Aligning performance assessments with standards: A practical framework for improving student achievement in vocational education

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Beitragende

Abstract

The academic achievement of students is a top concern of educators and teachers given the evidence for its links to future career opportunities, especially in vocational education field. Therefore, the aim of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to identify the learning performance that reflects students’ assimilation of the electrical engineering content. The second purpose was to describe the construction of a reliable and valid academic achievement test designed to measure students’ learning performance. To achieve these goals, the researchers developed the academic achievement test in several phases by following the systematic approach.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelKnowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers
Redakteure/-innenGeorge Angelos Papadopoulos, Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski, Janusz Kacprzyk, Susumu Kunifuji
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer Verlag
Seiten575-585
Seitenumfang11
ISBN (Print)9783319274775
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Band416
ISSN2194-5357

Konferenz

Titel9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems
KurztitelKICSS 2014
Veranstaltungsnummer9
Dauer6 - 8 November 2014
StadtLimassol
LandZypern

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Academic achievement, Knowledge measurement, Learning assessment, Learning outcome, Tests methodology, Vocational education