优化教学评价体系,有效提高学生的自主学习能力---以英语专

1、 优化教学评价体系，有效提高学生的自主学习能力优化教学评价体系，有效提高学生的自主学习能力- - 以英语专业以英语专业高级英语高级英语课程为例课程为例 云南农业大学外语学院院长、教授云南农业大学外语学院院长、教授资谷生资谷生2013-10-19北京外研社国际会议中第五会议室北京外研社国际会议中第五会议室Improving Students Independent Learning AbilityThrough Optimizing Teaching and Learning Assessment- With Advanced English for English Majors as an E

2、xample Outlines I. Major existent problems at present and chief reasons for them II. Ways to deal with them and achievements made so far III. Suggestions for similar practicesI. Major existent problems at present and chief reasons for them Problems: Surface learning: tense learning before term exams

3、 cue-seeking / rote-learning passive learners and assessees Reasons: Conventional practices of assessment involve: 1. excessive value on summative assessment while insufficient attention to formative assessment 2. too much use of objective tests, especially multiple-choice tests, true or false state

4、ment judgement. 3. only teachers as assessors so that most Chinese students develop a strong preference for, even a meek reliance on teachers assessment and feedback. II. Ways to deal with them and achievements made so far Ways: Renewed practices of assessment involve: 1. formative assessment (50+ %

5、) vs. summative assessment (50-%) 2. various formative assessments: self-assessment, peer assessment 3. criterion-referenced assessment: subjective assignment, e.g. favorite selection, reading, annotation, review, argumentation 4. class email box as a workshopCriteria for Self- and Peer Assessment o

6、f Finished Assignments of Favorite Articles 1. Favourite Articles: (Total score: 10 points) 1) your selections should be your favorite, latest and most authoritative; 0.5 2) attach your selection with the source, even website and the like; 0.5 3) notate the new words and useful phrases in both Engli

7、sh and Chinese; 2 4) write a review related to the your selected article, which includes a brief summary of the article (2), why it is your favorite (1), what you or we can learn from it (1); (2 + 1 + 1 = 4) 5) all students except the first one to have emailed his or her finished work should cross-r

8、eference the class public email box (englishmajor_) to see whether their selected articles had been previously chosen. If it had been pre-selected, the affected student(s) had to look for another one and fulfill the due work; otherwise your finished assignment is void and the score for it is zero; 2

9、 6) your finished work is expected to be delivered via email to the two email boxes: englishmajor_ and martinzi_ through attachment entitled student number, hyphen, Chinese name, lesson mark, e.g., 20082250-张三-Lesson One. 1 2. Comments on the strong and weak points of the assessed work, and suggesti

10、ons for improving the work, ratings on a ten-point scale Strong Points: Weak Points: Suggestions for Improvement: Score out of 10:OrderItem and Score Allocated Score Gained1your selections should be your favorite, latest and most authoritative; 0.52attach your selection with the source, even website

11、 and the like; 0.53notate the new words and useful phrases in both English and Chinese; 24write a review related to the your selected article, which includes a brief summary of the article (2), why it is your favorite (1), what you or we can learn from it (1); (2 + 1 + 1 = 4)5all students except the

12、 first one to have emailed his or her finished work should cross-reference the class public email box (englishmajor_) to see whether their selected articles had been previously chosen. If it had been pre-selected, the affected student(s) had to look for another one and fulfill the due work; otherwis

13、e your finished assignment is void and the score for it is zero; 26your finished work is expected to be delivered via email to the two email boxes: englishmajor_ and martinzi_ through attachment entitled student number, hyphen, Chinese name, lesson mark, e.g., 20082250-张三-Lesson One. 1Total10Criteri

14、a for Self- and Peer Assessment of Finished Assignments of Argumentation 1. Composition of Argumentation (Total score: 10 points) 1) An introduction to current situation 1 2) statements of existent problem(s) 1 3) a reasonable and logical analysis of such problem(s) 2 4) some feasible or possible so

15、lution (s) to the problems 2 5) argument for the feasibility of your proposed solution(s), which usually includes presenting and justifying an opinion (1), comparing and contrasting evidence and opinions (1), evaluating and challenging ideas, evidence or argument (1). 3 6) conclusion (summary/ resta

16、tement, prospect and further studies or recommendation) 1 2. Comments on the strong and weak points of the assessed work, and suggestions for improving the work, ratings on a ten-point scale Strong Points: Weak Points: Suggestions for Improvement: Score out of 10: Achievements or benefits Deep learn

17、ing: read the lines read between the lines read beyond the lines Most of the students have regularly carried out some cordial peer assessment of their classmates, and critically practise criterion-based subjective assessment gradually changed the misconceptions and make assessment conceptualized as

18、a collaborative process where they share responsibility with peers and teachers learned to explore wider knowledge, test more methods, use more creative perspectives to answer open-ended questions, discuss about topics or tackle problems Achievements or benefits consciously cross-checked what they h

19、ave been doing and how well they have been doing it, and then become highly activated to monitor their learning, diagnose their progress, become more critical thinkers and self-regulatory learners, with specific and reasonable criteria frequently made some reflective self assessment of their own wor

20、k, enthusiastically make timely remedial efforts and progress made the best of assessment to better their routine learning, and retake their due responsibility for learning the course to improve their general proficiency more than to get high marks expediently. raised awareness of and a need for stu

21、dents professional development and life-long learning independent / autonomous learning 20082293-张娜-Reply to Questionnaire (January 8, 2012 ) 1. The requirements for learning Advanced English and criteria for evaluating your performance throughout the course are somewhat different from your previous

22、 experience with other courses, and so, students like you are expected to adjust their learning strategies in order to meet the innovative requirements and criteria. How have you been doing it? In my opinion, independent study is very important. We should pay attention to self-learning. Indeed, what

23、 most of us learn during university life is a kind of method of learning. Its more important and beneficial for us to learn how to learn, learn how to solve problems, learn how to think critically and deeply. 2. What do you think of our reinforcing formative assessment (50%), involving self-study ta

24、sks (half in assignment and assessment, e.g., six lessons for self study, six topics for extended study, and the like, which are required to be finished individually outside of class, and are to be taken into consideration in the teachers designing exam papers)? As far as I am concerned, all the tas

25、ks are very appropriate. However, I prefer to learn the things I am really interest in .Thus, I will spend much time and energy on them. 3. What change(s) have you made with your attitudes towards assessment (i.e. self-assessment, peer assessment, objective assessment, subjective assessment, formative assessment and summative assessment)? Why and how? These assessments are really complicated, but they are very helpful for our improvement. After finishing all these assessments, I have a better understand