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

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and achievements made so far
• III. Suggestions for similar practices
I. Major existent problems at present and chief reasons for them
• Problems:
• Surface learning: tense learning before term exams
Criteria for Self- and Peer Assessment of 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
all students except the first one to have emailed his or her finished work should cross-reference the class public email box (englishmajor_20081@) 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
peer assessment • 3. criterion-referenced assessment: subjective
assignment, e.g. favorite selection, reading, annotation, review, argumentation • 4. class email box as a workshop
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
• Weak Points:
• Suggestions for Improvement:
• Score out of 10:
• Achievements or benefits
• Deep learning: read the lines
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read between the lines
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read beyond the lines
Hale Waihona Puke 10Criteria 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 solution (s) to the problems 2 • 5) argument for the feasibility of your proposed
• 2) attach your selection with the source, even website and the like; 0.5
• 3) notate the new words and useful phrases in both English 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)
• 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:
• Ways: • Renewed practices of assessment involve: • 1. formative assessment (50+ %) vs. • summative assessment (50-%) • 2. various formative assessments: self-assessment,
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cue-seeking / rote-learning
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passive learners and assessees
• Reasons:
• Conventional practices of assessment involve:
• 1. excessive value on summative assessment while insufficient attention to formative assessment
• 5) all students except the first one to have emailed his or her finished work should cross-reference the class public email box (englishmajor_2009@) 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
• 2. too much use of objective tests, especially multiple-
choice tests, true or false statement judgement.
• 3. only teachers as assessors so that most Chinese
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/ restatement, prospect and further studies or recommendation) 1
Order Item and Score Allocated
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your selections should be your favorite, latest and most authoritative; 0.5
Score Gained
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attach your selection with the source, even website and the like; 0.5
• 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:
your finished work is expected to be delivered via email to the two email boxes: englishmajor_20081@ and martinzi_2007@ through attachment entitled student number, hyphen, Chinese name, lesson mark, e.g., 20082250-张三-Lesson One. 1
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notate the new words and useful phrases in both English and Chinese; 2
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Total
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)
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《高级英语》课程为例
云南农业大学外语学院院长、教授 资谷生
2013-10-19 北京外研社国际会议中第五会议室
Improving Students’ Independent Learning Ability Through Optimizing Teaching and Learning Assessment
• Most of the students have
• regularly carried out some cordial peer assessment of their classmates, and critically practise criterion-based subjective assessment
--- With Advanced English for English Majors as an Example
• Outlines
• I. Major existent problems at present
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and chief reasons for them
• II. Ways to deal with them
• 6) your finished work is expected to be delivered via email to the two email boxes: englishmajor_2009@ and martinzi_200702@ through attachment entitled student number, hyphen, Chinese name, lesson mark, e.g., 20082250-张三-Lesson One. 1