Tieka Wilkins Chapter 11 Revising Instructional Materials

Background

This lesson will show how to make changes that are made to the content of materials.

The changes may relate to the procedures employed in using the materials.

Objectives• Describe various methods for summarizing data

obtained from formative evaluation studies.

• Summarize data obtained from formative evaluation studies.

• Give example of Data that can be use in the revision purpose.

• The final step in planning process is

• Revising Instruction

• This process describe “how test results and student attitude” can be used to improve the quality of teacher instructional activity.

• Revising Instruction is based upon the data that the teacher collect during the implementation phase.

• In Revising Instruction, the data that are collected should be concern with student performance and student attitude.

2 Basic Types of Revisions• The first is changes that are made to the content

or substance of the materials to make them more accurate or more effective as a learning tool.

• The second type of change is related to the procedures employed in using your materials.

LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE ACROSS TESTS

• Derive assessment instruments based on the objectives to:

Diagnose an individual’s possessions of the necessary prerequisites for learning new skills

Check the results of student learning during the process of a lesson

Provide document of students progress for parents or administrators

• It is useful in evaluating the instructional system itself (Formative/ Summative evaluation) and for early determination of performance measures before the development of lesson plan and instructional materials

Kinds of Data to be Analyze• Learner characteristics• Entry behavior• Direct responses to the instruction• Learning time• Posttest performance• Responses to an attitude questionnaire• Comments made directly in the materials

Learner Characteristics

Entry Behavior• A step by steep

determination of what individuals are doing when they perform the goal and what entry behaviors are needed.

• Involves identifying the context in which the learners will use their skills with the instructions.

Direct Response to Instruction

Learning Time

Posttest Performance

• The data that used for revising instruction can be gathered before, during and after the student participate in the lesson process.

• Pretest data; the data that collected prior to presenting the lesson (before)

• Posttest data; the data that collected after presenting the lesson (after)

• The data that are collected should be concern with student performance and student attitude.

Correspondant for a questionnaire

• What means that can be used to gather performance data?

• Paper and pencil test • It is usually used to measure intellectual

skills and knowledge objectives)• Observation using checklist or rating scale• It is usually used to measure student motor

skill and attitude)• Practice and exercises• Several brief quizzes

Comments made directly from the materials

• Essential information• Student performance on posttests (look at

performance on each objective separately).• Student attitudes following instruction

Additional information• Student performance on pretest• Student attitudes prior to instruction• Student performance on practice exercises and

quizzes during instruction• Observation of student attitudes during

instruction

• OBSERVATIONAL ASSESSMENT is the most common form of formative assessment. Teachers can circulate the room to monitor students' progress.

• SELECTED RESPONSE ASSESSMENTS are any type of objective exam where there is only one correct answer for each question. Multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching and true/false questions are all types of selected response assessments.

• CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ASSESSMENTS require students to generate their own response rather than selecting a single response from several possible ones.

• PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS require students to perform as a means of showing they understand class material.

• PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS evaluate a student's progress over the course of the semester.

As a life-long leaner, I see the importance of making sure our materials are up to date with all the methodologies that maybe constantly changing. Technology is one of the constantly changing methods of learning that is known today. The frequency of change is primarily dependent on the field but should be kept be aware of at all times.

Tieka Wilkins• sewheatt@aol.com