Search results for "summative assessment"
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Using Prototyping in Authentic Learning of Human-Centred Design of Mobile Apps
2017
Recent advances in mobile technology have seen a sharp increase in the number of mobile applications across various application domains. The challenge remains that many software development teams may lack appropriate competences to design usable and human-centred interactive systems. This can negatively affect the usability and the user experience. In this article, we present how to learn the human-centred design process using an authentic learning approach. Students need to investigate, discuss, construct new knowledge and apply theoretical concepts to address real world problems. The main purpose of authentic learning as a pedagogical approach is to position the subject of study into a re…
Personalization of immediate feedback to learning styles
2007
Feedback provided to a user is an important part of learning and interaction in e-learning systems. In this paper we present the results of our pilot experiment aimed to study interrelation between several types of immediate feedback presentation and learning styles (LSs) of users. In the experiment we used the feedback supported by quiz module of moodle learning system. The obtained results demonstrate tendencies in interrelation between LS and immediate/summative feedback presentation and we suggest three hypotheses for future research.
Digging into group establishment: Intervention design and evaluation
2021
Previous research has documented challenges in students’ group work. An identifiable segment of the previous research that relates to improving students’ group work conditions is the study of group formation and self- and peer-assessment. Though studies that primarily focus on how to address the conditions of students’ group work and the existing problems can be found, there are not many related to higher education settings. On this ground, the present article advances a qualitative evaluation of the intervention that promotes student groups’ self-awareness and thereby self-regulation toward fair group work during a software engineering project. An inductive thematic analysis was applied to…
Student evaluation in the new Finnish National Core Curriculum
2018
Arviointi on aihe, jota on tutkittu paljon ja joka on esillä myös perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteissa. Eri aikakausina vallinneet oppimiskäsitykset ovat muokanneet arvioinnin käsitettä vuosien varrella, ja tällä hetkellä oppimista ohjaavat, kannustavat ja formatiiviset palautemuodot ovat saaneet enemmän jalansijaa perinteisen summatiivisen arviointikäsityksen ohella. Kaiken kaikkiaan käsitystä oppimisen arvioinnista on lähdetty viime vuosina Suomessa muuttamaan, ja se on saanut paljon huomiota erityisesti mediassa. Varsinkin koululaisten vanhemmat sekä asiantuntijat ovat esittäneet mielipiteitään asiasta avoimesti. Koska arviointi osa kaikkien oppiaineiden opetusta, se koskettaa m…
International Vocational Education and Training Research: An Introduction to the Special Issue
2021
The seven articles in this special issue represent a wide range of international comparative and review studies by international research teams from China, Germany, India, Russia, Switzerland and Mexico. The presented projects are part of the national program "Research on the Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). An adapted version of Urie Bronfenbrenner���s ecological systems theory forms the conceptual framework of the special issue. The four system levels (micro, meso, exo and macro) are addressed by one article each. The article on the microsystem level focuses on the intended and implemented c…
Klases projektos balstīta mācīšanās skolēnu komunikācijas prasmju uzlabošanai 8. klasē
2019
Šajā diplomdarbā tā autors pēta projektos balstītu mācīšanos kā skolēnu orālo komunikācijas prasmju uzlabošanas metodi. Šīs prasmes skolēniem nepieciešamas, jo 9. klases noslēgumā viņiem jākārto valsts eksāmens, kura vērtēšanas kritērijos iekļautas komunikācijas prasmes. Pētījumā laikā tika izmantots gadījuma pētījums, kurš koncentrējās uz divām 8. klašu grupām. Pirms un pēc gadījuma pētījuma skolēni aizpildīja aptaujas, kuras, kopā ar aizpildītajām pašrefleksijām atklāja, ka skolēnuprāt, projekta laikā uzlabojās gan viņu komunikācijas, gan grupu darba organizēšanas prasmes. Novērojums, kopā ar summatīvo vērtējumu, parādīja, ka skolēni ir vairāk motivēti aktīvi komunicēt diskusijās un uzdev…
After the Press Release on Mathematics Achievement : The Alignment of Formative Assessments and Summative Standardized Tests for Students from Minori…
2018
Media coverage often reports standardized test scores as indicative of global competitiveness and journalists frequently frame the mathematics achievement of U.S. students using a discourse of failure, particularly for students from minoritized backgrounds. Informed by research literature on: (a) formative and summative assessment, (b) the interdependence of language and mathematics, and (c) a sociopolitical stance for researching students from minoritized language backgrounds, this study analyzed the linguistic alignment of mathematics assessments. Results from this study show how alignment between formative assessment processes and summative standardized tests influences performance on hi…
Mixed e-assessment: An application of the studentgenerated question technique
2010
This paper presents the experiment of a mixed summative-formative evaluation in an asynchronous distance higher education context. In the experiment, performed in the distance course of Total Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, University of Guadalajara (Mexico), students are guided to formultate questions on specific topics. Studentgenerated questions are evaluated through an ad-hoc quantitative tool, specifically designed for the purpose: the four-criterion Observation Matrix. The experiment shows: (1) that it is possible to improve the Higher Education evaluation process and formalise students' skill in a more thoroughly way than with traditional evaluation; (2) how the student-e…
Measuring Child-Rearing Values. A Research Note
2012
Abstract Large scale comparative studies, such as the value surveys (EVS and WVS) or the Eurobarometer, include measurements for parental/child-rearing values. This reflects a persistent interest for the topic, which produced salient studies starting with the first half of the twentieth century (Lynd and Lund 1929; Duvall 1946). Various scholars report data on parental values which use versions of the Q-sort methodology (Kohn 1977), ranking variables (Alwin 1990; Lenski 1961), scale indicators (Tulviste et al. 2007). Q-sort methodology remains the most widely employed. One of its versions is included in the value surveys as well. However, it fails to produce comparable indicators in differe…
The Structured Assessment Dialogue
2017
The two key purposes of assessment, formative and summative, are often in a contradictory position if they are used concurrently. The summative assessment of learning will often prevent the formative assessment for learning to be realised (Butler, J Educ Psychol 79(4):474, 1987), meaning that the learning potential of the assessment will often be minimal. It is therefore a central challenge to find ways to combine the dual use of assessment. The structured assessment dialogue (SAD) is a candidate for such a combination.