Event Title
Assessing Your Assessments: A Hands-On Test Evaluation Workshop
Location
Moakley 135
Start Time
13-5-2010 9:55 AM
End Time
13-5-2010 10:55 AM
Description
Appropriate test design and evaluation are key components of effective pedagogy. However, the rigorous statistical analysis of exams and other learning assessments is often underrepresented in professors’ teaching repertoires due to statistical apprehension and a lack of access to analysis programs. The purpose of this workshop will be to demonstrate how to easily overcome both of these hurdles. Basic statistical evaluation techniques for multiple-choice exams using classical test theory and item response theory will be discussed with an emphasis on practical applications of test-level (e.g., reliability) and item-level (e.g., difficulty, discrimination, and bias) analyses. Workshop participants will engage in an interactive demonstration using real exam data and a freely available, peer-reviewed test analysis program. The presentation will assume a general knowledge of basic statistical analyses (e.g., correlation); however, all aspects of this workshop will be presented in non-technical terminology and the discussion is open to all.
Assessing Your Assessments: A Hands-On Test Evaluation Workshop
Moakley 135
Appropriate test design and evaluation are key components of effective pedagogy. However, the rigorous statistical analysis of exams and other learning assessments is often underrepresented in professors’ teaching repertoires due to statistical apprehension and a lack of access to analysis programs. The purpose of this workshop will be to demonstrate how to easily overcome both of these hurdles. Basic statistical evaluation techniques for multiple-choice exams using classical test theory and item response theory will be discussed with an emphasis on practical applications of test-level (e.g., reliability) and item-level (e.g., difficulty, discrimination, and bias) analyses. Workshop participants will engage in an interactive demonstration using real exam data and a freely available, peer-reviewed test analysis program. The presentation will assume a general knowledge of basic statistical analyses (e.g., correlation); however, all aspects of this workshop will be presented in non-technical terminology and the discussion is open to all.