Classroom Assessments
Bloom's Taxonomy (Questions)
Statistics
Testing
The Domains
100
There is one answer/one way of doing something vs. many correct answers, rewarding creativity.
What are convergent questions/ divergent questions?
100
Define _____ -or- Compare_____
What are knowledge/comprehension questions?
100
5/10 (____ score) vs 50% ______ _______ score)
What is reliability?
100
Consistency of results/scores.
What is reliability
100
A classification system
What is the taxonomy?
200
Halo effect, self-fulfilling prophecy, teacher-expectation cycle (Pygmalion effect)
What are concepts that can influence grading?
200
Which U.S. senator is the most effective?
What is an evaluation question?
200
Normal distribution
Bell-shaped curve.
200
Test measures what it is supposed to measure.
What is validity?
200
1. Receiving 2. Responding 3. Valuing 4. Organization 5. Characterization by Value
What is the taxonomy of the affective domain?
300
Take a great deal of time to develop and test, fast scoring, quantitative form of measurement, little room for bias, objective.
What are multiple-choice questions?
300
What influenced the writings of _______?
What is an analysis question?
300
Scores are compared to a set performance standard/Scores are compared with with the average performance.
What are criterion referenced testing/ norm referenced testing
300
_______ evaluation: conducted prior to some endpoint. _______ evaluation: conducted at some checkpoint (later in time)
What is formative/summative evaluation?
300
1. Student-oriented 2. Descriptive of an appropriate learning outcome. 3. Clear and understandable 4. Observable (avoid outcomes you can't see)
What is the taxonomy of the psychomotor domain?
400
Quick to generate, difficult and time consuming to score, can have bias, grading is subjective, to grade fairly a rubric needs to be made and available to students.
What are essay questions?
400
What is a good name for ____?
What is a synthesis question?
400
_____: Arithmetic average _____: Middle most score in the distribution. _____: Most frequently occurring score in the distribution.
What is mean, median, mode (measures of central tendency)
400
Developed by a psychometrician, used for large scale comparisons, have time limits, machine-scored, quantitative.
What is standardized testing?
400
6. Evaluation 5. Synthesis 4. Analysis 3. Application 2. Comprehension 1. Knowledge
What is the taxonomy of the cognitive domain?
500
______ testing: multiple-choice, matching, true/false, short-answer. ______ assessment: Portfolios, performances, exhibitions.
What is objective testing/authentic assessment?
500
Which principle is demonstrated in _____?
What is an application question?
500
______: The difference between highest and lowest achieved scores. ______: An index which indicates the spread of scores along the continuum.
What are range and standard deviation?
500
Reflect what has been covered in the individual classroom, usually includes some kind of bias, scoring is usually done in person.
What are teacher-made tests?
500
To explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings.
What is the taxonomy of the social domain?