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Semester 96-2 Session: Regular
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Instructor: J
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Nesbit
325 - 3 Assessment for Classroom Teaching
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Office: 8642mpc
Tel: 291-4453
Fax: 291-3203
E-mail: john_nesbit@sfu.ca
PREREQUISITE
Educ 220
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Classroom teachers spend a substantial portion of their working hours dealing with tests and other forms of assessment.
Teaching activities related to assessment include designing assessments, using assessments results to make decisions
about how to teach particular groups or individuals, and reporting assessments results to students, parents and
colleagues, your level of expertise as a teacher will partly depend on how well you can apply the principles of
educational assessment and measurement encountered in this course.
OBJECTIVES
Among the topics covered by Educ 325 are:
• The role of assessment in teaching.
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• Performance-based assessment
• Instructional objectives
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• Self-assessment
• Validity
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• Marking and reporting
• Reliability
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• Standardized tests
• Teacher-constructed tests
REQUIREMENTS
Mid-term examination .........................................................40%
Assessment Project to be completed in two stages:
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Design for project .........................................................20%
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Final version of project.................................................40%
READINGS
Supplementary readings will be made available by the instructor.
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REQ R EC
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Linn, R. L., & Gronlund, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Measurement and Assessment in
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