7.5: Evaluate and revise learning materials and programmes

Table of Contents

1. Assessing learner progress
   1. Methods of assessing progress
   2. Direct Observation
   3. Examination of products
   4. Assessment 'lite'
   5. True/False Test on Word Processing
   6. Cloze Question on Word Processing
   7. Direct Feedback
   8. A simple scorecard
   9. Computer Based Assessment
2. Designing feedback tools
3. Assessing success of learning approaches

Examination of products

Many of the learning activities you will ask the learners to undertake will produce a result which can be checked. This may be a printout or screen dump or perhaps a file. This is an excellent method to use for feedback purposes because, if your learning is well designed, the product will not be seen as something artificial, produced solely for assessment purposes. Also, as evidence, it should be fairly incontrovertible, either there will be a result or not.

Examining products gives you feedback without the learner really being aware that their performance is being assessed. You can simply review the product with the learner, leading naturally into a discussion of how easy it was to produce this, how it might be improved etc.

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