Assessment tools are an imperative part of the learning process. Higher education institutions educate students for future work and train them to perform work task and generate innovations. One way to determine if students have retained knowledge and are ready to go into their field of choice is to assess them periodically throughout the courses taken (Keinanen, Ursin, and Nissinen, n.d.). According to Keinanen et al. (n.d.) argue that when individuals take part in innovative activities at the workplace, it requires that they develop a set of specific skills and competencies during their studies. Curriculum is set up with specific outcomes that can be measured which are assessed throughout the program.
Peer Assessment is a formative or summative tool that gives feedback on the performance or quality of other students. Baruah, Ward, and Jackson (2017) argue that peer assessment promotes participatory and collaborative culture between students and provides students with the opportunity to engage with the learning process and learn from each other by receiving critical feedback.
Argument-mapping tools help a user visualize the premises and conclusions of arguments in a graph structure, and display a sequence of connected arguments chained together to support an conclusion. Argument mapping tools used in education represents students arguments which are in two-dimensional formats of diagrams that visualize reasoning with boxes for premises and conclusions (Rapanta and Walton, 2016). It can serve as a diagnostic tool regarding students argumentation skills when combined with the informal logic method of identifying paraschemes.
Work Cited
Baruah, B., Ward, T., and Jackson, N. (2017). Is reflective writing an effective peer assessment tool for students in higher education? IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Retrieved from https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/document/8067802?arnumber=8067802&SID=EBSCO:edseee
Keinanen, M., Ursin, J., & Nissinen, K. (n.d.). How to measure students’ innovation competences in higher education: Evaluation of an assessment tool in authentic learning environments. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 58, 30–36. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2018.05.007
Rapanta, C., & Walton, D. (2016). The Use of Argument Maps as an Assessment Tool in Higher Education. International Journal of Educational Research, 79, 211–221. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2016.03.002
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ReplyDeleteI think your blog is so amazing and I think that you should continue posting as you help educators learn more about incorporating technology in the curriculum. I think this information can be incorporated in the learning management systems especially the information related to digital citizenship. I especially like the argument mapping tools. Oftentimes, students debate because they have opposing opinions and those debates can get heated and turn into full-blown arguments; however, this argument mapping platform seems to control that dialogue and help students to having meaningful and thought-provoking conversations.