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Introduction to Tests and Measurements

This introduction provides an overview of essential terms, concepts, and applications in the field of tests and measurements. Topics covered include measurement, reliability, validity, test instruments, evaluation, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced standards, and the purposes of measurement, testing, and evaluation. The chapter also explores the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning, as well as the relationships among tests, measurements, and evaluations.

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Introduction to Tests and Measurements

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  1. Introduction to Tests and Measurements HPHE 3150 Dr. Ayers

  2. Terminology • Measurement/assessment (collect data) Reliability (≠ valid) Objectivity Validity (requires reliability) • Test (instrument/tool) • Evaluation (make judgment) Norm-Referenced Standard or Criterion-Referenced Standard Formative or Summative

  3. Purposes of Measurement, Testing, and Evaluation • Placement • Diagnosis • Prediction • Motivation • Achievement • Program Evaluation

  4. Cognitive Domain (Bloom)Chapter 8Knowledge 1 Knowledge 2 Comprehension 3 Application 4 Analysis 5 Synthesis 6 Evaluation

  5. How do you feel aboutrumspringa?

  6. Busing Abortion Apartheid Your major Physical activity Drug use in sport Professional athletes’ salaries Other Topics

  7. Chapter 12 Attitudes/Beliefs Affective Domain (Krathwohl) 1 Receiving 2 Responding 3 Valuing 4 Organization 5 Characterization by a value complex

  8. rumspringa Some Amish groups practice the tradition of rumspringa ("running around")

  9. Psychomotor Domain (Harrow) Chapter 11 Movement/Motor 1.00 Reflex movements 2.00 Basic-fundamental movements 3.00 Perceptual abilities 4.00 Physical abilities 5.00 Skilled movements 6.00 Nondiscursive movements

  10. Relationships among test, measurement, and evaluation Figure 1.1 3) Make decision 2) Collect data 1) Instrument

  11. Using Excel (Appendix A) • Entering data • Saving documents • Formula Wizard • Creating/Using basic formulas • Pull-down menus • EXPLORE!

  12. So What? • What is the most important thing you learned today? • What is the “muddiest” thing from today?

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