ASSESSMENT IN LEARNING

"Educare" or ____ are terms where the word "Education" originated.

• educere

• educire

• educacio

• educacion

Answer explanation

Education originated from the terms "educare" or "educere" which meant "to draw out"

Outcome-based Education (OBE) has three characteristics. Which of the following statement illustrates it?

I. Focus on Teachers Learning Objectives

II. It is faculty driven

III. Provides data to guide the students in making valid and continuing improvement in instruction and assessment devices.

IV. It is meaningful

V. Students are at the center of the learning process

• I and III

• I, II and IV

• II, IV and V

• I, II, III, IV and V

Answer explanation

OBE has three characteristics;

1. It is student centered - Focus on Student Learning Outcomes

2. It is faculty driven - Encourages faculty responsibility for teaching, assessing program outcomes and motivating participation from the students.

3. It is meaningful - It provides data to guide the teacher in making valid and continuing improvement in instruction and assessment activities.

In implementing OBE on a course level or the subject we have this broad goals that we expect for the students to achieve. It is usually stated from the perspective of the teacher. Which procedure is it?

• List the learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective.

• Draft the outcomes assessment procedure

• Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course

Answer explanation

To implement outcome-based on the subject or course level:

1. Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course. - Education objectives are the broad goals that the subject/course expects to achieve. It is stated from the teachers point of view.

2. List the learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective. - Learning outcomes are stated as concrete active verbs such as to demonstrate, to explain, to differentiate etc. Good source of learning outcome is the taxonomy of educational objectives by Benjamin Bloom

3. Draft outcome assessment procedure. - For every outcome it identifies the data that will be gathered that will guide the selection of the assessment tools to beused and at what point assessment will be done.

In implementing OBE on the subject or course level we have this procedures that will enable the teacher to determine the degree to which the students are attaining the desired learning outcomes.

• list of learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective

• Draft outcomes assessment procedure

• Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course.

Answer explanation

To implement outcome-based on the subject or course level:

1. Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course. - Education objectives are the broad goals that the subject/course expects to achieve. It is stated from the teachers point of view.

2. List the learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective. - Learning outcomes are stated as concrete active verbs such as to demonstrate, to explain, to differentiate etc. Good source of learning outcome is the taxonomy of educational objectives by Benjamin Bloom

3. Draft outcome assessment procedure. - For every outcome it identifies the data that will be gathered that will guide the selection of the assessment tools to beused and at what point assessment will be done.

In implementing OBE on a course level or the subject it is important to have clearly stated learning outcomes where the verbs are concrete active. Which procedure is it?

• List the learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective.

• Draft the outcomes assessment procedure

• Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course

Answer explanation

To implement outcome-based on the subject or course level:

1. Identify the educational objectives of the subject/course. - Education objectives are the broad goals that the subject/course expects to achieve. It is stated from the teachers point of view.

2. List the learning outcomes specified for each subject/course objective. - Learning outcomes are stated as concrete active verbs such as to demonstrate, to explain, to differentiate etc. Good source of learning outcome is the taxonomy of educational objectives by Benjamin Bloom

3. Draft outcome assessment procedure. - For every outcome it identifies the data that will be gathered that will guide the selection of the assessment tools to beused and at what point assessment will be done.

Blooms Taxonomy of educational objectives is grouped into three. These are

• Cognitive, Affective and Psychology

• Knowledge, values and skills

• Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective

• Manual, Mental, and Course

Answer explanation

Blooms Taxonomy of educational objectives is grouped into three. These are:

Cognitive - also called knowledge refers to mental skills such as remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing/creating.

Psychomotor - also referred to as skills includes manual or physical skills, which proceed from mental activities and range from the simplest to the complex such as OBSERVING, IMITATING, PRACTICING, ADAPTING, and INNOVATING.

Affective - also known as attitude, refers to growth in feelings or emotions from simplest behavior to the most complex such as RECEIVING, RESPONDING, VALUING, ORGANIZING and INTERNALIZING

Outcomes-based education focuses classroom instruction on the _______ that students must demonstrate when they exit.

• Immediate and deferred outcome

• metacognition and psychomotor

• skills and competencies

• Affective and Psychomotor

Answer explanation

Outcomes-based education focuses classroom instruction on the skills and competencies that students must demonstrate when they exit.

OBE focuses on these types of outcomes.

• Program outcome and Course outcome

• Learning outcomes and Course outcomes

• Institutional outcomes and Program outcomes

• Immediate outcomes and Deferred outcomes

Answer explanation

OBE focuses on immediate outcomes and deferred outcomes.

These are competencies/skills acquired upon completion of an instruction, a subject, a grade level, a segment of the progra, or of the program itself.

• Immediate outcomes

• Program outcomes

• Deferred outcomes

• Learning outcomes

Answer explanation

IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES are competencies/skills acquired upon completion of an instruction, a subject, a grade level, a segment of the progra, or of the program itself. It is also referred to ss INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES.

Immediate outcomes are also referred to as ______

• Deferred outcomes

• Program outcomes

• Immediate outcomes

• Learning outcomes

Answer explanation

Immediate outcomes are also referred to as INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES