Aligning evaluation with achievement objectives: automated exams based on Bloom's taxonomy

VAIMAN MARCELO; ALFONSO MATÍAS; BOLOGNA EDUARDO

Kuala Lumpur

Conferencia; Decision Making Based on Data IASE 2019 Satellite Conference; 2019

International Association for Statistical Education

How many of social sciences students passing introductory statistics courses develop the expected skillsto make a meaningful use of statistics? Our diagnosis suggests that an important part of them achievethis through memorization and repetition. This communication reports the in-progress effort to improvethe quality of the evaluation of an introductory statistics course in Psychology degree, NationalUniversity of Córdoba (Argentina). There is a specific demand on the qualifications required of studentswho pass the subject, which combines with a significant volume of students, so it is necessary to ensurethe validity of the evaluations and the automation of their administration and correction. The workconsists of the construction of examination items classified according to three criteria: elementarythematic unit it evaluates, cognitive level and degree of difficulty, so that precision exams can be built.The proposal is applicable to classroom or on-line courses.