Course: Designing an Achievement Test

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Course title Designing an Achievement Test
Course code KPG/MKKDT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Chudý Štefan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Szotkowski René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Achievement test and its types. Characteristics of a good achievement test. Planning an achievement test. Suggestion of test exercises and suggestion of test prototype. Verification and optimizing of an achievement test. Analysing the properties of test exercises and the properties of a test as a whole. Creating a standardized achievement test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 4 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 12 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 1 hour per semester
  • Semestral Work - 5 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Achievement tests - types. What makes a good achievement test. Planning an achievement test. Designing test tasks, test prototype. Pre-testing and optimizing the test. Test task analysis. Designing a standardised achievement test.
The student is able to design, validate, apply and interpret the didactic test according to predefined rules.
Prerequisites
Knowledge about the basic procedures and forms of student assessment and school students.

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Seminar Work

Designing a thematic achievement test on a subject they will teach.
Recommended literature
  • HNILIČKOVÁ, J. aj. (1971). Didaktické testy a jejich statistické zpracování . Praha.
  • HRABAL, V., LUSTIGOVÁ, Z., VALENTOVÁ, L. (1992). Testy a testování ve škole. Praha.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. (1999). Didaktické testy . Brno.
  • PŮLPÁN, Z. (1991). Základy sestavování a klasického vyhodnocování didaktických testů . Hradec Králové.
  • TUREK, I. (1996). Učitel a didaktické testy. Bratislava.


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