Monday, April 11, 2011

Syllabus and Test Techniques

Syllabus


It's basically a list that is ordered by date and general topic, which serves as a general outline of a particular course. Some basic components and characteristics of the syllabus are:
1. Time Schedule: It can be based on the content to be reviewed from class to class or a specific test date.
2. Materials: This refers to the materials that will be used in the course, such as required or optional books.
3. Evaluation Breakdown: We can see what the grading system is composed of, for example the number of tests and the amount of weight each one has to come up with the final grade.
4. Objectives: It should specify what the student should be able to accomplish at the end of the semester.
5. Policies: Rules that are explained in case of an absence or any other situation that the student could face during the semester.
6. Basic Information: In this category we can include information about the institution and teacher contact information.
Test Techniques


I think the most effective test techniques are Questions and answers because this technique make it possible that the students think, analyze and combine ideas for her answers.

“True and False” could be effective test because when the sentence is false the student should write why it is wrong, and the last is “Dictation” because the teacher could see if the student is capable of listen and write the information.

The least effective test technique is “Matching” because it not always prove if the student know, a lot of choices of the students could be by chance.

We also can add other ways to evaluate like projects for example oral production like debate, oral presentation and we can evaluate it with rubrics.

For example:

http://www.mediafire.com/?n8ac2bmu52hzxrr

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