1. Technology for Data Collection While Facilitating Assessments and Evaluations Technology for Data Collection While Facilitating Assessments and Evaluations Eleanor Hamilton EDU/697 Capstone: A project Approach Dr. Keith Pressey December 23, 2013

2. Test or Survey include (Horton, 2012)  Activities that provide feedback  Indicates how learners understand the activity  Meeting their goals and objective.

3. Reasons for Testing  Gather information effectiveness.  Measure students’ mastery or outcome  Provide rapid feedback to students  Provide tangible cumulative data of student achievement (Callahan & Meixner)

4. Why test?  Motivate learners  Diagnose learners skills and knowledge  Provide for future assignments  Help learners excel (Horton, 2012)

5. Creating a Test or Survey Make them RelevantMake them Accurate  Why are you testing/surveying?  What Information is needed to move forward  Reinforce or measure learning  Validity & Reliable  Do learners know the information that is being asked?  Do questions align with the objectives?

6. Measure Accomplishments  Discriminating Task  What can those who meet the objective do that those who do not meet the objective cannot do?  Test Activity  How can learners prove they meet the objective?  Resources  What media and technology to choose? (Horton, 2012)

7. Types of Questions  True/False  Multiple Choice  Fill-in-the Blanks  Matching  Sequence  Essay

8. Effective Questions Include  KISS (keep it simple)  Clarity  Precision  Positive phrasing  Avoid leading questions  Meaning  Challenge (Horton, 2012)

9. Tips for Questions  Ask questions that are Simple and to the point  Cover all the options in multiple choice  Avoid offering too few or too many options. (Oriola, 2012 )

10. Provide Feedback Immediately  Grade the tests  Identify learners mistakes  Show further learning needs  Adapt to the learners (Horton, 2012)

11. Explain the Test  Prepare the learners  Provide rules and regulations  Clearly state time frame  State expectations (Horton, 2012)

12. Review  Test early and often  Use the right type of questions to get desired information  Provide timely feedback  Provide grading information upfront (Horton, 2012)

13. References Callahan, M., & Meixner, M. (n.d.). How do I create tests for my students? Retrieved from http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/teach/TLTC%20Teaching%20Resources/Documents/How%20do%20I%20Create%20a% 20Test%20for%20My%20Students%20white%20paper.pdf http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/teach/TLTC%20Teaching%20Resources/Documents/How%20do%20I%20Create%20a% 20Test%20for%20My%20Students%20white%20paper.pdf Horton, W. (2012). E-Learning by design. (2 nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.