OBJECTIVES:

To have a common language for the standardized evaluation.

To have the basic elements for the abilities and attitudes evaluation.

To practice the design of specification tables for the evaluation of abilities and attitudes.

To practice the design of items to measure abilities and attitudes.

To evaluate the validity of the design of an ability or attitudes test.

To be able to determine necessities, material requirements, items and other input  for other teachers to use this methodology in applications of the educational practice.

 ORIENTED TO:

Practitioner teachers working as coordinators of other teachers group.

SYLLABUS:

1. Preliminary fundamentals for the evaluation of standardized tests.

1. Characteristics of the evaluation. The scale concept.  

2. Design of a standardized test.

2. Edition of objective items.

1. General characteristics of the objective item edition.

2. Different types of items.

3. Item design according to educational objectives.

4. General taxonomy.

3. Specification table.

1. Definition and general characteristics of the table of specifications.

2. Qualitative design of a table of specifications.

3. Content validity.

4. Qualitative analysis and design of the table os specifications.

5. Fundamentals of validity of the element. Classical model. Logistic model.

6. Predictive and concurrent validity.

7. Need for studying the validity in the evaluation.

4. Ability measurement.

1. Clasification of the cognitive abilities.

2. Differential ability or aptitude.

3. Validity of ability tests.

4. Predictive tests.

5. Special aptitudes and creativity tests.

6. Mesurement of the psychomotive domain.

7. Applications.

5. Attitude measurement.

1. Basic characteristics.

2. Identification of attitudes.

3. Other studies: values, interests, working methods.

4. Measurement of the afective domain.

5. Applications.

DURATION: 24 HRS.

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