EAssessment: Removing the Boundaries of C.A.A.

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E-Assessment Removing the Boundaries of C.A.A.

• Phil Davies
• School of Computing
• University of Glamorgan
• South Wales
• UK

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Types of Assessment

• Formative
• Ask a question
• Get an answer
• Are they right? .. Tell them
• Explainative
• Summative
• whatever you answer will be judged / graded
• Can Formative / Summative Mix?

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Objective / Subjective Testing

• Objective
• Right or wrong True of False .. Multiple Choice
  Questions
• Subjective
• Opinion . Personalised Essays
• Can they be Mixed?

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What are the perceived boundaries of C.A.A.

• Multiple Choice
• One from three(four) or is it 2(3) from 3(4)
• Guessing
• Surface level
• NOT like the real world
• No real feedback or discussion

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My first MCQ test

• 40 Questions / Formative
• Time Consuming / Difficult to create sensible
  distracters / Rocket Science
• I thought Average 1 minute per question
• Actual all finished in ten minutes apart from
  one who took 50 minutes
• Why? No reason to think

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Stop Guessing!!

• Impossible
• Perception (Student)
• HMC and Confidence Testing
• Formative Summative Continual Progressive
• Learn whilst being assessed
• Degrees of getting question correct

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On Line Assessment LEARNING

• Four Tests
• Weeks 3,6,9,12 5, 10, 15 20
• Cumulative
• Two Passes of SAME test
• Learning .. Short term?
• Slowed Down .. Thought about WHEN WRONG .

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Need Essays

• Subjective
• Time consuming marking
• Lecture Subjective marking
• Self-Critical reflective skills required
• Know what to look for?
• Peer assess others
• Problem Why mark properly???

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Wheres the discussion?

• Feedback
• Anonymity
• What do you mean by .
• I did what you asked for in the second paragraph
  
• Youve taken marks off, why?
• I wish I could change my original mark

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Examinations

• Where do we teach students how to write exam
  answers?
• Why should we be assessing their ability in
  grammar (or even hand-writing)??
• Quantity of an answer quality?
• Peer support
• Support process (random input)
• Use CPASS gt set exam questions

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But that is just lowering standards!!! Need Exams

• Week 13/14 of a 15 week module
• 20 Key Points per Module
• Five Examination Questions
• 25 of Module Assessed
• Answer 3 Out of 5 Questions
• 15 of Module Assessed
• 40 Pass Mark 60 WRONG
• Feedback . Learning !!!

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Assessment Weeks 1-4

• Week One
• Week Two
• Set Essay (25)
• Week Three
• MCQ Test 1 (5)
• Set Exam question 1(CPASS 1)
• Week Four
• Mark CPASS 1 (5)

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Assessment Weeks 5-6

• Week 5
• Feedback from CPASS 1
• Self-Assess their Essays (5)
• Week 6
• MCQ Test 2 (10)
• MCQ Test on Essay Content (5)
• Set 2nd Essay Question CPASS 2

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Assessment Weeks 7-9

• Week 7
• Mark CPASS 2 (5)
• Peer Assess 8 Essays (wk 1)
• Week 8
• Get feedback from CPASS 2
• Peer Assess Essays (wk 2)
• Week 9
• Peer Assess Essays (wk 3)
• MCQ Test 3 (15) Set Essay Q CPASS 3

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Assessment Weeks 10-11

• Week 10
• Mark CPASS 3 (5)
• Remarking and Feedback (2 weeks) (20)
• Week 11
• Remarking and Feedback continue
• CPASS 3 feedback

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Assessment Weeks 12-14

• Week 12
• MCQ on Essay Content (5)
• MCQ Test 4 (One Pass) (20)
• Week 13
• Reflectively Self-Assess their Essay (5)
• Week 14
• Exam (50)

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Assessment Week 15

• Week 15
• Tutor allocates overall mark for marking CPASS
  PEER (20)
• TOTAL MARKS FOR MODULE 200

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Conclusions

• Balance Assessment and Learning
• Assessment hours included in teaching time
• Student non-attendance due to coursework needs
• Appropriate methods used for each module .. CAA
  for the sake of it
• Over-Assess (gt Learning?)

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