Course Name: ASSESSMENT IN LEARNING

Course Code: SGDA 4013

Lecturer: Dr. S.Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam
Email: Kanageswari@uum.edu.my

1. Synopsis
This course will expose students to designing classroom tests that are carefully aligned with
the curriculum, and to the construction of quality objective and subjective test items. The
content of this course covers the concepts of assessment, types of assessments, steps in test
and item construction, and using descriptive statistics and item analysis to interpret
classroom assessment data and for instructional decision-making.

2. Objective
After completing this course, students should be able to:
2.1 Understand the underlying theories and concepts of assessment in teaching and
learning.
2.2 Acquire the knowledge and necessary skills related to the principles and practices
of assessment in the classroom.
2.3 Develop statistical concepts in educational assessments
3. Course learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are able to

3.1 distinguish clearly between test, measurement, assessment and evaluation. (C2)
3.2 apply the principles in the practical construction of tests. (C3, A2)
3.3 apply basic statistical concepts, calculations, and analyses
in education. (C3, P1)
3.4 interpret tests in general and continuous assessment in particular. (C5)
3.5 construct a classroom test. (C6, P4)

4. Contents
Class Week/ Contents Activity
Date
1 1 1.0 The Concepts and Purpose of Test, Measurement, Distribute Course Syllabus and
12/02/17 Assessment and Evaluation in Education Course Assignments
- 1.1. Test Chapter 1 – Mokhtar Ismail
16/02/17 1.2. Measurement (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
1.3. Assessment Discussion on Assignment 1
1.4. Evaluation
1.5. Types of Evaluation
2 2 2.0 Assessment and Classroom Test Chapter 1 – Mokhtar Ismail
19/02/17 2.1 Formative assessment (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
- 2.2 Summative Assessment Discussion on Assignment 1
23/02/17 2.3 Norm-referenced test
 2.4 Criterion-Referenced test
2.5 Standardised Test
2.6 Teacher-made Test
3 3 2.0 Assessment and Classroom Test (Continue) Chapter 3 – Mokhtar Ismail
26/02/17 2.7 Taxonomy of Educational (2009). Pentaksiran
- Objectives (Cognitive, Affective and Pendidikan; Secondary school
02/03/17 Psychomotor syllabus (Years 1-6; Forms 1-
2.8 Characteristics of Good Test 5);
2.9 Test Blueprint Text books.
Discussion on Assignment 1
4 4 3.0 Test Construction Article assignment discussion
05/03/17 3.1 Item Writing Guidelines Chapters 4 – 5 Mokhtar Ismail
- 3.2 Objective Items (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
09/03/17 3.3 Subjective Items Secondary school syllabus
3.3 Rubrics (Years 1-6; Forms 1-5);
Text books
5 5 4.0 Test Validity Assignment 1 Deadline
12/03/17 4.1 Concept of Test Validity (Paper Review)
- 4.2 Types of Test Validity Messick, S. (1990).
16/03/17 4.3 Factors affecting Test Validity Validity of Test Interpretation
and Use. Princeton, N.J:
Educational Testing Service;
Chapter 7 – Mokhtar Ismail
(2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
6 6 5.0 Test Reliability Chapter 6 – Mokhtar Ismail
19/03/17 5.1 Concept of Test Reliability (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
- 5.2 Consistency and Error
23/03/17
7 7 5.0 Test Reliability (Continue) Chapter 6 – Mokhtar Ismail
26/03/17 5.4 Methods of Estimating Test Reliability (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
- 5.5 Factors affecting Test Reliability
30/03/17
MID SEMESTER BREAK (31 /03/ 2017 – 06/04/ 2017)
8 8 6.0 Principles in Administering, Analysing and Chapter 3 & 8 – Mokhtar
09/04/17 Improving the Test Ismail (2009). Pentaksiran
- 6.1 Principles of Test Administration Pendidikan
13/04/17 6.2 Item Scoring Assignment 2 : Quiz 1
9 9 6.0 Principles in Administering, Analysing and Project Work Hands-on
16/04/17 Improving the Test (Continue) Chapter 9 – Mokhtar Ismail
- 6.3 Item analysis (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
20/04/17 6.4 Improving the Test
10 10 7.0 Basic Statistics in Education Project work Hands-on
23/04/17 7.1. Summarising Data by Applying Measures of Chapter 2 – Mokhtar Ismail
- Central Tendency (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
27/04/17 7.2. Summarising Data by Applying Measures of
Variability
11 11 7.0 Basic Statistics in Education (Continue) Project work Hands-on
30/04/17 7.3. Normal Distribution, Derived Scores Chapter 2 – Mokhtar Ismail
 - 7.4. Interpretation and Reporting of Test Scores (2009). Pentaksiran Pendidikan
04/05/17
12 12 8.0 School Based Assessment (SBA) Assignment 5 Deadline
07/05/17 8.1 Concept SBA (Project Work)
- 8.2 National Education Assessment System
11/05/17 8.3 Role of SBA
13 13 8.0 School Based Assessment (SBA) (Continue) Assignment 4: Quiz2
14/05/17 8.4 Central Assessment
- 8.5 School Assessment
18/05/17
14 14 8.0 School Based Assessment (SBA) (Continue)
21/05/17 8.5 School Assessment
- 8.6 Closure/Summary
25/05/17

Assignment 3- Presentation of chosen topics : On going

Do’s and Dont’s for this course

As per Socrates’s famous lines “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”, I
will be facilitating, guiding and motivating you throughout the course. However being postgraduate
students, you must take charge of your learning and become independent learners. I expect the
following from you throughout the course:
 Be present for each session on Time.
 Reading is the key to your success. Develop good reading skills and finish all your readings
that will periodically be posted on learning zone.
 Your active participation, knowledge and information sharing and critical thinking are
required to gain a good grade.
 Do your assignments sincerely and submit them on time
 All the work that you submit must be ORIGINAL. Any form of PLAGIARISM will not be
accepted and will adversely affect your grade.
 Use of technology in the class is encouraged but only for study purposes.
 Contact me for any course related query through email.

5. Assessment
60%: Course work
40%: Final Exam
Course work Assignment Details
No Assessment Details Rubric % Due date
Name
1 Assignment 1: Group work Quality of articles ( 2012- 10 12 March
Article review Review of one issue in classroom onwards, indexed journals)
assessment. Minimum 2 articles each Clarity and importance of
group. Submit a report and article along information
with it. The report must include:
The issue, problem, your critical review
 and your opinion, which must be
supported by relevant literature review.

2.Presentation

2 Assignment 2: Individual work Attempts to answer in 10 09April

Quiz-1 On units discussed correct and legible way that
displays understanding of
concepts.
3. Assignment 3: Group work Information is presented in 10 ongoing
Presentation On chosen topic (choose 1 from 10 below) a logical sequence/is
- Assessment and Classroom Test 1 relevant/correct/
- Assessment and Classroom Test 2 Delivery is poised clear and
- Test Construction audible
- Test Validity
- Test Reliability
- Principles in Administering, Analysing
and Improving the Test 1
- Principles in Administering, Analysing
and Improving the Test 2
- Basic Statistics in Education 1
- Basic Statistics in Education 2
- School Based Assessment
4. Assignment 4: Individual work Attempts to answer in 10 14 May
Quiz 2 All units discussed correct and legible way that
displays understanding of
concepts.
5. Assignment 5: Individual work 1. Work is neat, 20 07 May
Project work Your project paper should be clearly and organized in
smooth organised with the following main sequence under
headings required headings.
 Introduction, 2. Is clear and
 Literature review (Content comprehensive
Validity, Item Analysis- Obj, p, D, 3. Results are
Distractor Analysis) interpreted well
 Item Analyses (p, D, Distractor 4. Correct and relevant
analysis - MCQ)
 Student Results –
- Calculate the mean and sd of
class test scores
- Interpret students’ performance
by using mean, sd, z-score,
 Discussion (quality of the test
items and students results)
 Suggestions for Improvement
(Based on your analysis),
 Conclusions (about the test and
based on evidence from your item
 analysis),
 References (APA 6th edition)

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Journals

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Journal of Educational Measurement
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Applied Psychological Measurement
Applied Measurement in Education
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives (new in 2002)