A topic of Revised Basic Course workshop. Teaching & assessment of attitudinal domain is stressed here

1. Teaching-learning & assessment
methods of the attitudinal domain
Dr. Hironmoy Roy
MD, MBA, DHM, FAIMER (2015)
Sr. Asst. Professor of Anatomy
Dept. of Medical Education

2. Affective domain
It includes behaviors and
educational objectives that have
some emotional overtones, that
deals with attitude, values,
interests, beliefs and appreciations.

3. Why to teach & assess affective domain?

5. • Receiving: asks, chooses, describes, follows, gives, holds, identifies,
locates, names, points to, selects, sits, erects, replies, uses
• Responding: answers, assists, aids, complies, conforms, discusses,
greets, helps, labels, performs, practices, presents, reads, recites,
reports, selects, tells, writes
• Valuing: completes, demonstrates, differentiates, explains, follows,
forms, initiates, invites, joins, justifies, proposes, reads, reports,
selects, shares, studies, works
• Organization: adheres, alters, arranges, combines, compares,
completes, defends, explains, formulates, generalizes, identifies,
integrates, modifies, orders, organizes, prepares, relates,
synthesizes
• Internalizing values: acts, discriminates, displays, influences, listens,
modifies, performs, practices, proposes, qualifies, questions,
revises, serves, solves, verifies

6. Teaching
methods
• We need to search out teaching methods that will drag
the students in affective topics in educational literature
that themes “motivation”
Affective
topics
• Communication styles, classroom management, learning
styles
• Use of non-verbal communications
Educational
literature
• Interests
• Efficacy

7. Teachers’
action
• As teacher, we need to be careful about our own
actions, as students follow us as “Role model”
Impact
• It gives direct impact on students’ attitude
We should
avoid
• Any body language, facial expression that for sarcasm,
betray, distrust, dislike, disrespect.

8. Assessment of affective domain

9. Behavioral dimensions
• Commitment
• Communication skill
• Effort
• Determination
• Preparation
• Talent
• Curiosity
• Greeting

10. Assessment tools of affective domain
Tool Implications
Self Reporting
(writing a Reflection)
It is the most common measurement tool of
affective domain, where a student writes narrative
over an experience….. “Triology of what?”
What happened?
So what?
What next?
Rating scale
(Semantic
differential)
It tries to assess one’s reaction to specific work,
ideas, or concept; in terms of rating on bipolar
scales defines with adjectives at their end.
Video Recording of a behaviour what you have
done…..see and think yourself
Movie clippings and
tallying with actual
incidences
Compare your real life experience with the movie
clippings, what strikes you on attitudinal problems

11. Semantic Differential

14. Criteria Rating
(1-3)=
Poor
Rating
(4-6)=
Satisfactory
Rating
(6-10)=
Superior
Builds relationship
Opens the discussion
Gathers the
information
Understands
perspective the
patient’s
Shares information
Manages flow
Overall rating
Courtesy: Prof R K Dixit, KGMU, Lucknow