a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary test for nursing students who are studying for a licensing exam. Each item has one right answer, and students receive a final score based on the number of correct answers. Which assessment strategy is being used?
Cognitive Knowledge
AKA - Mental Skills
Formative Assessment
Administered throughout a course to provide instructors with the information needed to support learners. For example, instructors can use data from formative assessments during learning to see if there are common misconceptions, evidenced by students choosing the same wrong answer, which would inform future instruction. It helps students learn by giving students feedback to revise, refocus studies, or to self-regulate during learning.
Discussion Board
Allows learners to create posts (in writing, audio, or video) on topics relevant to a course's learning objectives. It can create a sense of community, increase collaboration among learners, and deepen thinking, analysis, use of evidence, and other skills. For example, asking a classmate to clarify a point is a form of feedback on what was written, thus extending the learning. Discussions make thinking visible and therefore more teachable.
Reflection-Focused Assessment
Allows the learner to look back and reflect on the learning experiences. This method promotes self-regulation of learning, as learners self-evaluate and make plans for accomplishing future goals. Because learners are accessing personal performance, this is a form of indirect assessment. Example - in the classroom could be a journal entry focusing on what students have learned by completing the first essay of the term and planning what to do differently next time. In the workplace, the assessment might take the form of employees composing an annual review that discusses individual performance and future improvements.
An English Literature instructor has just finished a lesson on Romeo & Juliet, which has this learning objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply a literary theory explored in the course in a critical analysis of Romeo & Juliet.
An essay analyzing the play directly assesses the ability to interpret it.
Ipsative
An instructor has asked learners to keep a journal based on personal learning goals for the course including the learners' progress toward meeting those goals. Which assessment strategy does this activity use?
In a guidance counseling course, the learner will be able to provide advice based on the learner's own experience to high school seniors about choosing whether to attend college.
Apply
Cognitive domain task
Apply company diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy awareness to the year-end employee evaluation form to measure DEI understanding and expectations.
A music composition teacher has completed a lesson where the learning objective is "Students will learn the cadence variations of four-four times by composing a single two-minute piece that can be played at both a waltz and polka tempo." Which assessment method aligns with this learning objective? Choose 2 answers.
Ask the students to compose a single piece and to perform it.
Direct Assessment
Assessment involves evaluating work produced by a learner. Formative assessments such as weekly quizzes and worksheets are examples of direct assessment. Summative assessments such as capstone projects, presentations, essays, and tests are also examples of direct assessment. Learners must demonstrate knowledge to the evaluator.
Comprehensive-Type Assessment
Benchmark measures progress with baseline material. Diagnostic is given before the actual lesson to assess the learner's understanding. Formative is given during the process to guide teaching and learning. Summative is given at the end of the lesson to test achievement or competency; an example is a multiple-choice test covering an outcome and all its learning objectives.
In a graduate business course, one of the learning objectives is, "Students will be able to facilitate a meeting using presentation software." How should an indirect assessment method be used to support students in meeting this objective?
By having students critique each other's recorded meetings and offer suggestions
Bloom's Taxonomy identifies three domains of learning. Which domain includes knowing?
Cognitive
In a senior internship course, one of the learning objectives requires students to be able to evaluate their growth throughout the semester. Which weekly assessment method would align with this objective?
Composing a reflection essay
In a woodworking course, the learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use three of ten possible types of joints by building a bookcase, table, or storage chest.
Create
An instructor wants to develop an authentic assessment where students demonstrate the Create level of Bloom's revised taxonomy. Which assessment aligns to this cognitive level?
Design a new traffic plan for a downtown shopping district that is about to undergo major street repairs.
An instructor presents business ownership concepts to a group of business students, including the different types of business ownership. The learning objective is "Compare the major forms of business ownership." Which direct assessment method aligns with this learning objective?
Developing a presentation about business ownership
An instructor is planning to teach a third-grade science unit on the states of matter. The learning goal is "Students will be able to identify examples of liquids, solids, and gases." Which type of assessment should this instructor use to determine what students already know about the states of matter prior to receiving instruction?
Diagnostic
In a course for a human resources staff, the instructor wants to determine if learners can evaluate employees and colleagues based on affective domain skills and abilities. Which assessment is based on the affective domain?
Differentiate the behaviors and attitudes of employees to see who is likely to participate in a volunteer community outreach effort for a local charity.
Indirect Assessment
Doesn't look at learners' actual work but instead uses information gathered from other sources. For example, an instructor might use such data when determining whether to give a student an extension on work or an option for extra credit.
Affective Attitude
Emotions
In a culinary arts course, the learner will be able to determine whether a dish was properly prepared by tasting and rating the dish.
Evaluate
Example of investigate the psychomotor and cognitive domains
Evaluate delivery personnel on the ability to perform assigned tasks efficiently and in accordance with safety procedures.
Summative Assessment
Gathers evidence of whether learners have met the course's knowledge, skill, or proficiency goal.
Seventh-grade students in a French class complete a unit focused on colors with the learning goal of "Students will be able to identify the colors of the rainbow using French vocabulary words." How should the instructor assess whether students met this learning goal using a traditional assessment strategy?
Have students complete a matching worksheet that includes the colors in both English and French
Ipsative Assessment
Journaling uses writing as a way for students to reflect on learning to assess advancement compared to prior abilities.
Project-based assessment
Objective - Learners will be able to apply engineering principles. Example - Building a stick bridge
Indirect assessment
Objective - Learners will be able to confidently address client complaints. Example - Survey
Comprehensive-type assessment
Objective - Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II. Example - Chapter test
Direct assessment
Objective - Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature. Example - Term paper
Discussion board
Objective - Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view. Example - Online discussion
Reflection-focused assessment
Objective - Learners will describe the experience of building rapport with clients. Example - Journal
Psychomotor Skills, physical skills
Perception (sensory guiding of motor activity) Set (feeling ready to act) Guided Response (beginning to learn complex skills) Mechanism (developing basic proficiency) Complex Overt Response (performing with advanced skill) Adaptation (modifying movement to meet special circumstances) Origination (creating situation-specific movements)
Psychomotor Skills
Physical Skills
Affective Attitude, emotional response
Receiving (passively paying attention) Responding (actively learning and reacting) Valuing (attaching worth to information) Organizing (arranging and elaborating on information) Characterizing (valuing belief that influences behavior)
In an auto-mechanics certification course, the learner will be able to state which EPA laws apply to exhaust system repairs.
Remember
Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
In which stage of backward design does the instructor consider what will be acceptable and accurate evidence of students meeting learning goals and objectives asking "how will I know" students have met these goals and objectives?
Stage 2 - determine acceptable evidence
The objective of a high school art unit is, "Students will be able to make artwork using mixed media." How could a project-based assessment method be used to determine whether students have met this learning objective?
Students could create a portfolio with samples of their artwork.
Maria conducts a three-day training to train an organization's administrative staff on a new automated scheduling system. After the training, the organization's training director requests the scores participants earned on the final training activity, which is a complex simulation. Which type of assessment does the final training activity represent?
Summative
Cognitive Knowledge, intellectual skills
The Cognitive Domain develops six areas of intellectual skills that build sequentially from simple to complex behaviors. Bloom arranged them this way: Knowledge (recall of information) Comprehension (understanding of meaning) Application (use of concept) Analysis (deconstruction of concept) Synthesis (combination of information to create meaning) Evaluation (judgment of concept)
Norm-referenced assessment
To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners. Example - Test graded on a curve. Goal - Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
Standards-based assessment
To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard. Example - State Standardized Test. Goal - Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
Traditional assessment
To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts. Example - Multiple Choice True/False. Goal - Learners will be able to describe and identify parts of the human nervous system.
Competency-based assessment
To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace. Example - Creating a presentation. Goal - Learners will be able to deliver a training talk on student-centered learning for first- year teachers.
Ipsative assessment
To see if a learner has improved based on previous knowledge. This assessment can help motivate learners by showing the distance progressed and awards said progress. Example - Compare previous work and progress to current work. Think about writing in a journal. Goal - Learners will increase their reading and comprehension skills.
Criterion-Referenced assessment
To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements. Example - Advanced Placement Test. Goal - Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
It is the responsibility of a learning experience designer to select the most appropriate strategy and method, so that assessments are aligned to the Bloom's learning domain and cognitive level the outcome or objective requires the learner to demonstrate. True/False
True
In a medical course, the learner will be able to explain the clinical signs of obesity to a patient in a treatment context by playing the role of a clinician in a scenario-based discussion post.
Understand
Traditional Assessment
Using a fill-in-the-blank test to measure whether students recall definitions is a traditional testing strategy used in formative and test preparation designs.
Throughout the course
When does formative assessment support students to learn and practice?
Summative
Which type of assessment should an instructor administer to collect evidence of learners' knowledge, skill, or proficiency?
In a course that teaches academic literacy skills to adult learners without a high school diploma, the instructor wants to assess students' ability to accurately summarize an assigned reading. Which assessment aligns to this learning objective?
Write a paragraph that addresses the reading's key points.
A learning experience designer is asked to help an instructor design a summative assessment for a lesson. The course design calls for the summative assessment to be at higher cognitive level based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and to employ either conceptual or procedural knowledge dimension. Which assessment activity is both at higher cognitive level and is also aligned to one of the required knowledge dimensions?
Write a pedagogical analysis of a lesson plan and its steps by applying two of the five learning theories learned in a unit.
Which design process is an example of backward design?
Write learning goals based on what students need to learn, decide how that learning will be measured, then choose activities to prepare students for success in those measurements.
Diagnostic assessments
______________________________will inform teachers of student achievement gaps and other academic abilities.
