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The document discusses whether safety professionals should test students after training or use alternative learning methodologies. It outlines the employer's duty to educate workers on safety and examines Bloom's Taxonomy of learning objectives. The author argues that using multiple assessment techniques beyond just testing, such as observation and case studies, can help ensure workers understand safety practices without solely relying on exams.
This document discusses the question of whether safety professionals should test students after training or use alternative assessment methods. It notes employers have a duty to educate workers on safety. While testing is commonly used, it may not be the best way to ensure learning and retention of safe work practices. Alternative methods like observation, case studies, and job task analysis are proposed. The document also suggests using new technologies and social media tools to facilitate collaborative learning among students. It argues safety professionals should act as guides to help students learn and ensure a safe workplace through various assessment methods.
This presentation will help you define Authentic assessments, assess the value of authentic assessments for 21st century learners, tell reasons why it is better than traditional assessments and explain why it is termed practicability. This is for both graduate (Advanced Assessment and Evaluation - PhD subject) and undergraduate (Educ 29 - Assessment of Learning 1) classes. Comment for suggestions. Like or follow. Enjoy! Namaste.
The document discusses why teachers do not receive effective feedback in Turkey. A group of 5 students with an average age of 22 conducted research on this topic. They reviewed literature showing that while feedback is important for learning, teachers do not often receive sufficient feedback. The group developed a questionnaire to understand barriers to teacher feedback. Their suggestions include a feedback enhancement program for teachers and principals, classroom observations with immediate feedback, and student evaluation forms to provide teachers feedback. The group aims to improve teacher quality through establishing better feedback systems.
Tcj ensuring the alignment of assessment with learning outcomesmichelepinnock
The document discusses ensuring alignment between learning outcomes, teaching activities, and assessment in courses. It emphasizes that assessment strongly influences how students approach their learning. The key ideas are:
1) Constructive alignment is needed, where learning outcomes, teaching, and assessment all work together to provide clear goals and appropriate feedback to students.
2) Assessment should match and reinforce what is truly valued in a course. Students learn what is assessed, not just what is discussed.
3) Using frameworks like Bloom's Taxonomy and SOLO help define learning outcomes and assessments at different levels of understanding and promote a deep approach to learning over surface memorization.
1) The document defines formative assessment as assessment carried out during instruction to improve teaching and learning. It provides feedback to teachers and students.
2) In contrast, benchmark and interim assessments serve as formative program evaluation tools rather than true formative assessment. They identify broad areas of weakness for groups of students or entire classes, but do not provide specific feedback to improve individual student learning.
3) True formative assessment involves teacher questioning and interaction with students during instruction to provide targeted feedback, while benchmark assessments only identify very general areas of weakness without guidance on how to improve.
The document discusses the differences between traditional and authentic assessment. Traditional assessment uses standardized tests to measure correctness, while authentic assessment aims to measure thinking processes and meaningful application of skills through tasks like portfolios, discussions, and interviews. It provides steps for creating authentic assessments, including identifying standards, selecting real-world tasks, establishing criteria, and designing rubrics to evaluate student performance holistically or analytically.
The document discusses the components of an effective lesson plan, including objectives, standards, anticipatory set, teaching input, modeling, checking for understanding, guided practice, lesson closure, independent practice, and assessment. It describes each component in detail and provides examples. The key aspects of a strong lesson are clear objectives, engaging instructional methods, monitoring of student understanding, and assessment of learning outcomes.
This document discusses constructive alignment in education. It covers:
1. Constructive alignment aims to align intended learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessments. The verbs used in learning outcomes should be enacted in both teaching and assessment.
2. Intended learning outcomes should be expressed from the student's perspective using action verbs about what students will be able to do. Teaching and assessment should elicit these desired verbs.
3. Constructive alignment was developed at the University of Hong Kong to ensure teaching methods and assessments directly address the intended learning outcomes. This creates a coherent design for teaching and learning.
This document discusses the question of whether safety professionals should test students after training or use alternative assessment methods. It notes employers have a duty to educate workers on safety. While testing is commonly used, it may not be the best way to ensure learning and retention of safe work practices. Alternative methods like observation, case studies, and job task analysis are proposed. The document also suggests using new technologies and social media tools to facilitate collaborative learning among students. It argues safety professionals should act as guides to help students learn and ensure a safe workplace through various assessment methods.
This presentation will help you define Authentic assessments, assess the value of authentic assessments for 21st century learners, tell reasons why it is better than traditional assessments and explain why it is termed practicability. This is for both graduate (Advanced Assessment and Evaluation - PhD subject) and undergraduate (Educ 29 - Assessment of Learning 1) classes. Comment for suggestions. Like or follow. Enjoy! Namaste.
The document discusses why teachers do not receive effective feedback in Turkey. A group of 5 students with an average age of 22 conducted research on this topic. They reviewed literature showing that while feedback is important for learning, teachers do not often receive sufficient feedback. The group developed a questionnaire to understand barriers to teacher feedback. Their suggestions include a feedback enhancement program for teachers and principals, classroom observations with immediate feedback, and student evaluation forms to provide teachers feedback. The group aims to improve teacher quality through establishing better feedback systems.
Tcj ensuring the alignment of assessment with learning outcomesmichelepinnock
The document discusses ensuring alignment between learning outcomes, teaching activities, and assessment in courses. It emphasizes that assessment strongly influences how students approach their learning. The key ideas are:
1) Constructive alignment is needed, where learning outcomes, teaching, and assessment all work together to provide clear goals and appropriate feedback to students.
2) Assessment should match and reinforce what is truly valued in a course. Students learn what is assessed, not just what is discussed.
3) Using frameworks like Bloom's Taxonomy and SOLO help define learning outcomes and assessments at different levels of understanding and promote a deep approach to learning over surface memorization.
1) The document defines formative assessment as assessment carried out during instruction to improve teaching and learning. It provides feedback to teachers and students.
2) In contrast, benchmark and interim assessments serve as formative program evaluation tools rather than true formative assessment. They identify broad areas of weakness for groups of students or entire classes, but do not provide specific feedback to improve individual student learning.
3) True formative assessment involves teacher questioning and interaction with students during instruction to provide targeted feedback, while benchmark assessments only identify very general areas of weakness without guidance on how to improve.
The document discusses the differences between traditional and authentic assessment. Traditional assessment uses standardized tests to measure correctness, while authentic assessment aims to measure thinking processes and meaningful application of skills through tasks like portfolios, discussions, and interviews. It provides steps for creating authentic assessments, including identifying standards, selecting real-world tasks, establishing criteria, and designing rubrics to evaluate student performance holistically or analytically.
The document discusses the components of an effective lesson plan, including objectives, standards, anticipatory set, teaching input, modeling, checking for understanding, guided practice, lesson closure, independent practice, and assessment. It describes each component in detail and provides examples. The key aspects of a strong lesson are clear objectives, engaging instructional methods, monitoring of student understanding, and assessment of learning outcomes.
This document discusses constructive alignment in education. It covers:
1. Constructive alignment aims to align intended learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessments. The verbs used in learning outcomes should be enacted in both teaching and assessment.
2. Intended learning outcomes should be expressed from the student's perspective using action verbs about what students will be able to do. Teaching and assessment should elicit these desired verbs.
3. Constructive alignment was developed at the University of Hong Kong to ensure teaching methods and assessments directly address the intended learning outcomes. This creates a coherent design for teaching and learning.
Importance of feedback in teaching and learning languagesMahdi Bouguerine
The document discusses various types of mistakes students make, sources of errors, and effective feedback strategies. It describes how teachers can provide feedback to help students overcome mistakes through techniques like self-assessment, peer feedback, and addressing errors during accuracy or fluency work. The goal of feedback is to help students improve their language skills without damaging their confidence or motivation.
Cognitive affective and psychomotor domainsbenetalokesh
The document discusses various methods of evaluating the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains in nursing education.
In the cognitive domain, written examinations like essays and objective tests (multiple choice, true/false, matching) are commonly used. Oral examinations and practical or skills examinations are often used to evaluate the psychomotor domain. Various rating scales like Likert scales and semantic differential scales are employed to measure attitudes and evaluate the affective domain. The document provides definitions and advantages and limitations of these different evaluation methods.
Assessing students and giving feedback in higher education 23082012Anu Ylitalo
The document discusses various methods of assessing students and providing feedback in higher education, including different assessment tools and methods, the importance of alignment between learning outcomes, teaching, and assessment, and tips for designing assessment tasks and criteria and giving effective feedback to students.
An introduction to the assessment of learning in the psychomotor and affectiv...King Ayapana
This document discusses assessment in the psychomotor and affective domains. It outlines 3 levels in the psychomotor domain - imitation, manipulation, and precision - which involve developing physical skills from basic imitation to unconscious mastery. Two common ways to measure psychomotor skills are observation of student performance and assessing performance through student portfolios over time. The affective domain also has levels involving how students receive, respond to, value, and commit to ideas. Common tools to evaluate affective learning include attitude scales, questionnaires, checklists, semantic differentials, and Likert scales.
1) Grades should provide feedback to students to help improve their performance, not be used as punishment. If students are failing, the grading policy needs to change rather than blaming students.
2) Toxic grading policies like using zeroes for missing work or averaging all scores distort students' actual abilities and learning. Alternatives include allowing students to make up missing work or representing their best work.
3) A single low score, like a zero, can unfairly bring down an overall grade even when other work is perfect. Grades should accurately reflect students' mastery of concepts.
A rubric is a scoring tool that lists criteria for evaluating a piece of work or performance. It describes levels of quality from excellent to poor for each criterion. Rubrics help define quality, improve student performance, and reduce teacher evaluation time. When designing a rubric, the creator identifies observable attributes for the task and describes characteristics for each attribute and quality level. Sample rubrics evaluate oral interviews on criteria such as speech clarity, question preparation, knowledge, historical accuracy, character, and posture.
The document provides guidance on effective feedback for learning. It discusses that feedback should focus on the learning intention and success criteria, occur during learning, and provide information and strategies to close gaps. Descriptive feedback is most effective as it focuses on improvement rather than evaluation. Teachers are encouraged to use prompts, check student understanding of feedback, and allow time for students to apply feedback through redrafting.
The document reviews key terms related to reaction time such as movement time, response time, and choice vs simple reaction time. It also discusses Hick's Law and the psychological refractory period. The document then provides exam questions related to analyzing a swimmer's racing start in terms of movement and response time, ways to improve response time, and whether the start is an example of simple or choice reaction time.
Instructional objectives should specify observable and measurable student behaviors. Well-written objectives have four parts - the audience, the behavior, the conditions, and the degree of mastery. Objectives guide lesson planning and focus learning on outcomes for students. Teachers should conduct task analysis to determine the steps needed to achieve the goal and write objectives accordingly. Objectives should be appropriate to the cognitive, affective, or psychomotor domain and identify what students will do, not teacher actions.
The document discusses feedback as an objective description of a student's performance intended to guide future improvement rather than judge performance. Effective feedback describes what a student did well and what needs correcting without praise or blame. It shows students where they are in relation to learning goals and what they need to do to achieve mastery. Feedback should be timely, specific, and provide guidance on improving for the next task.
The document discusses various approaches to classroom assessment including assessment for learning, dynamic assessment, self-assessment, and peer assessment. It provides details on each approach and compares them with standardized testing. Assessment for learning focuses on formative assessment and using assessment to improve teaching and learning. Dynamic assessment is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and involves teachers mediating learning through interaction. Self-assessment and peer assessment help students evaluate their own and others' work to identify gaps and improve learning.
The document discusses learning objectives and how to write them effectively. It defines learning objectives as statements of what the learner will know, understand, or be able to do after engaging in learning. Well-written objectives are essential to developing strong training materials. Objectives should be specific, measurable, action-oriented, reasonable, and time-bound (SMART). They should include an action verb describing the expected behavior, any conditions, and the desired degree or level of achievement. Developing clear learning objectives is important for guiding learners, trainers, and stakeholders.
Bloom and his colleagues (1956) developed a widely accepted taxonomy (method of classification on differing levels) for cognitive objectives. Classifying Instructional objectives help teachers dictate the selection of instructional methods, media and evaluation used in the lesson.
Download presentation in this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NSFQQ2b9P2cFFlYVBYQW9PdXM
The document discusses various types and best practices for providing effective feedback to students. It describes that feedback should be specific, timely, and focused on helping students improve. It also emphasizes that feedback is most useful when it involves students, is aligned with learning goals, and encourages self-assessment and independent learning. The document provides many examples and research-based principles for crafting feedback that enhances learning.
F208_PPT_Improving Teaching through Formative Observation Feedback - FinalAjit "AJ" Pethe
The document summarizes a presentation given at the 2015 Teacher Leader Summit. It discusses using formative observations to provide teachers feedback to improve their instruction. It outlines the three stages of feedback readiness that teachers may be at - reactive, receptive, or reflective. For each stage, it describes the teacher's mindset and provides examples of effective feedback. The presentation emphasizes giving feedback that promotes critical reflection and focuses on increasing teacher effectiveness to ultimately increase student achievement. It also provides resources for conducting high-quality formative observations.
The document discusses authentic assessment and compares it to traditional assessment. It defines authentic assessment as evaluating students' ability to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Some key differences between authentic and traditional assessments highlighted include authentic assessments involving tasks for students to perform while being evaluated using rubrics, and authentic assessments driving the curriculum design rather than just assessing knowledge acquisition. The document also provides guidance on creating authentic assessments, such as identifying standards, selecting authentic tasks, criteria, and using rubrics.
The document describes a conversation between two students, Batool and Meerab, about testing and evaluation. Meerab is preparing for an assessment the next day and believes tests are a way to test knowledge. Batool initially thinks tests are a waste of time but comes to understand Meerab's point that tests directly check a student's abilities. The document then provides definitions and descriptions of different types of language assessments including formative and summative, proficiency tests, and communicative testing. It also discusses principles of language assessment such as practicality, reliability, validity, authenticity, and washback.
The document discusses assessment and understanding in education. It provides qualities of exemplary assessment experiences, why we assess, principles of credible and balanced assessment, and the importance of feedback to improve student performance. Authentic performance assessments and the use of rubrics are also discussed.
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This document discusses the importance of assessment literacy for teachers. It defines assessment literacy as a teacher's knowledge of key testing concepts and ability to use assessments to improve teaching and learning. The article outlines seven key concepts of effective assessments: usefulness, reliability, validity, practicality, washback, authenticity, and transparency. It explains these concepts and how understanding them can help teachers create better assessments and use results to modify instruction. Overall, the document advocates for teachers gaining assessment literacy in order to more effectively evaluate students and inform their own teaching practices.
This document discusses assessment in education. It defines assessment as gathering evidence of student learning to make judgements and improve instruction. Some key purposes of assessment mentioned are to identify student strengths and weaknesses, evaluate progress, drive instruction, and provide feedback. The document also discusses different types of assessments, including selected response, extended written response, performance assessments, and personal communication. It emphasizes that assessment should be ongoing and part of the instructional process to best support student learning.
Importance of feedback in teaching and learning languagesMahdi Bouguerine
The document discusses various types of mistakes students make, sources of errors, and effective feedback strategies. It describes how teachers can provide feedback to help students overcome mistakes through techniques like self-assessment, peer feedback, and addressing errors during accuracy or fluency work. The goal of feedback is to help students improve their language skills without damaging their confidence or motivation.
Cognitive affective and psychomotor domainsbenetalokesh
The document discusses various methods of evaluating the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains in nursing education.
In the cognitive domain, written examinations like essays and objective tests (multiple choice, true/false, matching) are commonly used. Oral examinations and practical or skills examinations are often used to evaluate the psychomotor domain. Various rating scales like Likert scales and semantic differential scales are employed to measure attitudes and evaluate the affective domain. The document provides definitions and advantages and limitations of these different evaluation methods.
Assessing students and giving feedback in higher education 23082012Anu Ylitalo
The document discusses various methods of assessing students and providing feedback in higher education, including different assessment tools and methods, the importance of alignment between learning outcomes, teaching, and assessment, and tips for designing assessment tasks and criteria and giving effective feedback to students.
An introduction to the assessment of learning in the psychomotor and affectiv...King Ayapana
This document discusses assessment in the psychomotor and affective domains. It outlines 3 levels in the psychomotor domain - imitation, manipulation, and precision - which involve developing physical skills from basic imitation to unconscious mastery. Two common ways to measure psychomotor skills are observation of student performance and assessing performance through student portfolios over time. The affective domain also has levels involving how students receive, respond to, value, and commit to ideas. Common tools to evaluate affective learning include attitude scales, questionnaires, checklists, semantic differentials, and Likert scales.
1) Grades should provide feedback to students to help improve their performance, not be used as punishment. If students are failing, the grading policy needs to change rather than blaming students.
2) Toxic grading policies like using zeroes for missing work or averaging all scores distort students' actual abilities and learning. Alternatives include allowing students to make up missing work or representing their best work.
3) A single low score, like a zero, can unfairly bring down an overall grade even when other work is perfect. Grades should accurately reflect students' mastery of concepts.
A rubric is a scoring tool that lists criteria for evaluating a piece of work or performance. It describes levels of quality from excellent to poor for each criterion. Rubrics help define quality, improve student performance, and reduce teacher evaluation time. When designing a rubric, the creator identifies observable attributes for the task and describes characteristics for each attribute and quality level. Sample rubrics evaluate oral interviews on criteria such as speech clarity, question preparation, knowledge, historical accuracy, character, and posture.
The document provides guidance on effective feedback for learning. It discusses that feedback should focus on the learning intention and success criteria, occur during learning, and provide information and strategies to close gaps. Descriptive feedback is most effective as it focuses on improvement rather than evaluation. Teachers are encouraged to use prompts, check student understanding of feedback, and allow time for students to apply feedback through redrafting.
The document reviews key terms related to reaction time such as movement time, response time, and choice vs simple reaction time. It also discusses Hick's Law and the psychological refractory period. The document then provides exam questions related to analyzing a swimmer's racing start in terms of movement and response time, ways to improve response time, and whether the start is an example of simple or choice reaction time.
Instructional objectives should specify observable and measurable student behaviors. Well-written objectives have four parts - the audience, the behavior, the conditions, and the degree of mastery. Objectives guide lesson planning and focus learning on outcomes for students. Teachers should conduct task analysis to determine the steps needed to achieve the goal and write objectives accordingly. Objectives should be appropriate to the cognitive, affective, or psychomotor domain and identify what students will do, not teacher actions.
The document discusses feedback as an objective description of a student's performance intended to guide future improvement rather than judge performance. Effective feedback describes what a student did well and what needs correcting without praise or blame. It shows students where they are in relation to learning goals and what they need to do to achieve mastery. Feedback should be timely, specific, and provide guidance on improving for the next task.
The document discusses various approaches to classroom assessment including assessment for learning, dynamic assessment, self-assessment, and peer assessment. It provides details on each approach and compares them with standardized testing. Assessment for learning focuses on formative assessment and using assessment to improve teaching and learning. Dynamic assessment is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and involves teachers mediating learning through interaction. Self-assessment and peer assessment help students evaluate their own and others' work to identify gaps and improve learning.
The document discusses learning objectives and how to write them effectively. It defines learning objectives as statements of what the learner will know, understand, or be able to do after engaging in learning. Well-written objectives are essential to developing strong training materials. Objectives should be specific, measurable, action-oriented, reasonable, and time-bound (SMART). They should include an action verb describing the expected behavior, any conditions, and the desired degree or level of achievement. Developing clear learning objectives is important for guiding learners, trainers, and stakeholders.
Bloom and his colleagues (1956) developed a widely accepted taxonomy (method of classification on differing levels) for cognitive objectives. Classifying Instructional objectives help teachers dictate the selection of instructional methods, media and evaluation used in the lesson.
Download presentation in this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-NSFQQ2b9P2cFFlYVBYQW9PdXM
The document discusses various types and best practices for providing effective feedback to students. It describes that feedback should be specific, timely, and focused on helping students improve. It also emphasizes that feedback is most useful when it involves students, is aligned with learning goals, and encourages self-assessment and independent learning. The document provides many examples and research-based principles for crafting feedback that enhances learning.
F208_PPT_Improving Teaching through Formative Observation Feedback - FinalAjit "AJ" Pethe
The document summarizes a presentation given at the 2015 Teacher Leader Summit. It discusses using formative observations to provide teachers feedback to improve their instruction. It outlines the three stages of feedback readiness that teachers may be at - reactive, receptive, or reflective. For each stage, it describes the teacher's mindset and provides examples of effective feedback. The presentation emphasizes giving feedback that promotes critical reflection and focuses on increasing teacher effectiveness to ultimately increase student achievement. It also provides resources for conducting high-quality formative observations.
The document discusses authentic assessment and compares it to traditional assessment. It defines authentic assessment as evaluating students' ability to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Some key differences between authentic and traditional assessments highlighted include authentic assessments involving tasks for students to perform while being evaluated using rubrics, and authentic assessments driving the curriculum design rather than just assessing knowledge acquisition. The document also provides guidance on creating authentic assessments, such as identifying standards, selecting authentic tasks, criteria, and using rubrics.
The document describes a conversation between two students, Batool and Meerab, about testing and evaluation. Meerab is preparing for an assessment the next day and believes tests are a way to test knowledge. Batool initially thinks tests are a waste of time but comes to understand Meerab's point that tests directly check a student's abilities. The document then provides definitions and descriptions of different types of language assessments including formative and summative, proficiency tests, and communicative testing. It also discusses principles of language assessment such as practicality, reliability, validity, authenticity, and washback.
The document discusses assessment and understanding in education. It provides qualities of exemplary assessment experiences, why we assess, principles of credible and balanced assessment, and the importance of feedback to improve student performance. Authentic performance assessments and the use of rubrics are also discussed.
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This document discusses the importance of assessment literacy for teachers. It defines assessment literacy as a teacher's knowledge of key testing concepts and ability to use assessments to improve teaching and learning. The article outlines seven key concepts of effective assessments: usefulness, reliability, validity, practicality, washback, authenticity, and transparency. It explains these concepts and how understanding them can help teachers create better assessments and use results to modify instruction. Overall, the document advocates for teachers gaining assessment literacy in order to more effectively evaluate students and inform their own teaching practices.
This document discusses assessment in education. It defines assessment as gathering evidence of student learning to make judgements and improve instruction. Some key purposes of assessment mentioned are to identify student strengths and weaknesses, evaluate progress, drive instruction, and provide feedback. The document also discusses different types of assessments, including selected response, extended written response, performance assessments, and personal communication. It emphasizes that assessment should be ongoing and part of the instructional process to best support student learning.
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This document discusses evaluation in the instructional design process. It defines assessment, measurement, and evaluation, and explains the purpose and goals of learner evaluation. The development of learner evaluations involves examining instructional goals and objectives to determine the intended change and criteria for success. Validity and reliability are also important concepts. Evaluations can be criterion-referenced or norm-referenced. The document provides guidelines for developing various assessment techniques, including objective test items, observations, portfolios, and rubrics. Formative and summative evaluation are described as important types for gathering feedback and determining effectiveness. The role of the instructional designer is to plan and implement efficient and effective evaluations.
The Masters of Education in Teaching and Learning Summative Assessment requires teacher candidates to be proficient or advanced in three categories to complete the program successfully. Category one, Knows, has three subcategories: general and professional knowledge, content knowledge, and diversity. The summative assessment evaluates teacher candidates on communication, human relations and leadership, technology and resources, planning, and assessments. Candidates must meet defined proficiency levels to pass.
Evaluation plays a significant role in educational programs by assessing achievements, providing feedback, and identifying areas for improvement. It involves systematically collecting and analyzing information to make judgments about how well learning objectives are being met. Key concepts include testing, which uses instruments to measure samples of learner behavior; measurement, which assigns numbers to represent attributes; assessment, which qualitatively describes traits and processes; and evaluation, which makes comprehensive judgments of worth based on criteria. While related, these concepts differ in their degree of quantification, purposes, and standards. Evaluation goes beyond the others by determining the level of goal attainment.
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Transfer of learning allows individuals to apply knowledge learned in one context to new contexts. It occurs when a learner recognizes common features between situations and links information in memory. To enhance transfer, training methods and measures must align with specific goals. For example, a nursing program should focus on skills that transfer from the classroom to jobs. Key strategies include creating program/job descriptions, attending trainings, working towards goals, functioning in teams, testing knowledge, and evaluating effectiveness. These strategies relate to learning domains of cognitive knowledge, affective emotions, and psychomotor skills, all important for students to progress.
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2. Bloom's taxonomy classifies cognitive objectives into different levels including knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
3. Common assessment methods mentioned include written responses, product ratings, performance tests, oral questioning, observation, and self-reports. Objective tests are suitable for lower levels while performance tests involve demonstrating a skill.
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The document discusses the functions of assessment in learning and development. It explains that initial assessment ensures the assessor understands the learner's knowledge, skills, and performance. The assessor must also ensure the learner understands the course units and support them in choosing appropriate units. The assessor and learner then decide on an assessment plan, including dates, times to meet, and assessment methods. Assessments provide measurements of a learner's achievements and identify areas for development.
This document discusses key aspects of effective learning and assessment in classrooms. It begins by outlining Guy Claxton's four aspects of effective learning: resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness, and reciprocity. It then discusses theories around classroom climate, including the dimensions of clarity, order, standards, fairness, participation, support, safety, and interest. The document also examines teacher effectiveness using Hay McBer's framework of professional characteristics, teaching skills, and classroom climate. It concludes that learning and assessment are shaped by the interplay between these classroom, teacher, and student factors.
1. C.S.S.E. Training Practice Group-July 2010 Volume 1, Number 1
To Test, or Not to Test, that is The Question
Jeffrey G. Chorney CRSP, (Email:chorney@strathcona.ab.ca), Fleet Services, Strathcona County
Abstract
In today’s society we as safety practitioners have a huge role to play in order to educate
and train our employees. An outcome would be that our workers are better equipped to survive in
an ever changing workforce that has many inherent risks associated with specific jobs or tasks.
This paper will look at a question posed by moderators of the Canadian Society of Safety
Engineers (training practice group) on whether a safety professional should test students. Should
we look to alternative learning methodologies in order to achieve the same outcome?
Duty to Educate Workers
In Canada employers have a general statutory duty to ensure workers are aware of their
duties and obligations to work safely. Workers must comply with provincial Occupational Health
and Safety Acts, Regulations and Codes, or federal regulations respecting OHS made under Part
II of the Canada Labour Code. Employers are further required to inform workers of the existence
of any written health and safety policies. Also, where there is a code of practice that worker’s
receive “appropriate education, instruction or training, with respect to the code so that they are
able to comply with its requirements” (Keith Norman A. 2010).
An employer must ensure that workers are aware of the hazards they may face on the job
and these hazards are communicated to them in writing. Any site specific training required must
be completed as well. To ensure risks are mitigated an employer or safety professional must be
creative and flexible to ensure credible training takes place. The problems that will arise when
one attempts to complete the necessary or mandatory training are time, cost, space, availability
of staffs, shift work, suitable trainers, and resources. One also has to factor into account on
whether the training is forced upon employees as mandatory training, or if workers truly want to
participate in order to further their careers and as a bonus, work safely in the interim.
To Test
Most of us safety professionals or consultants in our schooling life have on occasion
experienced some form of centralised exam. Whether as a form of evaluation, assessment, or
examination, all of us have had to achieve and complete training in order to keep our jobs as well
as succeed in our industry or profession. We have had to re-call information in order to pass an
exam, write a paper, or give a presentation in order to complete a course. How else could an
instructor be sure we have studied, required the appropriate comprehension and knowledge, in
order to pass the course? Should our students conform to the same set of standards or is learning
just about passing the exam. Could we care more about safety on the job or just that our students
attended the course we put on and passed the exam?
In the late 1950’s Benjamin Bloom developed ‘taxonomy of cognitive objectives’ which
he called Blooms Taxonomy. This taxonomy attempts to categorize, and order, a person thinking
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skills and objectives when it comes to learning. In the 1990’s a former student of Bloom, Lorin
Anderson, revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and published a revised Taxonomy in 2001.
Ms. Anderson decided to replace the usage of nouns by Mr. Bloom and substitute the use
of verbs. You will quickly notice one important conclusion. In the past, academia used
evaluation (written or verbal examination) in order to determine if a student had achieved the
required knowledge or comprehension. You will notice the graphic on the left depicts the
learning process of a student with evaluation as the last step to complete in order to achieve a
higher order of thinking skill or skills. Is this evaluation reflective, evaluative, or a means of
testing for cognition? The author restates the question. How else can we ensure a student has
retained the appropriate knowledge for him or her to work safely on the job site or in an office
environment?
Not to Test
Ms. Anderson suggests there might be an alternative. Instead of totally relying on
evaluation as an end to a means, create a different approach by utilizing a different set of key
verbs and associate it with the lower order thinking skills (LOTS). The following set of verbs
replaces the nouns used by Bloom.
Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS)
1. Remembering - Recognizing, listing, describing, identifying, retrieving, naming,
locating, finding
2. Understanding - Interpreting, Summarizing, inferring, paraphrasing, classifying,
comparing, explaining, exemplifying
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3. Applying - Implementing, carrying out, using, executing
4. Analyzing - Comparing, organizing, deconstructing, Attributing, outlining, finding,
structuring, integrating
5. Evaluating - Checking, hypothesizing, critiquing, Experimenting, judging, testing,
Detecting, Monitoring
6. Creating - designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing, devising, making
You will notice I have highlighted and underlined the word testing in the evaluating skill
set. Notice that evaluating is not the last step in the process. Is the evaluation stage about being
able to evaluate information to form a hypothesis of a learning situation (rote recall and use)
using the concepts learned? Or is this just a way to use the concepts to go beyond retention and
regurgitation.
Ms. Anderson is suggesting that there is more to the learning process than just testing
cognition to complete a learning experience. She is listing creating as; the highest of the higher
order thinking skill (HOTS). What if we as safety professionals, allowed our students to create
their own learning environment? Instead of being the ‘sage on the stage’ we become the guide on
the side’. Our role changes from being a talking head to a facilitator of learning. We give our
students the skills and resources to learn on their own time, place, and at their own pace on the
job. What if we decided to rely on alternative ways to communicate and test knowledge to the
desired outcome we would want to achieve. There are alternative ways to measure re-call and
comprehension without writing a test or quiz. In fact, Professor Dr. Ray Wilks head of
Psychology (International Medical University et al 2010) states that “there is no evidence that
I’m aware of that shows a positive correlation between exams and learning.” Learning, he
believes, should not be about the passing, or not, of exams.
We can just simply observe our students and watch them complete a job task while
coaching them with our wisdom and past knowledge of a subject. We can involve them with case
studies, and then they come up with solutions to mitigate risk to an acceptable level. Job task
analysis can be used as a form of instruction. We might even give our students a guidebook to
read and then ask them to evaluate it and how they would use the knowledge in the shop or field.
Can we measure comprehension by a final grade or what we see as an outcome of a safe work
environment?
Effective Assessment
Most, of us safety practitioners are involved in some form or type of hazard assessment.
We are writing them, reviewing them, and communicating them to our workers. Our role, and
our employee’s role, is to mitigate risk to an acceptable level to ensure the job site is a safe
environment. The same goes for training. We are writing training manuals and then trying to
communicate the knowledge in these manuals to our staff in the form of safe work practices or
procedures. After this we are satisfied that our workers have some basic knowledge of the job or
task. How are we sure our employees got it? Do we test, or do we go by the amount of
incidents/near miss reports we are reviewing during the year? Just because we have a low
incident frequency doesn’t guarantee the job site is safe. We might just be lucky for a while
and… ‘Then it happens, a major incident no one seen coming.’ We need to focus on the
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processes like hazard assessment, safe work practices, as well as measuring outcomes. If our
safety process is documented, proven to be safe, hazards are assessed and measured over time,
chances are it works.
We should try to use multiple measures over time. Are we satisfied with our staff sitting
in front of a computer screen and using an on-line training program? Just to make sure we can as
quickly as possible get our workers onto a jobsite. Is a disaster waiting to happen? Yet, what are
most of us doing when we do a slam dunk orientation and then give our students a couple of
quizzes? Are our workers aware of all the hazards? Do we verbally explain the risks and details
of each job, or do we need to test as well for comprehension?
The ultimate goal of any effective teaching philosophy is that our students get some
knowledge and learn to apply it. We have to ensure our worksite is safe. That’s our job. We need
to facilitate learning and set an appropriate level of difficulty. How we accomplish this is a
learned art form. We need to use positive or negative reinforcement when appropriate. We need
to measure whether our students have retained sufficient knowledge by some means. Finally
transference of knowledge must take place in order for a worker to gain knowledge of the risks
involved with the job task. Then we put the appropriate controls in place and hopefully our
workers use them.
A Three Tier System of Learning: Multiple Learning Techniques
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, (Nova Southeastern University et al 2005) suggests a three tier
system of learning for students where a facilitator utilizes multiple learning techniques. The
author of this paper is suggesting this is a great idea and would add that ‘multiple testing
techniques should be utilized as well.’ We as safety professionals need to possess a testing tool
kit which looks very different from traditional methodologies. Our world has changed. The
internet has revolutionized the way we do business.
We have gone digital whether we like it or not. Most if not all of our students are dialed
into the internet and they can cheat on any exam we give them by simply using their cell phone
or Black Berries. A prime time ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) segment entitled
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“Caught Cheating in School” 2004 revealed 75% of college students admitted that they have
cheated on an exam or term project. So we as professionals need to look hard at how we evaluate
our students. So if our students want to be on the internet then let us endorse it. Let’s use the
technology to our advantage. We can use the following:
• Wikipedia’s – wet paint and wiki spaces
• Classroom blogs – edublogs, classroomblogmeister, blogger
• Collaborative document tools – Google documents, zoho documents, adobe Buzzword
• Social Networks – ning
• Learning managements systems – Moodle, Blackboard, Smart Board, and Web C.T.
• Twitter and Face book
These tools are enablers of collaboration, and therefore enablers of 21st century teaching
and learning. Let us use this methodology and our students can test us. They can ensure we
provide a safe work place by making us safety professionals accountable. They can teach us. If
they tell us what they need to ensure the environment is safe then we have buy-in. We need to
listen to our staff. If our students want to mash, link, reverse-engineer, and crack, validate, or tag,
then let them. We let them use the technology to learn and intern they test themselves by
mitigating risk to an acceptable level by using information to their advantage not ours.
Summary
We can test if we want to. We can observe as well. We could open the top of our student
heads up and dump the information in if we should choose to do so. Does it work though?
Facilitation is an art. We as safety professionals need to become expert facilitators. We need to
get with the times. Technology is expanding exponentially every 6 months. The smart phone you
just bought is obsolete by this Christmas according to our teenagers. The author of this paper
believes we should test. How we go about it is, and has, to change. We need to ensure we
instruct to the four learning styles (active, reflective, theoretical, and practical) and we need to
test to the four learning styles. We need to listen to what our students want to learn. We provide
the format and resources they provide the results by ensuring the workplace is safe. Are you a
‘sage on the stage’ or a guide on the side? You be the judge! To Test, or not to Test, that is the
Question.
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References
1. ABC Prime Time, 2004. Caught Cheating in School. Aired on April 29th
2004. Hosted by
Charlie Gibson.
2. Bloom, B (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational
goals. New York, N.Y. David McKay Co.
3. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning, 2004. Retrieved on May 13, 2004 from:
www.officeport.com/ edu/blooms.htm,
4. Bolton, M. (1999). The role of coaching in student teams: A just-in-time approach to learning.
Journal of Management Education, 23, 233-250.
5. Colbeck, C. L., Campbell, S. E., & Bjorklund, S. A. (2000). Grouping in the dark: What
college students learn from group projects. The Journal of Higher Education, 71, 60-83.
6. Lang, J., & Dittrich, J. (1982). Information, skill building, and the development of
competence: An educational framework for teaching business policy. Academy of
Management Review, 7, 269-279.
7. Mujtaba, B. and Preziosi, R. (April 2005). Adult Education in Academia: Recruiting and
Retaining Extraordinary Facilitators of learning. ISBN: 0-9767681-2-7. EXPress
Printing and Publishing.
8. Mujtaba, B. and Kennedy, W. K., (March 2005). Facilitating through Collaborative
Reflections to Accommodate Diverse Learning Styles for Long-Term Retention.
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) Conference
Proceedings.
9. Mujtaba, B. and Kennedy, J. W. (January 2005). Affective Teaching and Facilitation: Increase
Learning, Enforce Ethical Standards, and Reduce Dishonesty in the College Classroom.
Proceedings of College Teaching and Learning Conference.
10. Shaohua, C, M., & Gnyawali, D, R. (2003). Developing synergistic knowledge in student
groups. The Journal of Higher Education, 74, 689-711.
11. Ed Tech 470 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC470/sp09/5/bloomstaxanomy.html
12. To test or not to test, Asia one Education
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100705-225329.html
13. To test or not to test? That is the multiple-choice question
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/culture/education/3043-to-test-or-not-to-test
14. Norman A. Keith, Canadian Health and Safety Law, Canada Law Book, A Division of the
Cartwright Group Ltd. 240 Edward Street, Aurora ON L4G 3S9 www.canadalawbook.ca
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References
1. ABC Prime Time, 2004. Caught Cheating in School. Aired on April 29th
2004. Hosted by
Charlie Gibson.
2. Bloom, B (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational
goals. New York, N.Y. David McKay Co.
3. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning, 2004. Retrieved on May 13, 2004 from:
www.officeport.com/ edu/blooms.htm,
4. Bolton, M. (1999). The role of coaching in student teams: A just-in-time approach to learning.
Journal of Management Education, 23, 233-250.
5. Colbeck, C. L., Campbell, S. E., & Bjorklund, S. A. (2000). Grouping in the dark: What
college students learn from group projects. The Journal of Higher Education, 71, 60-83.
6. Lang, J., & Dittrich, J. (1982). Information, skill building, and the development of
competence: An educational framework for teaching business policy. Academy of
Management Review, 7, 269-279.
7. Mujtaba, B. and Preziosi, R. (April 2005). Adult Education in Academia: Recruiting and
Retaining Extraordinary Facilitators of learning. ISBN: 0-9767681-2-7. EXPress
Printing and Publishing.
8. Mujtaba, B. and Kennedy, W. K., (March 2005). Facilitating through Collaborative
Reflections to Accommodate Diverse Learning Styles for Long-Term Retention.
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) Conference
Proceedings.
9. Mujtaba, B. and Kennedy, J. W. (January 2005). Affective Teaching and Facilitation: Increase
Learning, Enforce Ethical Standards, and Reduce Dishonesty in the College Classroom.
Proceedings of College Teaching and Learning Conference.
10. Shaohua, C, M., & Gnyawali, D, R. (2003). Developing synergistic knowledge in student
groups. The Journal of Higher Education, 74, 689-711.
11. Ed Tech 470 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC470/sp09/5/bloomstaxanomy.html
12. To test or not to test, Asia one Education
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100705-225329.html
13. To test or not to test? That is the multiple-choice question
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/culture/education/3043-to-test-or-not-to-test
14. Norman A. Keith, Canadian Health and Safety Law, Canada Law Book, A Division of the
Cartwright Group Ltd. 240 Edward Street, Aurora ON L4G 3S9 www.canadalawbook.ca
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