COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXAM PREPARATION AND EVALUATION IN TEACHING TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EDB 5011 EXAM PREPARATION AND EVALUATION IN TEACHING TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞERIF ALI BOZKAPLAN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

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 concepts, features and developmental processes of basic testing tools and techniques, and different assessment 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 Short answer, matching and essay tests
7 Midterm exam
8 Oral exams, preparation implementation and scoring
9 Basic statistical tecniques
10 The stages of developing a measurement tool
11 Test and item statistcs
12 Test and item statistcs
13 Assessment and grading
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). Ojectives, Evaluation, And The Improvement of Education. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 31, 102-113
3. Baykul, Y. (1997). Istatistik. (2. Baskı) Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
4. Baykul, Y. (2000). Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme: Klasik Test Teorisi ve Uygulaması. Ankara: ÖSYM Yayınları.
5. Crocker L. and Algina J. (1986). Introduction to Classical and Modern Test Theory. Orlando: Harcourt Brace Javanovich College Publishers.
6. David, A. F. (1988). Reliability of Scores From Teacher-Made Tests. Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement Series. National Council on Measurement in Education. Washington.
7. Ebel, R. L. (1972). Essentials of Educational Measurement. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, inc. Englewood Cliffs.
8. Erdoğan, H., Ural, M. & Tüzün, M. (1984). Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme (Istatistik Uygulamalı). (2. Baskı) Ankara: Emel Matbaacılık.
9. Erkan, S. ve Gömleksiz, M. (Ed.) (2008). Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme. Nobel Yayıncılık. Ankara
10. Haladyna, T. M., & Downing, S. M. (1989b). A taxonomy of multiple-choice item-writing rules. Applied Measurement in Education, 2(1), 37-50.
11. Özçelik, D. A. (1989). Test Hazırlama Kılavuzu. Ankara: ÖSYM Eğitim Yayınları.
12. Özçelik, D.A. (1992). Ölçme ve değerlendirme. Ankara: ÖSYM Yayınları.
13. Messick, S. (1989). Meaning and values in test validation: the science and ethics of assessment. Educational Researcher, 18, 5-11.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the student is determined by the midterm and final exam grades. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared for the topics specified in the syllabus before coming to the classes. Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.bozkaplan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.2554
LO.3554
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.655
LO.755
LO.855