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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
    0-02-348261-3 ?
    Linn, R. L., & Gronlund, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Measurement and Assessment in
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