Curriculum Evaluation Basics -Approaches & Formative vs. Summative

1. CURRICULUM EVALUATION
DR.VIKRAMJIT SINGH
SXCE,PATNA
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2. SEVERAL DEFINITION OF
CURRICULUM (as field of study,
experiences, plan for action etc.)
SEVERAL DEFINITION OF
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
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3. • MEASUREMENT ?
• ASSESSMENT ?
• EVALUATION ?
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4. • Curriculum Evaluation is a necessary cluster of activities in
which curriculum developers and implementers gather data to
arrive at judgments' about either individuals experiencing the
curriculum, which is usually considered assessment , or
curricular program in general, which is considered as
evaluation.
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
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5. IT IS ASSESSMENTTHAT FOCUSES ON COLLECTING
DATA WHICH HELPS INTAKING DECISION ON-
• Content topics
• Organization of the content „teaching method
• Physical organization of the class
• Materials
It helps in knowingWhat students are learning and what they can learn?
Cost effectiveness of the new program
Quality of education being provided at local, state and national level.
THUS RIGROUS AND AUTHENTIC EVALUATION HAS TO BE DONE SO ASTO
IMPROVE THE CURRENT PRACTICES AND GENERATE BETTER OPPURTUNITIES
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6. PURPOSE OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Curriculum Evaluation is a process or cluster of processes that people perform in order to gather data
that will enable them to decide whether to accept, change or eliminate something – the curriculum in
general or evaluation of text book in particular.
• Value Judgment
• The plan is as per the intended outcome
• Whether the curriculum as designed, developed and implemented is producing or produce desired
results.
• Strength and weakness of the curriculum before its implementation.
• Its effectiveness after implementation
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7. PURPOSE OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• The purpose of collecting this type of data(strength and weakness) is to
assess if there is need to revise, compare , maintain or discontinue the
actions and programmes.
• Enables curricularists to make decision, to draw conclusions, and to furnish data that
will support their decisions regarding curriculum matters.
• It focuses upon approval or disapproval of a program and its components as well as its
delivery.
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8. FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRICULUM
EVALUATION (HARRIET TALMAGE)
1) The Question of IntrinsicValue ??
- How well it is planned (content organisation)
- Goodness and Appropriateness
- (Behaviourist, cognitivists, and humanists have
different views about content and methods of
presentation)
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9. FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRICULUM
EVALUATION (HARRIET TALMAGE)
2) The Question of InstrumentalValue ??
- What is the curriculum good for , and who is its intended
audience?
- Whether the plan as per the goals and objectives?
- Whether the intended philosophical and psychological bases
can be achieved?(given the content, method, materials etc.
- Whether instrumental in achieving the humanistic goals
(individual needs, oppressed classes).
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10. FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRICULUM
EVALUATION (HARRIET TALMAGE)
3) The Question of ComparativeValue ??
- Is the new program better than the one it is
supposed to replace?
- Is the existing program is inadequate?
- Whether the new program is relevant and is able to
develop appropriate skills among the students?
- Cost effectiveness
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11. FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRICULUM
EVALUATION (HARRIET TALMAGE)
4) The Question of IdealizationValue ??
- How to make the program deliver in best possible way?
- How the program is working , is there better ways of
doing the same work to heighten students achievement ?
- How the educators might fine-tune the programs‟
content, materials, methods and so on, so that students
can derive optimal benefits from experiencing it?
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12. FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING CURRICULUM
EVALUATION (HARRIET TALMAGE)
5) The Question of DecisionValue ??
- If the previous four questions are addressed, the
decisions made should be quality decisions.
- The evaluators and educators are now in a
position to take decision whether to retain,
modify, or discard the program?
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13. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Worthen and Sanders-
“ the formal determination of the quality, effectiveness, or value of a
program, product, project, process, objective, or curriculum.”
Evaluation includes judgment methods: (1) “ determining standards for
judging quality and deciding whether those standard should be relative or
absolute; (2) collecting relevant information; and (3) applying the
standards to determine quality.”
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14. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• BruceTuckman
“the means of determining whether the program is
meeting its goals: that is, whether …a given set of
instructional inputs match the intended or prescribed
outcomes.”
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15. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Ronald Doll
“a broad and continuous effort to inquire into the
effects of utilizing content and process to meet clearly
defined goals. ”
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16. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Daniel Stufflebeam
“the process of delineating, obtaining, and providing
useful information for judging decision alternatives.”
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17. APPROACHES TO
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
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18. APPROACHESTOWARDS CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Scientific and Humanistic Approaches to Evaluation
• Utilitarian and Institutionist Approaches to Evaluation
• Intrinsic and Pay off Curriculum
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19. SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC APPROACHES TO
EVALUATION
• Opposite Extremes to each other( Lee Cronbach)
• Scientific end favors clinical or objective oriented experiments-Everything in Achieving
High Marks
• HumanisticApproach disfavours experiments (misinformative)
• Quantitative Evidences are important (Scientific Approach)
• Observations in MultipleWays(Qualitative Data- Multiple methods, multiple criteria)
• Positivist Approach vs Non-positivist Approach
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20. HUMANISTIC APPROACH
 Interpretive Approaches to Evaluation(Students vs Experts.)
 Systematic Approaches to Evaluation ( somehow positivist with logical reasoning)
 Theory Driven Approaches to Evaluation(Political theories and social theories)
 Artistic Approaches to Evaluation (Aesthetic Aspects)
 Critical-emancipatoryApproaches to Evaluation(similar to theory driven judge the
quality and effectiveness by how well it get rids individuals from societal
discrimination)
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21. UTILITARIAN AND INSTITUTIONIST APPROACHESTO
EVALUATION
• Utilataian is closely linked to scientific wheras institutionist to humanistic
• Achieving numbers(students, marks)
• Impact on each individual(Institutionist)
• How they are doing in their life.(Institutionist)
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22. INTRINSIC AND PAY OFF CURRICULUM
• Curriculum Planning vs effects of the curriculum
(Content,how well it is planned and arranged, accuracy of the content, it thinks that if
curriculum material is good enough it will be quite effective in delivering results.“arm
chair approach” , values, / Ideal)- Intrinsic
(Worth of curriculum,students achievement, long term approach, effect on teachers,
students and administration,placement)- Pay off
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23. CURRICULUM EVALUATION-
FORMATIVEVS. SUMMATIVE
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24. FORMATIVE CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Encompasses those activities undertaken to improve a
program while it is being developed.
• Evidences are sought so that intended program can be
revised and improved.
• Data are collected during developmental phase of the
program before it is fully implemented.
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25. FORMATIVE CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• During piloting stage of the curriculum
• It may take place during some specific stages of
program implementation
• It provides the opportunity to the evaluators to modify,
reject, or accept the program as it is evolving.
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26. FORMATIVE CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• It may be done using informal processes too.
• it allows teachers to do immediate changes in their
strategies to arrive at better outcomes.
• It applies processes of feedback and adjustment so it is
quite open in its approach.
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27. SUMMATIVE CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Aims at getting the full picture of the quality of the
produced curriculum.
• After the project is completely developed as well as
implemented.
• It focuses on total effect derived due to its implementation.
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28. SUMMATIVE CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• It helps curricularists to take final decisions on
accepting, modifying or rejecting a program.
• It tries to see the summed effects.
• Basically it is done using formal methods only.
• It also evaluates placement and follow up records.
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29. ThankYou
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