Chapter 8 - Evaluation

The aim of the evaluation of the curriculum design process is to decide how to check if the course is successful and where it needs to be improved.

True or False?

• True

• False

1. How many steps are there in the preparatory stage of evaluation?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Which type of evaluation focuses on learning and teaching and the gaining of knowledge, and the application of that knowledge after the course has ended; feelings of satisfaction and attitudes; costs, profit, availability and quality of teaching and learning resources?

• 1. formative/summative

• short term/long term

• process/product

• cognitive, affective and resource factors

Complete the sentence:

“A __________ has the purpose of making a summary or judgement on the quality or adequacy of the course so that it can be compared with other courses, …”

• Formative evaluation

• Summative evaluation

• Long-term evaluation

• Short-term evaluation

“The interviewer has a procedure and a set of questions to follow and generally keeps to these.”

Which is this data-gathering tool?

• Structured interview

• Unstructured interview

Choose the issues of Self-report scales:

• 1. They tend to result in average results if the responses are simply added and averaged

• They involve pre-determined questions and types of answers

• They are administered in class, allowing the learners a rather short period of time to answer

• They need to summarise the data to get a general picture, to compare with previous evaluations or other courses, or to provide a simple summative evaluation to see if further data need to be gathered.

The given checklist, which contains serveral items and can be clearly understood by the trained observers, is likely to be _______.

• Valid

• Reliable

• Practical

Who will be involved in an evaluation?

• Curriculum designers

• Teachers

• Evaluators from outside the course

• Learners

1. The negotiation between the teachers and the learners, periodic and systematic observation, regular meetings, self-evaluation forms, the evaluation of an outside evaluator, … can be considered as Formative evaluations. 

2. True or False?

• True

• False

Which are the purposes of the oral report?

• To indicate the quality of the course.

• To make clear what the standard for the measure of quality is.

• To make sure the written report is clearly understood.

• To say things that could not be put tactfully in writing.