Assessment Practices in Outcome-Based Education

Author(s):  
Lavanya C. ◽  
Jandhyala N. Murthy ◽  
Satyanarayana Kosaraju

Evaluation is an essential process for the measurement of transformation that a student attains after a teaching learning process. Outcome-based education (OBE) in academics especially in the field of engineering is an accepted philosophy in recent years. The OBE system departs from the traditional method where assessment of students is based only on grades and/or ranks. Output has been the traditional measurement criterion in education field, which does not address the level of transformation in the learner, whereas outcome is the measurement of level of achievement showing the transformation. Assessment tools are required for the measurement of outcome. These tools could be direct tools for direct assessment or indirect tools for indirect assessment. An assessment can be a formative assessment or summative assessment. Learning is complete only if transformation is observable in all the vital aspects of attitude, skill, and knowledge. It is widely accepted that all these aspects can be measured in OBE.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akram Shakir ◽  
Rabia Bahoo ◽  
Musarrat Jahan ◽  
Muhammad Latif Javed

Assessment is the key element of teaching learning process in schools. Formative assessment is generally accepted as a valuable component of teachers’ classroom assessment strategies. The study intends to explore the level of association of formative assessment with academic performance of secondary school students and to analyze the practices of formative assessment in schools. The study was descriptive in nature. The focus group interviews and observation techniques were used to gather information regarding academic, social, emotional, and cultural activities of students in schools. The population of the study comprises over all the principals, teachers and students of FGEIs of Lahore region. Sample was drawn by using simple random technique. The findings of the study revealed that teachers don’t have enough knowledge about formative assessment but they possess appropriate understanding of summative assessment. Replication of test is the exclusive kind of assessment for improvement of different learning skills of students. It was recommended that authorities may develop and execute some plan to train and give awareness to the administration and teaching staff about the use and importance of formative assessment during teaching-learning process in schools


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (33) ◽  
pp. e15475
Author(s):  
Ana Otto ◽  
José Luis Estrada Chichón

This research article reveals current English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) lecturers’ assessment practices in a medium-sized (i.e., 12,000 students) private university in Madrid, Spain. The investigation aims to analyse how EMI assessment is conducted; what are the most popular assessment tools that EMI lecturers use; and the role that English as a foreign language plays in EMI teaching. Moreover, this is a mixed-methods research investigation in which data were obtained throughout two tools: One questionnaire (Otto, 218) and two focus groups. All in all, the study clearly verifies that EMI lecturers are not trained enough in terms of EMI teaching in general, and assessment in particular. There are no significant differences between EMI and non-EMI assessment tools, apart from the fact that summative assessment mainly prevails over formative assessment. Final recommendations are provided regarding accurate EMI assessment practices after empirical evidence was gathered.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (06) ◽  
pp. 940-960
Author(s):  
Dr. Kendaganna Swamy S ◽  
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Shaila H Kopal ◽  
Sushmitha N ◽  
Shruthi P ◽  
...  

Education is a process that simplifies learning. It should be a continuous process in one’s life to attain success. Over the decades, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have gradually begun to play a very important role in education, with their usage in education is growing worldwide continuously. These methods allow access to information through the internet. In education, ICT is the method of teaching that uses information and communication technology to support, improve and optimize the transfer of information, in turn leading to the invention of smart education. This improves the quality of teaching, the learning process of students and ultimately facilitates e-learning. It is commonly believed that technology can empower educators and students, making substantial contributions to knowledge and achievement. This paper gives an insight into the various tools that help instructors to develop online course content using Learning Management System tools. These tools allow the instructors to conduct online classes from any location using tutor tools and desktop recording tools to record screen output for further use. The instructor can assess the students in their course using assessment tools and can also enhance teaching methods using innovative teaching tools. The paper also throws limelight on the feedback taken by the faculty as well as the students about the usage of various tools in higher education which helps in analyzing the best suitable tools.


Humaniora ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1114
Author(s):  
Wishnoebroto Wishnoebroto

Flipping a classroom is not only recording classroom lesson into a video and bringing homework into the classroom. It is a whole new method with a lot better result compared to the traditional method. In western countries such as the US, flipping a classroom is already becoming a new method adopted by many different schools and universities. This paper tries to explore the possibility of flipping a classroom for learning foreign language at BINUS University by comparing it with the recent practices and findings in the western countries. After the analysis it can be concluded that this method can be applied at BINUS University but on several conditions such as the improvement of infrastructures, and the teacher’s awareness and understanding to optimize their understanding about flipped learning. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (spécial) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Raphaël Pasquini

Curricular alignment refers to the links of coherence, found in any teaching-learning process, between curriculum objectives, learning tasks and assessment approaches. This model makes it possible to understand the coherence of any assessment approach. By mobilizing data from a collaborative study carried out on eight secondary school teachers of mathematics and French, we will show, however, that its meaning is rather limited when it comes to understanding coherence in graded summative assessment practices and that, consequently, the model needs to be expanded conceptually. To this end, we will draw on an example of a summative test modelled in this way. Our findings demonstrate the relevance of analyzing summative assessment practices with the help of the expanded model, while considering the role that context plays in certain of its aspects.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Nicholas E. Santos

This paper explored the pedagogical preparations taken by the researcher in integrating blogs to the traditional classroom experience as well as its use in online classes as a tool for students to write about what they have learned in class and relate it to everyday life. The researcher utilized web blog, combined Facebook and Multiply blogsites, in the online teaching. Utilization of blogsites to supplement the traditional method of teaching was a welcome innovation for most students. The study involved thirty-eight (38) enrolled students of the course English 111. The familiarity and convenience of facebook and multiply blogsites makes learning and complying to requirements an enjoyable task. Blogs as a learning space for English 111 was an effective teaching methodology appreciated by the students. However, the integration of blogs in the traditional teaching learning process requires preparation and planning on the part of the teacher so that applicable and timely activities could be given to the students.


Author(s):  
Gohar Muradyan

Student assessment is an integral part of any teaching learning process. Assessment practices have a large number of functions to perform in the context of the teaching, learning process. This article challenges several myths about student assessment: that we know what we're grading, that we know what the results mean, that we can agree in practice on various criteria, which is possible to establish and apply unanimously. Despite these seeming difficulties, this article argues for the validity of assessments developed within particular academic environments in the higher learning institutes of Armenia. Do contemporary assessment practices perform these function: it is a critical question to be analysed. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyse the myths and realities of the assessment practice in the higher education sector.


Author(s):  
Susana Vaz Oliveira ◽  
Maria Alves ◽  
António Costa

We analyse the importance of meaningful learning and the use of a formative assessment strategy, promoted by peer learning methods centred on the students, in a curricular unit (CU) pertaining to a degree in Exact Sciences, in a Higher Education Institution. Five students from the CU were questioned, through a focus group; the teacher was interviewed. Data of 12 hours of lessons was analysed and categorised using webQDA. We conclude that emphasising the students’ engagement in teaching, learning, and evaluation, has the power to drive the methodological teaching options to incline towards active methods that involve students in activities that foster meaningful learning. And the use of systematic formative assessments, integrated in the teaching-learning process, by using effective feedback, is most likely to make students and teachers responsible for an overall improvement in learning.


2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742097205
Author(s):  
B. R. Arun Kumar

In outcome based education (OBE), curriculum design with industry involvement is most recommended approach which enables relevant execution of teaching learning process. Globally, acceptance of OBE is increasing since four decades. This article investigates the OBE curriculum design by adding Value-Added Courses (VACs) which are endorsed and participated by industry experts jointly with academicians. It is found that VACs are instrumental in reducing the curriculum gaps to attain program outcomes (POs) of any given curriculum along with targeted skills. Analysis presented in this article focuses on the program outcomes gap in the curriculum which enables identification, design and implementation of different VACs. Further, it determines that attainment achieved through VACs significantly reduces the curriculum gap. Hence it is one of the best tool which improves over all PO attainments and shows better path towards the expectation of industries. Proposed framework of analysis showed that VACs contribute to POs by nearly 20%. This article contributes a comprehensive idea for offering several VACs that boost the achievement of POs.


Author(s):  
Mila Naranjo Llanos ◽  
Verónica Jiménez Perales

Abstract:INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT IN RESPONSE TO LEARNING DISABILITIESSocio- cultural perspective has emphasized the profound interrelationship between teaching and learning and assessment processes (eg Gipps, 2002). Also noted the importance for the development of inclusive schools and classrooms, that teachers adapt certain assessment tools (eg Tharp, Estrada, Dalton, and Yamauchi, 2000). According to this approach, the present work aims to analyze the adaptability of these practices to the students difficulties and to understand some of the factors that influence teachers to develop assessment practices more inclusive. To do this, we have analyzed the processes of teaching, learning and assessment of 21 groups of students in the 4th year of secondary school (16 years). These 21 groups corresponding to four Secondary Schools. Each school used all groups in the subject of Mathematics to students of 4th ESO was provided. For each of the processes, were conducted several interviews with the respective teachers, and samples of assessment instruments used were collected both with students with learning difficulties as the others. The collected data were analyzed according to a category system based on the analysis model of interactivity proposed by Coll and colleagues, reviewed and adapted to the study of situations and evaluation activities (Coll, Barberà and Onrubia, 2000).Results show that assessment practices developed by teachers and students do not have a high degree of adaptability. Also show that although the assessment practices used to assess students with learning difficulties in mathematics are different from those used with other students, were not more adaptive and inclusive.Keywords: inclusive assessment, adaptive teaching, learning difficultiesResumen:La perspectiva socio-cultural ha subrayado la profunda interrelación entre procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje y procesos de evaluación (p.e. Gipps, 2002). Igualmente, ha señalado la importancia, para el desarrollo de aulas y escuelas inclusivas, de que los profesores adapten determinadas formas e instrumentos de evaluación (p.e. Tharp, Estrada, Dalton y Yamauchi, 2000). De acuerdo con estos planteamiento, el trabajo que presentamos pretende analizar el grado de adaptabilidad de estas prácticas a las dificultades que muestran los alumnos, así como comprender algunas de los factores que influyen en que los profesores puedan desarrollar prácticas de evaluación de carácter más inclusivo. Para ello, se han analizado los procesos de enseñanza, aprendizaje y evaluación de 21 grupos de alumnos de 4º curso de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (16 años). Estos 21 grupos corresponden a cuatro Institutos de Educación Secundaria. En cada instituto se han analizado todos los grupos en que se impartía la asignatura de Matemáticas a alumnos de 4º de ESO. Para cada uno de los procesos, se llevaron a cabo diversas entrevistas con los profesores respectivos, y se recogieron muestras de los instrumentos de evaluación utilizados, tanto con los alumnos con dificultades en el aprendizaje como con los restantes. Los datos recogidos se analizaron de acuerdo con un sistema de categorías basado en el modelo de análisis de la interactividad propuesto por Coll y sus colaboradores, revisado y adaptado para el estudio de las situaciones y actividades de evaluación (Coll, Barberá y Onrubia, 2000). Los resultados muestran que las prácticas evaluativas desarrolladas por profesores y alumnos no presentan un grado elevado de adaptabilidad. También muestran que, aunque las prácticas de evaluación utilizadas para evaluar a los alumnos con dificultades en el aprendizaje de las matemáticas son diferentes a las empleadas con el resto de alumnos, no son más adaptativas ni inclusivas.Palabras clave: evaluación inclusiva, enseñanza adaptativa, dificultades en el aprendizaje.


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