COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAYRIYE MINE ANTEP

Offered to

Biology
Computer Science
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics

Course Objective

This course includes topics like the importance and position of measurement and evaluation in learning-teaching process, basic concepts about measurement and evaluation, the characteristics of measurement tools and techniques, basic statistical procedures related to measures, basic concepts, features and developmental processes of testing tools and techniques, and different evaluation approaches to education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To remember the basic concepts of measurement and evaluation
2   To understand the qualities of measurement tools and methods used in education.
3   To understand the properties of the goals in Bloom's original and the revised taxonomy.
4   To understand the basic concepts and properties concerned with the exam types.
5   To apply basic statistical techniques on the test scores
6   To understand the stages of developing a measurement tool
7   To understand the types and approaches to evaluation
8   Assesment and grading

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance and position of measurement and evaluation in learning-teaching process
2 The Basic concepts concerning the measurement and evaluation
3 The qualities of measurement tools and methods used in education
4 Multiple choice and true-false tests
5 Short answer, matching and essay tests
6 Rubric, checklist and scoring
7 Midterm exam
8 Oral exams, preparation implementation and scoring
9 Basic statistical techniques and applying
10 Basic concepts related to developing measurement tools
11 The stages of developing a measurement tool
12 Test and item statistics
13 Test and item statistics
14 Assessment and grading
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Airasian P. W ve Miranda H. (2002). The Role of Assessment in the Revised Taxonomy. Theory Into Practice, 41(4), 249-254.
2. Anderson, L. W. (2005). Objectives, Evaluation, And The Improvement of Education. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 31, 102-113
3. Ebel, R. L. (1972). Essentials of Educational Measurement. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, inc. Englewood Cliffs.
4. Erkan, S. ve Gömleksiz, M. (Ed.) (2008). Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme. Nobel Yayıncılık. Ankara
5. Özçelik, D.A. (1992). Ölçme ve değerlendirme. Ankara: ÖSYM Yayınları.
6. Turgut, M. F. ve Baykul, Y. (2010). Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme. Pegem Akademi. Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1
LO.23
LO.34
LO.43
LO.555
LO.63
LO.73
LO.8