Evaluation Basics
What are the three perspectives on value discussed in the lecture?
What is the first question in Tyler's approach concerning curriculum development?
What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
A conclusion made by interpreting evidence against appropriate criteria.
Judgement
A curriculum is examined for accuracy, organization and cultural relevance. Which type of evaluation is this?
Intrinsic evaluation.
What is the systematic process of determining the value, quality or effectiveness of a curriculum?
Curriculum Evaluation
What is the central focus of Tyler's Goal-Attainment Model?
To determine the extent to which the intended educational objectives have been achieved.
What do we call information collected during an evaluation?
Evidence
An evaluator checks whether students achieved the objectives stated in a mathematics curriculum. Which approach is being used?
Goal-attainment evaluation
Which perspective focuses on the quality and characteristics of the curriculum itself?
Intrinsic Value
What is the purpose of assessment in Tyler's Goal-Attainment Model?
To determine whether the intended educational objectives have been achieved.
Give an example of a decision that could follow an evaluation finding.
A curriculum achieves its objectives but uses resources unavailable in many hinterland schools. Identify one goal-attainment issue and one intrinsic issue.
Goal-attainment issue:
Are students achieving the intended learning objectives?
Intrinsic issue:
Is the curriculum appropriate and feasible given the resources available in hinterland schools?
Which evaluation perspective asks, "How does this curriculum compare with another?"
Comparative Value
What should be provided to help learners achieve the stated educational objectives?
Appropriate learning experiences.
Put these in the correct order: judgment, evidence, decision, interpretation, finding.
Evidence → Interpretation → Finding → Judgment → Decision
Students achieve 90% of the stated objective, but teachers report that the curriculum is too demanding. What does this illustrate about relying only on goal attainment.
It shows that achieving predetermined objectives does not necessarily mean that the curriculum is satisfactory in every respect. Other aspects of curriculum quality and implementation may need to be examined.
What influence evaluation questions, criteria, evidence selection, interpretation and use.
Values
Complete the sequence: Objectives → Learning Experiences → ______ → Evidence of Achievement.
Assessment
Before deciding whether a Science curriculum should be revised an evaluator can collect multiple sources of evidence such as...
test results
teacher interviews
classroom observations
An evaluator collects test results, teacher interviews and classroom observations before deciding whether a curriculum should be revised. Why is using multiple sources of evidence useful?
Multiple sources provide a broader and more credible understanding of the curriculum.