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C Unit 3
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I. Handouts
The word 'assessment' is roote in the Latin word 'assidere' which means "to sit beside another."
Assessment in Learning
• Refers to the process of gathering information about a student's knowledge, skills, and
abilities during the learning process.
• Assessment and Testing are often used interchangeably, but there is a subtle difference.
Assessment is a broader term that encompasses various methods of evaluating student
learning, including tests. Testing specifically refers to the use
• Assessment involves gathering data about a student's performance, which can be formative
(informative, with feedback to support learning) or summative (evaluative, to
assign grades). Grading is the process of assigning a value (usually in the form of a letter grade
or percentage) to a student's overall performance in a course or on an
assessment.
ASSESSMENT:
This case study explores the assessment of students’ learning outcomes in a second-year
lecture course in biosciences. The aim is to deeply explore the teacher’s and the students’
experiences of the validity and reliability of assessment and to compare those perspectives. The
data were collected through stimulated recall interviews. The results showed that grades did
not always reflect the learning outcomes and that the intended level of understanding was not
always measured. In addition, the teacher and the students thought that the assessment
criteria were unclear, which in turn led to the unreliability of the assessment. These problems
with the validity and reliability of assessment led to perceptions that the assessment was
unfair. The results imply that grades should be critically evaluated as indicators of the quality of
learning outcomes. In addition, practical implications are discussed.
ANALYSIS: The aim of this study was to construct a comprehensive picture of the assessment in
that one specific bioscience course. In addition, the aim was to explore the teacher’s and the
students’ experiences of the validity and reliability of assessment and to compare them. The
main results were that both the teacher and the students experienced that assessment was not
always valid and reliable. The grades did not always reflect the students’ learning outcomes.
INSIGHT: Assessment has an important role in higher education because it affects students’
studying and the quality of learning outcomes. Course grades are used as objective
measurements of student achievement. The grades are trusted and relied on for important
decisions and they play a major role in students’ lives. In addition, assessment might have a
profound impact on students’ sense of their own capacities and achievements.
They have prior knowledge about our topic since it very common and familiar.
They know how assessment developing the students learning.
They have the idea how the recent trends corresponds in assessment.
Actively participating.
Weaknesses:
They are confused somehow about the subtopics.
Some terms in the topic are not familiar to them.
There are some terminologies and topics that new to them.
Incomplete Mastery.
Number of Responses: 41
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