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When does formative assessment support students to learn and practice?
-Only at the beginning of the course
-At the end of the instructional period
-Throughout the course
Throughout the course
Which type of assessment should an instructor administer to collect evidence of learners' knowledge, skill, or proficiency?
-Formative
-Summative
-Diagnostic
Summative
Competency-Based Assessment
-authentic assessment
-traditional multiple-choice
-concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome
-measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
authentic assessment
Criterion-Referenced Assessment
-measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
-concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome.
-authentic assessment
-assessment score results to create a comparative score of how learners did relative to the scores of other learners
concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome.
Ipsative Assessment
-multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank items.
-measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
-based on standards
measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
Norm-Referenced Assessment
-concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome
-authentic assessment
-multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank items
-use assessment score results to create a comparative score of how learners did relative to the scores of other learners
use assessment score results to create a comparative score of how learners did relative to the scores of other learners
Standards-Based Assessment
-concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome.
-authentic assessment
-multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank items
-measures student learning against past knowledge or performance
-concrete learning standard, objective, or outcome.
Traditional Assessment
-To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
-To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
-To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
-To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard.
To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
Competency-based
-To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements.
-To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
-To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
-To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
Criterion-referenced
-To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements.
-To see if a learner has improved based on previous knowledge.
-To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
-To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard.
To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements.
Ipsative
-To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
-To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
-To see if a learner has improved based on previous knowledge.
--To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
To see if a learner has improved based on previous knowledge.
Norm-referenced
-To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
-To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard.
-To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements.
-To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
Standards-based
-To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and requirements.
-To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard.
--To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
-To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
To see if a learner can meet requirements and have a mastery of knowledge based on a predetermined standard.
Traditional
-To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
-To see if a learner has improved based on previous knowledge.
-To see if a learner can perform the kind of skill needed for the workplace.
-To see how a learner's work compares to the average work completed by a similar group of learners.
To see if a learner can meet the requirements based on memorization of data and facts.
Competency-based Example of Assessment Strategy
-Creating a presentation
-Advanced Placement Test
-Compare previous work and progress to current work
-State Standardized Test
Creating a presentation
Criterion-referenced Example of Assessment Strategy
-Multiple ChoiceTrue/False
-Creating a presentation
-Compare previous work and progress to current work
-Advanced Placement Test
Advanced Placement Test
Ipsative Example of Assessment Strategy
-Test graded on a curve
-Creating a presentation
-Compare previous work and progress to current work
-Advanced Placement Test
Compare previous work and progress to current work
Norm-referenced Example of Assessment Strategy
-State Standardized Test
-Test graded on a curve
-Advanced Placement Test
-Creating a presentation
Test graded on a curve
Standards-based Example of Assessment Strategy
-State Standardized Test
-Test graded on a curve
-Advanced Placement Test
-Creating a presentation
State Standardized Test
Traditional Example of Assessment Strategy
--State Standardized Test
-Test graded on a curve
-Multiple ChoiceTrue/False
-Creating a presentation
Multiple ChoiceTrue/False
Competency-based Learning Goal Example
-Learners will be able to deliver a training talk on student-centered learning for first- year teachers.
-Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
-Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
Criterion-referenced Learning Goal Example
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
-Learners will increase reading and comprehension skills.
-Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
Ipsative Learning Goal Example
-Learners will be able to describe and identify parts of the human nervous system.
-Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
-Learners will increase reading and comprehension skills.
Learners will increase reading and comprehension skills.
Norm-referenced Learning Goal Example
-Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
--Learners will increase reading and comprehension skills.
-Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
Standards-based Learning Goal Example
-Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
-Learners will be able to describe and identify parts of the human nervous system.
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
-Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
Traditional Learning Goal Example
-Learners will master grade-level mathematics.
-Learners will be able to describe and identify parts of the human nervous system.
-Learners will be able to identify and solve engineering problems that may occur in the field.
-Learners will be able to apply the basics of calculus.
Learners will be able to describe and identify parts of the human nervous system.
An instructor has asked learners to keep a journal based on personal learning goals for the course including the learners' progress toward meeting those goals.
Which assessment strategy does this activity use?
-Traditional
-Norm-referenced
-Standards-based
-Ipsative
Ipsative
A learning experience designer is asked to design a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary test for nursing students who are studying for a licensing exam. Each item has one right answer, and students receive a final score based on the number of correct answers.
Which assessment strategy is being used?
-Criterion-based
-Competency-based
-Norm-referenced
-Traditional
Traditional
Comprehensive-type assessment method
-Journal
-Chapter test
-Online discussion
-Term paper
-Term paper
Discussion board assessment method
-Journal
-Chapter test
-Online discussion
-Term paper
Online discussion
Direct assessment assessment method
-Journal
-Chapter test
-Online discussion
-Term paper
Term paper
Indirect assessment method
-Survey
-Chapter test
-Online discussion
-Term paper
Survey
Project-based assessment method
-Building a stick bridge
-Journal
-Survey
-Chapter test
-Building a stick bridge
Reflection-focused assessment method
-Building a stick bridge
-Journal
-Survey
-Chapter test
Journal
Comprehensive-type assessment Learning Objective
-Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
-Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view.
-Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature.
-Learners will be able to confidently address client complaints.
Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
Discussion board Learning Objective
-Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature.
-Learners will be able to confidently address client complaints.
-Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
-Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view.
Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view.
Direct assessment Learning Objective
-Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature.
-Learners will be able to confidently address client complaints.
-Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
-Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view.
Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature.
Indirect assessment Learning Objective
-Learners will be able to confidently address client complaints.
-Learners will be able to respond professionally to opposing points of view.
-Learners will describe the experience of building rapport with clients.
-Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
Learners will describe the experience of building rapport with clients.
Project-based assessment Learning Objective
-Learners will describe the experience of building rapport with clients.
-Learners will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of World War II.
-Learners will be able to apply engineering principles.
-Learners will be able to dissect and interpret classical literature.
Learners will be able to apply engineering principles.
What is an example of indirect assessment?
-A course survey
-Observation notes made by a mentoring teacher of a teacher-candidate
-Formative performance task scores
-Multiple-choice test at the end of the unit
A course survey
An English Literature instructor has just finished a lesson on Romeo & Juliet, which has this learning objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply a literary theory explored in the course in a critical analysis of Romeo & Juliet.
Which direct assessment would allow the learner to show an ability to meet this learning objective?
-A multiple-choice test on Shakespeare's plays
-An essay analyzing the play
-Online discussion board activity about modern remakes of Romeo and Juliet
-A survey of students' reactions to characters in the play
An essay analyzing the play
An instructor has asked students to engage with three different sources that discuss an environmental issue. The students have read the sources, and the instructor wants to assess students' ability to synthesize the information.
Which assessments would demonstrate the students' ability to synthesize?
Choose 2 answers.
1. Create a presentation highlighting ideas where the sources are in agreement. Take a multiple-choice test on each assigned reading.
2. Write a blog post explaining a new perspective based on the three sources.
Complete a matching test connecting the sources to the corresponding perspectives.
3. Create a presentation highlighting ideas where the sources are in agreement. Write a blog post explaining a new perspective based on the three sources.
4. Make flashcards for unfamiliar vocabulary words identified in the readings. Take a multiple-choice test on each assigned reading.
Create a presentation highlighting ideas where the sources are in agreement. Write a blog post explaining a new perspective based on the three sources.
A music composition teacher has completed a lesson where the learning objective is "Students will learn the cadence variations of four-four time by composing a single two-minute piece that can be played at both a waltz and polka tempo."
Which assessment method aligns with this learning objective?
-Ask the students to compose a single piece and to perform it.
-Administer an audio matching test where students listen to music clips and mark the tempo as polka or waltz.
-Survey students' confidence on composing for different instruments.
-Present students with a multiple-choice test on famous waltz composers.
Ask the students to compose a single piece and to perform it.
Which characteristics describe effective formative assessment practices?
Choose 3 answers.
-Aligns to a specific learning objective.
-Determines whether mastery is achieved.
-Informs instruction.
-Helps students learn during a course.
-Analyzes student ability before a course begins.
Aligns to a specific learning objective.
-Informs instruction.
Helps students learn during a course.
Bloom's Taxonomy identifies three domains of learning.
Which domain includes knowing?
-Psychomotor
-Affective
-Cognitive
Cognitive
In a course for a human resources staff, the instructor wants to determine if learners can evaluate employees and colleagues based on affective domain skills and abilities.
Which assessment is based on the affective domain?
-Evaluate delivery personnel on the ability to perform assigned tasks efficiently and in accordance with safety procedures.
-Review data on use of paid time off, vacation, and sick leave days to determine likely employee resilience.
-Differentiate the behaviors and attitudes of employees to see who is likely to participate in a volunteer community outreach effort for a local charity.
-Apply company diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy awareness to the year-end employee evaluation form to measure DEI understanding and expectations.
Differentiate the behaviors and attitudes of employees to see who is likely to participate in a volunteer community outreach effort for a local charity.
An instructor wants to develop an authentic assessment where students demonstrate the Create level of Bloom's revised taxonomy.
Which assessment aligns to this cognitive level?
-Respond to a written series of questions about the street repairs submitted by a local cycling club.
-Explain the regulations that cover street repairs and sidewalk access to a downtown business committee.
-Study traffic data to determine peak hours of road usage for a downtown shopping district.
-Design a new traffic plan for a downtown shopping district that is about to undergo major street repairs.
Design a new traffic plan for a downtown shopping district that is about to undergo major street repairs.
An instructor wants to develop an authentic assessment where students demonstrate the Understand level of Bloom's revised taxonomy.
Which two assessments align to this cognitive level? Choose 2 answers.
1. Summarize the benefits of the company's insurance policy.
Evaluate whether the client qualifies for the insurance policy.
2. Respond to common questions clients ask about whether a policy will be beneficial.
3. Clarify the insurance premium and payout options for a potential client.
Draw up an insurance agreement based on the client's desired coverage and demographic details.
4. Summarize the benefits of the company's insurance policy. Clarify the insurance premium and payout options for a potential client.
Summarize the benefits of the company's insurance policy. Clarify the insurance premium and payout options for a potential client.
Which design process is an example of backward design?
-Empower students to write personal learning goals and then teach the students how to meet those goals.
-Write learning goals based on what students need to learn, decide how that learning will be measured, then choose activities to prepare students for success in those measurements.
-Research the format of standardized tests for the course and align the learning activities to those assessments.
-Review the knowledge and skills that need to be covered in the course and then divide that content into units and write an assessment for each unit.
Write learning goals based on what students need to learn, decide how that learning will be measured, then choose activities to prepare students for success in those measurements.
In which stage of backward design does the instructor consider what will be acceptable and accurate evidence of students meeting learning goals and objectives asking "how will I know" students have met these goals and objectives?
-Stage 1: determine desired results
-Stage 3: plan learning experiences and instruction.
-Stage 2: determine acceptable evidence
Stage 2: determine acceptable evidence
In a course that teaches academic literacy skills to adult learners without a high school diploma, the instructor wants to assess students' ability to accurately summarize an assigned reading.
Which assessment aligns to this learning objective?
-Write a response to an idea you disagree with in the reading.
-Write a paragraph that addresses the reading's key points.
-Take a multiple-choice test on the reading's content.
-Write a paragraph to compare the reading to a personal experience.
Write a paragraph that addresses the reading's key points.
A learning experience designer is asked to help an instructor design a summative assessment for a lesson. The course design calls for the summative assessment to be at higher cognitive level based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and to employ either conceptual or procedural knowledge dimension.
Which assessment activity is both at higher cognitive level and is also aligned to one of the required knowledge dimensions?
-Submit a midterm self-evaluation of one's progress in meeting course goals and outcomes, and a plan for addressing weaknesses and building on one's strengths.
-Classify medicines by using a studied classification system.
-List the steps a machinist must follow to prepare the production line for operation.
-Write a pedagogical analysis of a lesson plan and its steps by applying two of the five learning theories learned in a unit.
Write a pedagogical analysis of a lesson plan and its steps by applying two of the five learning theories learned in a unit.
In a certificate program for adults pursuing a career in business, learners must demonstrate the ability to write an employee self-evaluation using a self-assessment rubric as well as to submit a reflection describing the extent to which a potential raise or promotion provides motivation for writing an honest self-evaluation.
Which two learning domains are being used in this authentic assessment? Choose 2 answers.
-Cognitive & Psychomotor
-Psychomotor & Affective
-Affective & Cognitive
-Affective & Cognitive
Match the learning objective with embedded assessment task to the aligned Revised Bloom's Taxonomy level.
In a medical course, the learner will be able to explain the clinical signs of obesity to a patient in a treatment context by playing the role of a clinician in a scenario-based discussion post.
-Understand
-Apply
-Create
-Remember
-Evaluate
Understand
In a guidance counseling course, the learner will be able to provide advice based on the learner's own experience to high school seniors about choosing whether to attend college.
-Understand
-Apply
-Create
-Remember
-Evaluate
Apply
In a woodworking course, the learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to use three of ten possible types of joints by building a bookcase, table, or storage chest.
-Understand
-Apply
-Create
-Remember
-Evaluate
Create
In an auto-mechanics certification course, the learner will be able to state which EPA laws apply to exhaust system repairs.
-Understand
-Apply
-Create
-Remember
-Evaluate
Remember
In a culinary arts course, the learner will be able to determine whether a dish was properly prepared by tasting and rating the dish.
-Understand
-Apply
-Create
-Remember
-Evaluate
Evaluate
Maria conducts a three-day training to train an organization's administrative staff on a new automated scheduling system. After the training, the organization's training director requests the scores participants earned on the final training activity, which is a complex simulation.
Which type of assessment does the final training activity represent?
-Ipsative
-Summative
-Formative
-Diagnostic
Summative
An instructor is planning to teach a third-grade science unit on the states of matter. The learning goal is "Students will be able to identify examples of liquids, solids, and gases."
Which type of assessment should this instructor use to determine what students already know about the states of matter prior to receiving instruction?
-Summative
-Interim
-Formative
-Diagnostic
Diagnostic
Seventh-grade students in a French class complete a unit focused on colors with the learning goal of "Students will be able to identify the colors of the rainbow using French vocabulary words."
How should the instructor assess whether students met this learning goal using a traditional assessment strategy?
-Have students take turns echoing the instructor's pronunciations of the colors in English and French
-Have each student verbally state the student's favorite color in English and in French
-Have students complete a matching worksheet that includes the colors in both English and French
-Have students write an essay explaining what the colors in the French flag represent
Have students complete a matching worksheet that includes the colors in both English and French
An instructor presents business ownership concepts to a group of business students, including the different types of business ownership. The learning objective is "Compare the major forms of business ownership."
Which direct assessment method aligns with this learning objective?
-Developing a presentation about business ownership
-Discussing the functions of business management
-Explaining the ethics of business management
-Taking an objective multiple-choice test about business ownership
Developing a presentation about business ownership
In a senior internship course, one of the learning objectives requires students to be able to evaluate their growth throughout the semester.
Which weekly assessment method would align with this objective?
-Completing a multiple choice test
-Writing a short research paper
-Composing a reflection essay
-Developing a concept map
Composing a reflection essay
In a graduate business course, one of the learning objectives is, "Students will be able to facilitate a meeting using presentation software."
How should an indirect assessment method be used to support students in meeting this objective?
-By having students discuss the pros and cons of using presentation software in meetings
-By having students collaborate to prepare agendas for their meetings
-By having students critique each other's recorded meetings and offer suggestions
-By having students complete a partner quiz about different types of presentation software
By having students critique each other's recorded meetings and offer suggestions
The objective of a high school art unit is, "Students will be able to make artwork using mixed media."
How could a project-based assessment method be used to determine whether students have met this learning objective?
-Students could critique a piece of art created by a peer.
-Students could create a portfolio with samples of their artwork.
-Students could match images of artwork to media types in an exam.
-Students could write an essay about types of mixed media art.
Students could create a portfolio with samples of their artwork.
How can learning analytics be used to encourage student success?
-By advancing students' critical thinking skills
-By predicting student grades on the next test
-By standardizing teaching practices
-By developing student awareness to support self-reflection
By developing student awareness to support self-reflection
Which type of learning analytics should a learning experience designer begin with as a first step toward optimizing learning in K-12, higher education, and workforce development?
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
-Diagnostic
Descriptive
The teacher has gathered the learning data of a fifth-grade world history class throughout an entire school year. The school seeks a 10 percent improvement in student learning and wants to use the data from this year as a benchmark for comparison to students who take history next year. The school principal has asked the teacher to use the data to establish learning growth benchmarks based on the current year's data.
To establish the desired benchmark, _____________ analytics should be used.
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
-Diagnostic
Descriptive
Which scenario is an example of how prescriptive analytics can be used in a K-12 setting?
-Students struggled to pass the AP Psychology test last year, and the teacher wants to know if students will struggle this year as well.
-The attendance rate for this year has been down, and the school wants to know why.
-The superintendent wants to know how this year's SAT scores compare to the past three years.
-For the past five years, the number of students reading at grade level has declined. The school would like to know what actions should be taken to break the five-year decline in the number of students reading at grade level.
For the past five years, the number of students reading at grade level has declined. The school would like to know what actions should be taken to break the five-year decline in the number of students reading at grade level.
A university learning experience designer wants to encourage students to take ownership of learning. What are two ways the designer can use learning analytics to achieve this goal?
Choose 2 answers.
-Send instructors data about how long students interact with resources in the university's learning management system (LMS).
-Allow students to compare grades by posting students' names and grades in a central location visible to all students.
-Let students see how often and long classmates are accessing each learning resource in the course.
-Track student withdrawal rates from courses.
Provide students access to a program that tracks personal course progress.
Let students see how often and long classmates are accessing each learning resource in the course.
Provide students access to a program that tracks personal course progress.
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A student on an academic scholarship that only covers a certain number of credit hours has signed up for a course not required for a degree. Scholarship students taking unnecessary courses is a repeated issue for the university, as it impacts students' ability to graduate on time and costs extra money. The university wants to eliminate the problem of students signing up for unneeded courses and provide the correct courses for students based upon their major, the courses they have already taken, and the number of credits they need to graduate.
The university can implement _________ analytics to correct this issue, so students can focus more time and effort on courses needed for graduation.
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
-Diagnostic
Prescriptive
What are three essential metrics for gauging the effectiveness of training evaluation in a workforce development setting? Choose 3 answers.
-Metrics that support employee development of lifelong learning skills and strategies
-Metrics that measure participants' reactions
-Metrics that develop learner awareness by supporting self-reflection
-Metrics that measure how much employees are learning
-Metrics that measure changes in behavior
Metrics that measure participants' reactions
Metrics that measure how much employees are learning
Metrics that measure changes in behavior
A supervisor wants to know if the new training program designed to increase production is successful or needs to be revised. How should the supervisor apply learning analytics to measure the effectiveness of the training?
-Survey management about changes in employees' behaviors.
-Compare new employees' production to that of veteran employees.
-Track employees' performance during training.
-Poll employees about the effectiveness of the training.
Track employees' performance during training.
How can predictive analytics be used to improve the effectiveness of training in a workforce development setting?
-Setting company-wide employee standards
-Tracking data through training so that learning programs are aligned with employee performance
-Lowering employee turnover
-Supporting employee development of lifelong learning skills and strategies
Tracking data through training so that learning programs are aligned with employee performance
Students are consistently dropping an introduction to psychology course after the third unit. The university wants to discover why this keeps happening.
Which type of analytics should the university use?
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
-Diagnostic
Diagnostic
The supervisor of an accounting team wants to collect data on junior accountants' errors to reduce errors and increase quality. Why should this data be collected?
-To fire the employee who is making the most errors
-To punish employees who make many errors
-To single employees out during training who are making mistakes and use them as examples
-To identify employees who need additional training
To identify employees who need additional training
How can professors use diagnostic learning analytics in the classroom to understand why learners struggle with the learning resources in a particular unit?
-Professors can compare the time students spend on learning resources to individual test results to see if a lack of reading is causing low scores.
-Professors can track students' progress on pretests and formative assessments to predict who will pass the unit test.
-Professors can conduct a survey about students' reactions to a new textbook to decide if the professor should continue using current learning resources.
-Professors can gather students' test data to present findings to administrators.
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Professors can compare the time students spend on learning resources to individual test results to see if a lack of reading is causing low scores.
Which action is an example of using the qualitative analysis technique to extract insights about learners?
-Examining the study habits in student-led study groups to look for patterns.
-Examining the length of time students journal each day.
-Examining students' test scores from a chapter test against the midterm scores.
-Examining the transcript of a discussion about students' feelings on remote learning.
Examining the transcript of a discussion about students' feelings on remote learning.
Quantitative analysis
-is based on objective, numerical data and statistics
-is based on non-numerical information, such as observations, reflections, and interviews
-is the study of patterns or trends in relationships among groups of learners or between learners and instructors
is based on objective, numerical data and statistics
Social network analysis
-is based on objective, numerical data and statistics
-is based on non-numerical information, such as observations, reflections, and interviews
-is the study of patterns or trends in relationships among groups of learners or between learners and instructors
is the study of patterns or trends in relationships among groups of learners or between learners and instructors
Qualitative analysis
-is based on objective, numerical data and statistics
-is based on non-numerical information, such as observations, reflections, and interviews
-is the study of patterns or trends in relationships among groups of learners or between learners and instructors
is based on non-numerical information, such as observations, reflections, and interviews
Quantitative analysis
-When conducting quantitative analysis, you might compare the number of orders fulfilled last month to this month.
-This subjective, non-quantifiable data considers feelings and experiences.
-It determines learner engagement by examining behaviors, norms, and interactions in educational settings.
When conducting quantitative analysis, you might compare the number of orders fulfilled last month to this month.
Qualitative analysis
-When conducting quantitative analysis, you might compare the number of orders fulfilled last month to this month.
-This subjective, non-quantifiable data considers feelings and experiences.
-It determines learner engagement by examining behaviors, norms, and interactions in educational settings.
This subjective, non-quantifiable data considers feelings and experiences.
Social network analysis
-When conducting quantitative analysis, you might compare the number of orders fulfilled last month to this month.
-This subjective, non-quantifiable data considers feelings and experiences.
-It determines learner engagement by examining behaviors, norms, and interactions in educational settings.
It determines learner engagement by examining behaviors, norms, and interactions in educational settings.
Quantitative analysis
-This technique is often used in predictive analytics to predict future interactions and works well with analysis of discussion board assignments using data measures that focus on interaction measures.
-This technique is often used in descriptive analytics to determine what happened and works well with item analysis of comprehensive, multiple choice question assessments using data measures such as current score, time spent, or frequency of access.
-This technique is often used in diagnostic analytics to determine why something happened and works well with content analysis of reflection-focused assessments using data measures that examine the quality of reflection.
This technique is often used in descriptive analytics to determine what happened and works well with item analysis of comprehensive, multiple choice question assessments using data measures such as current score, time spent, or frequency of access.
Qualitative analysis
-This technique is often used in predictive analytics to predict future interactions and works well with analysis of discussion board assignments using data measures that focus on interaction measures.
-This technique is often used in descriptive analytics to determine what happened and works well with item analysis of comprehensive, multiple choice question assessments using data measures such as current score, time spent, or frequency of access.
-This technique is often used in diagnostic analytics to determine why something happened and works well with content analysis of reflection-focused assessments using data measures that examine the quality of reflection.
This technique is often used in diagnostic analytics to determine why something happened and works well with content analysis of reflection-focused assessments using data measures that examine the quality of reflection.
Social network analysis
-This technique is often used in predictive analytics to predict future interactions and works well with analysis of discussion board assignments using data measures that focus on interaction measures.
-This technique is often used in descriptive analytics to determine what happened and works well with item analysis of comprehensive, multiple choice question assessments using data measures such as current score, time spent, or frequency of access.
-This technique is often used in diagnostic analytics to determine why something happened and works well with content analysis of reflection-focused assessments using data measures that examine the quality of reflection.
This technique is often used in predictive analytics to predict future interactions and works well with analysis of discussion board assignments using data measures that focus on interaction measures.
A program director gathered data on how frequently instructors engaged with students on discussion boards. Which learning analytics technique should be used to analyze this data?
-Qualitative analysis
Social Network Analysis
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Descriptive Purpose of Learning Analytics Type
-Use data from the past to predict what might happen in the future
-Used to inform; based on data from gathered information
-Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the best options
-Analyzes past information to find out why something happened
Used to inform; based on data from gathered information
Diagnostic Purpose of Learning Analytics Type
-Use data from the past to predict what might happen in the future
-Used to inform; based on data from gathered information
-Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the best options
-Analyzes past information to find out why something happened
Analyzes past information to find out why something happened
Predictive Purpose of Learning Analytics Type
-Use data from the past to predict what might happen in the future
-Used to inform; based on data from gathered information
-Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the best options
-Analyzes past information to find out why something happened
Use data from the past to predict what might happen in the future
Prescriptive Purpose of Learning Analytics Type
-Use data from the past to predict what might happen in the future
-Used to inform; based on data from gathered information
-Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the best options
-Analyzes past information to find out why something happened
Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the best options
Bryan leads an HVAC company and wants to select a learning analytics type that will maximize the company's goals. What are two actions that Bryan must incorporate from the company's training practices to ensure the correct learning analytics type is chosen?
-Pick a strategy and invest in resources and instruments.
-Create a program that analyzes data solicited from trainees who completed the training program.
-Employ more staff to establish effective learning development.
-Manage the enforcement of learning data findings.
-Establish timeline limits so that the anticipated financial quotas are met.
Pick a strategy and invest in resources and instruments.
Create a program that analyzes data solicited from trainees who completed the training program.
A principal wants teachers to compare this year's midterm grades to last year's midterm grades. Which type of learning analytics should be used?
-Diagnostic
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
Descriptive
When using learning analytics to assess student learning in online courses, which learning analytics technique is often used with descriptive analytics to conduct item analysis of multiple-choice formative assessments?
-Social network analysis
-Qualitative analysis
-Quantitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Which type of learning analytics would help an instructor determine why student dropout rates are rising?
-Diagnostic
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Prescriptive
Diagnostic
Which goals align with prescriptive analytics?
Choose 3 answers.
-Project next month's sales.
-Plan how to achieve an 80% passing rate on chapter tests.
-Determine how to increase the number of students who will graduate next year.
-Find out the cause of the decrease in the number of students graduating this year.
-Propose a solution to increase sales.
Plan how to achieve an 80% passing rate on chapter tests.
Determine how to increase the number of students who will graduate next year.
Propose a solution to increase sales.
A company has concerns about employee turnover. The learning and development team decides to analyze employee morale information from the past to find out why employees are leaving the company at such a rapid rate.
Which type of learning analytics should the learning and development team use?
-Diagnostic
-Predictive
-Descriptive
-Informative
Diagnostic
A learning experience designer meets with a school principal who seeks data for improvement. The principal wants to know if a proposed new e-reading curriculum for the fourth grade will improve reading comprehension measures.
Which activity will produce the necessary data?
-Gather test data from a different school district in the state that fully adopted the proposed new e-reading curricula.
-Arrange for each fourth-grade classroom to complete one lesson from the proposed curriculum and compare the scores to student scores on the same lesson from the current curriculum.
-Review reading scores based on the three most recent e-reading curricula used in the district to see what the data reveals about reading comprehension trends over time.
-Obtain data that ranks teachers based on the percentage of students who pass reading comprehension tests.
Arrange for each fourth-grade classroom to complete one lesson from the proposed curriculum and compare the scores to student scores on the same lesson from the current curriculum.
An instructor wants to gather data about a class to better understand how to increase student engagement. Which type of data measurement should help the instructor reach this goal?
-Data for improvement
-Data for accountability
-Data for research
Data for improvement