Alternatives in Assessment of Achievements, Learning Processes and Prior Knowledge [electronic resource] / edited by Menucha Birenbaum, Filip J.R.C. Dochy.

Achievement assessment has undergone a major shift, from what some call a `culture of testing' to a `culture of assessment'. Nowadays, a strong emphasis is placed on the integration of assessment and instruction, on assessing processes rather than just products, and on evaluating individua...

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Main Author: Birenbaum, Menucha
Other Authors: Dochy, F. J. R. C. (Filip J. R. C.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1996.
Series:Evaluation in education and human services ; 42.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Alternatives in Assessment of Achievement
  • 1. Assessment 2000: Towards a Pluralistic Approach to Assessment
  • 2. Assessment of Mathematics
  • What is the Agenda?
  • 3. The Ripple Effect: The Instructional Impact of the Systemic Introduction of Performance Assessment in Mathematics
  • 4. Science Assessment
  • 5. On the Content Validity of Performance Assessments: Centrality of Domain Specifications
  • 6. Language Testing: Matching Assessment Procedures with Language Knowledge
  • 7. Academic Literacy as Ways of Getting-to-Know: What Can be Assessed?
  • 8. Assessment in a Problem-Based Economics Curriculum
  • II Assessment of Prior Knowledge and Learning Processes
  • 9. Assessment of Domain-Specific and Domain-Transcending Prior Knowledge
  • 10. How General are the Effects of Domain-Specific Prior Knowledge on Study Expertise as Compared to General Thinking Skills?
  • 11. The Revised Inventory of Learning Processes: A Multifaceted Perspective on Individual Differences in Learning
  • 12. Assessing Students' Motivation and Learning Strategies in the Classroom Context: The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
  • 13. Development of an Inventory to Measure Learning Strategies
  • 14. Identifying and Advising Students with Deficient Study Skills: An Integrated Computer-Based Package for Staff and Students
  • Author Index.