Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Developing Evaluation Instruments

Developing evaluation instruments has a strong basis on instructional objectives. The focus in the objective should direct the selection of evaluation instrument to be used.If knowledge is the focus in the objective, then objective tests might be appropraite. If the focus is on synthesis or application, then constructed-response or problem solving, might be appropraite. If it is on performance (psychomotor) then the direct or indirect testing of actual skills might be appropraite.

For example, if in the objective it is stated that by the end of the lesson students will be able to define entreprenuership then a short-answer test just to elicit for recall of knowledge might be appropraite in this case.

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