MEd Library Workshop Alternative Assessment Strategies

Objective Find Library resources for research in Alternative Assessment  Library Catalogue  E-Databases  E-Journals

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Useful keywords for Alternative Assessment Alternative (alternate) assessment Educational assessment Educational measurement Educational evaluation Learning assessment Educational tests and measurements Examinations Scoring Grading and marking (Students) Listening comprehension tests Competency-based educational tests …

Hints for using Library Catalogue Use quotation marks for exact phrase –“develop” = develop but not development, developmental Use truncation * for 1-5 characters –measur* = measure, measures, measuring, measurement Use ** for open-ended truncation –exam** = exam, exams, examining, examination… Use ? for any single character in specified position –wom?n = woman, women Use shortcuts –t:(assessment) and s:(education*) and a:(nitko)

Library Catalogue Example To find books on educational assessment and creativity Keywords = educational, assessment, test, measurement, creativity Query = (Education* (assessment or test* or measur*)) and creativ*

E-Journals Search by Keywords Browse by Subject or Title Citation Linker

How the Citation Linker works? Is this article available in the Library? Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), doi: /s ea1101_1 Use Citation Linker to check availability of journal article

How the Citation Linker works? Input as many information as you know Click on any link to access full text Direct link to the e-journal article

Try yourself Use the Citation Linker to check if these articles are available in the Library Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16, doi: / Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12, doi: /s z

E-Resources Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections Search by Keywords Browse by Subject or Title

Why use an e-database?

Because … E-Database is an organized collection of scholarly information. E-Databases contain update information of journal articles, book reviews, conference papers, and other academic materials. E-Databases support flexible and in-depth search for journal title, article title, author, issue, volume, etc. Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature. Some databases provide the complete full text articles. Other databases provide abstracts of the journal articles.

Can we use the Library Catalogue to retrieve journal articles? No! We can only search for journal title in the Library Catalogue, but not on individual article title or author. The search does not go into details of each issue or volume of the journal. Therefore e-database is extremely useful when you want to find articles on particular topics, e.g. Using alternative assessment with Internet.

E-Resources More than 40 E-Databases on Education Some of them provide full text articles User guide available online Browse E-Databases on Education

Prominent E-Databases on Education Academic Search Premier Australian Education Index British Education Index ERIC Education Full Text ProQuest Education Journals Scopus Social Sciences Citation Index 華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC 中國期刊全文數據庫 CAJ (China) 中國優秀碩士 / 博士學位論文全文數據庫 (China) 中文電子期刊服務 CEPS (Taiwan)

Access to ERIC database Enter keywords Limit your search Search Results

Example Your research topic: Using web-based portfolio assessment in secondary education Identify the Keywords: Web-based AND Portfolio Assessment AND secondary education Use indexes / thesaurus / descriptors to check related terms where necessary. How many records retrieved?

Example Check Library’s holdings Full Text available

Searching tips: Expand your search  Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search  Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms e.g. web-based OR internet OR electronic OR digital  Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.

Searching tips: Narrow your search  Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way  Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen  Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scene e.g. peer assessment AND higher education

Try yourself Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of secondary school Suggested keywords: scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education Limit your search to full text articles How many records retrieved?

ProQuest Education Journals Database Covers almost 400 leading journals in education and related fields. Search across multiple ProQuest databases

ProQuest Education Journals Database Advanced search interface

Try yourself Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of secondary school Suggested keywords: scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education Limit your search to full text articles How many records retrieved? Try to observe: How many records retrieved from ERIC & ProQuest databases? Evaluate the relevancy of the results retrieved from the TWO databases.

中文電子期刊服務 CEPS 中文電子期刊服務 收錄範圍： 台灣及中國出版的學術期刊 2,000 多種期刊，超過 13 萬篇電子全文 每月持續新增 6,000 篇電子全文 收錄主題： 人文學科、社會科學、自然 科學、應用科學、醫學與生命科學等 收錄年代：以 1991 年之後為主

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又或是直接以 AND OR NOT 輸入，例如 : 合作學習 AND 語言

Chinese Keywords of Alternative Assessment 測量, 測驗 test 評量, 評估, 評鑑, 檢測 assessment 量表 scale 檢核表 checklist 自我評鑑 self evaluation 自我評價 self assessment 同儕評量 peer assessment 問卷 questionnaire 面試 interview 調查 survey 篩選測驗 screening test 性向測驗, 能力傾向測驗 aptitude test …

Try yourself Find Chinese articles published in Taiwan on the topic: Mathematics assessment in primary schools Suggested keywords: 數學, 小學, 評量, 評估, 測量 … How many records retrieved?

中國期刊全文數據庫 CAJ 中國期刊全文數據庫 〈教育與社會科學綜合輯〉 〈文史哲輯〉

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