Assessment in the Classroom - Constructing and Interpreting Texts

Zusatztext 'The book provides a very useful resource to any odychologist involved in INSET on assessment, or faced with helping a school make sense of its own assessment information.' - Educational Psychology in Practice Informationen zum Autor George Cunnningham Klappentext Educational assessment, at one time a relatively uncontroversial subject, is now riven by a diversity of views. The most crucial division is between those who continue to believe in the effectiveness of objective assessment techniques and those who favour alternative methods. This book presents an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and rationales for both. Zusammenfassung Educational assessment is riven by diverse views. The crucial division is between those who continue to believe in the effectiveness of objective assessment techniques and those who favour alternative methods. This book presents an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and rationales for both. Inhaltsverzeichnis Assumptions and philosophies; technical basics of assessment; test construction methodologies; how to construct objective tests; how to construct short answer and essay tests; how to construct alternative assessments; how to assign grades; the use of standardised achievement tests; the ethics of educational assessment.

Product details

• Authors: George Cunningham, Cunningham George, Geo Cunnningham, George Cunnningham, Cunnningham Geo, Cunnningham George
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.1997
• EAN: 9780750707336
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0733-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment