Technology and Assessment: The Tale of Two Interpretations (Hc) (Research, Innovation & Methods in Educational Technology) - Tapa dura

Russell, Michael

 
9781593110390: Technology and Assessment: The Tale of Two Interpretations (Hc) (Research, Innovation & Methods in Educational Technology)
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ISBN 10: 1593110391 ISBN 13: 9781593110390
Editorial: Information Age Publishing, 2006

Sinopsis

Together, the words technology and assessment have different meaning for different people. Those whowork with educational or instructional technology take these words to mean assessing the impacts oftechnology on teaching and learning. Test developers and psychometricians, however, consider ways inwhich computer-based technologies can be used to enhance current approaches to student assessment.This book examines technology and assessment from both perspectives by examining past, current andpromising methodologies and applications in both fields. The influences instructional uses of technologyand the increasing reliance on testing to gauge student and school performance have on one another arealso explored. The book concludes by describing an organizational structure that could bring instructionalapplications of technology and assessment practices into closer alignment.

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Together, the words technology and assessment have different meaning for different people. Those who work with educational or instructional technology take these words to mean assessing the impacts of technology on teaching and learning. Test developers and psychometricians, however, consider ways in which computer-based technologies can be used to enhance current approaches to student assessment. This book examines technology and assessment from both perspectives by examining past, current and promising methodologies and applications in both fields. The influences instructional uses of technology and the increasing reliance on testing to gauge student and school performance have on one another are also explored. The book concludes by describing an organizational structure that could bring instructional applications of technology and assessment practices into closer alignment.

Biografía del autor

Michael Russell is Associate Professor of Education at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education where he directs the Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative. His research and teaching interests lay at the intersection of assessment and technology. He teaches classroom assessment for pre-service students and courses that focus on issues in testing, assessment, and evaluation to graduate students. He has conducted several studies that focus on the use of computer-based technologies to increase test validity. These research issues include computers and writing, computer-based test accommodations for students with special needs, developing diagnostic tests for teachers to use in the classroom, and improving the instructional utility of large-scale tests. He is author of Technology and Assessment: the Tale of Two Interpretations.

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Editorial
Information Age Publishing
Año de publicación
2006
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1593110391
ISBN 13 
9781593110390
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Número de páginas
260
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