What is task D?
Assessments and critiques
What is the definition of an assessment? And what is the purpose of one?
DIP
Evaluating the student based of a set of standard objectives
- Develops ADM
- Identifies deficiencies
- provides feedback
What are the types of assessments?
TACO
- Traditional
- Authentic
- Collaborative
- Oral
What is a traditional assessment and what types are there?
Written testing/exams
- Supply: more subjective like a short answer question
- Selection: objective grading like T/F or multiple choice question
What are the characteristics of good written assessments?
DOUVCR
- Discrimination (detects achievement differences in students)
- Usable (east to give and grade)
- Objective (w/out instructor bias)
- Valid (measures what its supposed to measure)
- Comprehensive (must fully use the objectives being measured)
- Reliable (consistent results)
What is an authentic assessment?
LMA
Real world tasks that generate a response from skills and concepts
EX: A checkride
- Learner Centered
- Maneuver / Procedure
- Assessing Risk Management
What is a collaborative Assessment?
RRRR
- Replay (student replays scenario)
- Reconstruct (instructor states what to fix)
- Reflect (insights on experience)
- Redirect (relates lesson to how it will help in future lessons)
What is an oral assessment and what is it comprised of?
RRICCE
- Reveals (effectiveness of training)
- Reviews (material)
- Identifies points that need more emphasis
- Checks students comprehension
- Checks retention
- Emphasizes important points of training
What are the characteristics of an effective assessment?
COCOFATS
- Comprehensive (covers all important info)
- Objective (no bias)
- Constructive (builds student up with feedback)
- Organized (clean structure to follow)
- Flexible (fits the content)
- Acceptable (student must accept the instructor)
- Thoughtful (empathetic towards student)
- Specific (provides details of what they need to work on)
What is a critique and what types are there?
SWISS
Provides feedback to the student (a debrief)
- Self
- Written
- Instructor/Student (group discussion)
- Student/Student (2nd student is present during the assessment)
- Student Led (instructor asks student to lead)
- Small group (class divided to small groups)
What types of questions should you avoid?
BITPOT
- Bewilderment (too much info)
- Irrelevant (don’t deal with the subject)
- Tossup (question that could have 2 correct choices)
- Puzzle (too many parts to pick an answer)
- Oversize (too broad)
- Trick (unfair question)
What are the characteristics of effective questions?
ABBCC
- Apply to subject of instruction
- Be brief ( short and to the point)
- Be adapted (to the level of the student)
- Center (on 1 idea, with 1 correct answer)
- Challenge (the student)
If an instructor wants to evaluate a student’s progress how can that be done?
Through assessments and critiques
What is instruction called when you teach both visually and through instruments?
Integrated instruction (90% outside, 10% inside)
