SVE 876, formative and summative evaluation of educational achievement and programmes is a first semester course designed for postgraduate students pursuing master’s degree in measurement and evaluation at the Godfrey Okoye University.
The course will include seven modules and cover 12 topics. The primary goal of this course is to introduce you to both formative and summative evaluation of educational achievement and programmes. Throughout the course, you will explore the definition, importance, functions, and types of educational evaluation, the Bloom’s Taxonomy of educational objectives, historical and theoretical foundations of educational evaluation; formative and summative evaluation, their principles, implementation, integration and impact on educational achievements; evaluation of educational programmes, its models and impact on teaching and learning; evaluating learning outcomes; and innovative approaches to formative and summative evaluation.
This course on formative and summative evaluation equips you with a comprehensive skill that is needed for effective educational measurement and evaluation. It prepares you with the ability to design, implement, and evaluate learning outcomes or educational achievements. Combining the learning of formative and summative evaluation offers a holistic approach to understanding and applying evaluation principles. Mastering both types of evaluation prepares you for various roles in education, such as, evaluator and researcher. The knowledge that will be gained in learning formative and summative evaluations will help you in the academic settings and in other specialized contexts.
COURSE AIMS
The course aims are to provide a comprehensive introduction to formative and summative evaluations, focusing on both educational achievements and programmes.
The course aims will be achieved by:
· Introducing you to the meaning of educational evaluation, its importance, purposes, types, historical and theoretical foundations.
· Explaining the principles of formative evaluation and its application to education.
· Explaining the principles of summative evaluation and its application to education.
· Evaluating educational programmes and their impact in teaching and learning.
· Discussing innovative approaches to formative and summative evaluation.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Each topic within the course includes clearly defined objectives at the beginning. Always refer to the objectives as you progress through the topic and at the end to evaluate your understanding. The objectives of this course are outlined below:
Upon successfully completing the course, you should be able to:
1. Explain the meaning of educational evaluation, its importance and functions.
2. Identify the types of educational evaluation.
3. Explain the Bloom’s Taxonomy of educational objectives.
4. Give the historical and theoretical foundations of educational evaluation.
5. Explain the meaning of formative evaluation, its characteristics, purposes, techniques and tools.
6. Discuss the strategies that can be used for the application of formative evaluation in education.
7. Explain the meaning of summative evaluation, its characteristics, purposes, techniques and tools.
Explain how summative evaluation can be applied and interpreted using summative data.
8. Describe the complementary roles of formative and summative evaluation.
9. State the impact of formative and summative evaluation on educational achievements.
10. Explain educational programmes, the process and instruments of evaluation.
11. Identify, discuss and compare evaluation models.
12. Pinpoint the impact of evaluation programmes on teaching and learning.
13. Explain how to measure learning outcomes/educational achievements.
14. Outline digital tools and platforms for formative and summative evaluation.
Discuss the importance of ethical guidelines on formative and summative evaluation.- Lecturer : Agatha Kunuba