The Tale of Two Visions of Learning and Forgetting While we have been focusing on theoretical foundations to assist us in how we think about assessment it might be useful to take it all up one level and think about two contrasting views that exist about learning and forgetting is about. One vision is based on a classic view that assumes that
Assessment vs. Evaluation Probability and Sampling The Significance of Significance Classic vs. Official View The Significance of Significance Finding significance in educational environments may not be as “significant’” as it is cracked up to be. What we are saying is that because there are so many variables and because the statistics behind educational research allows up to a 5% error
Assessment vs. Evaluation Probability and Sampling The Significance of Significance Classic vs. Official View Probability and Sampling Assessing Learning Having said all of that, the issue at hand is.. how DO we assess whether learning is taking place? Let’s assume for the sake of argument, that we have decided (or your client/subject matter expert (SME) has decided) that assessment plays