EPSY 210 Lecture 17: Class Notes 17
15 Feb 2020
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Effects of grading on students: generally related to increased academic learning, hard on students who are anxious, less confident, & less prepared, shape self-perceptions of ability to succeed, affect students" commitment to attain, determine effort to invest in school. Creating meaningful grading & testing: reliable, fair, & manageable system, specifies clear learning outcomes, reflect on what students learn, recognizes & responds to individual differences, provides varied forms of assessment, grading on achievement, grading on progress & improvement, grading on cooperative skills. Bloom"s taxonomy of the cognitive domain: bloom"s taxonomy: classification of educational objectives, cognitive domain: memory and reasoning. 3. applying: using general concept to solve specific problem. 6. creating: combining different ideas to create new ideas. Purposes: to demonstrate the ability to create classroom assessment, to engage in cooperative learning, to use technology to promote learning. Multiple-choice question: can be designed to assess every level of bloom"s taxonomy, can cover many topics, easy to grade fairly, must measure student achievement.
