FOI Task D: Assessment and Critique Flashcards
What is the purpose of an Assessment? 3
Allows instructor to identify student deficiencies.
Provides feedback to the student, which allows both the student and instructor to see how the student is progressing.
Develops ADM and judgment skills by helping student accurately evaluate their own performance.
What are the general characteristics of effective assessment? 8 COCOFATS
Constructive - Criticism must be constructive, not negative.
Objective - Personal feelings should never be expressed. You must be honest with no bias.
Comprehensive - Instructor chooses what will benefit most assessment, and covers both the strengths and weaknesses of the most pertinent points of the performance.
Organized - Must be organized so the student can follow it, and fully understand it.
Flexible - must fit the particular student and/or situation: allow for variables.
Acceptable - Students must accept an instructor before they will accept that instructor’s critique. You must be fair.
Thoughtful - Always consider student’s feelings. criticize only in private conversation.
Specific - Be specific so that the student has no doubt of details, performance, instructions.
What are the types of assessments? 4
TACO
Traditional Assessment
Authentic Assessment
Collaborative Assessment
Oral Assessment
What is a Traditional Assessment?
Generally refers to written testing such as multiple choice, matching, true-false, and short answer.
Written tests are useful to assess the student’s grasp of factual knowledge: concepts, terms, processes, rules, etc. There are two types of tests that have different advantages/disadvantages:
Supply type - difficult to score objectively; for example, an essay-answer test.
Selection type - can be graded objectively; answers are true-false, multiple choice etc.
What are the characteristics of a good written assessment? DUOVCR
Discrimination - Detects small differences in achievement of students.
Usability - Easy to give, easily graded.
Objectivity - With an essay, a different grader will give a different score for the same essay-answer.
Validity - Measures what it is supposed to measure.
Comprehensiveness - Must completely sample the objectives being measured.
Reliability - yields consistent results.
What is an Authentic Assessment?
Type of assessment in which the student is asked to perform real world tasks.
Students must generate responses from skills and concepts they have learned.
Generally in an airplane.
What are the characteristics and uses of performance test - specifically for the FAA Practical Test Standards (PTS)?
Performance testing is desirable for training that involves operations and procedures.
CFI is responsible for training to the “acceptable” standards of the PTS/ACS.
Applicant must meet PTS/ACS standards in all required tasks to pass the practical test.
Pilots must adhere to the FARs, and to the standards of the PTS/ACS.
Examiner determines if the applicant meets the PTS/ACS.
Examiner will ask “knowledge” and “knowledge and skill” questions.
What are the steps in the Collaborative Assessment? RRRR
Replay - Student verbally replays lesson. Differences in student/instructor perception are discussed.
Reconstruct - Encourages student learning by identifying what they should have done differently.
Reflect - Insights come from placing meaning on experience and perceptions, requiring reflection.
Redirect - Student relates lesson to other experiences, and how they might help future sessions.
What is a Collaborative Assessment?
A four step series of open-ended questions, or, the “collaborative critique”.
What are some benefits of an Oral Assessment? 8
Oral questioning is the most common means of assessment.
Proper quizzing is effective and can have many positive results:
- Reveals the effectiveness and can have many positive results.
- Checks student retention of what has been learned.
- Reviews material already presented to the student.
- Can be used to retain student interest and stimulate thinking.
- Emphasizes the important points of training.
- Identifies points that need more emphasis.
- Checks student comprehension of what has been learned.
- Promotes active student participation, which is important to effective learning.
What are the four suggestions for responding to student questions?
You need to understand the question clearly before answering.
Your answer should be direct, and as accurate as possible.
If a question is too advanced for the student’s current stage of training, reply that it’s a good question, saying, “Let’s talk after class” or ask the student to bring it up at a later date.
If a student asks a question you don’t know the answer to, tell them so. Look it up together, or look it up yourself and get back with them. Admit it when you don’t know.
What are the characteristics of effective questions? 5
Apply to the subject of instruction.
Be brief and concise, but clear and definite.
Be adapted to the ability, experience, and progress of student.
Center on one idea, with one correct answer.
Present a challenge to a student.
What are the types of questions to avoid? 6
Puzzle Oversize Toss-up Trick questions Bewilderment Irrelevant Questions
What is a Puzzle question?
Give an example.
It tries to be complex but gives a ton of information that ends up not making sense.
“What is the first action you should take if a conventional gear airplane with a weak right brake is swerving left in a right crosswind during a full flap, power-on wheel landing?”
What is an Oversize question?
What is an example?
It is a very large question that cannot be easily explained.
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