Assessment and

Evaluation of OBE for

Engineering Education
Judith C. Mustaham, Ph.D.

Facilitator
August 24, 2016 @ ADZU, Z.C.

OBJECTIVE::

To

prepare a detailed engineering

teaching syllabus with emphasis on
assessment & evaluation.

Sub topics:
Authentic Assessment, Rubrics, Test
Construction
&
Table
of
Specification (TOS).

Father of OBE: Dr. William

SSpady

Spady (1994)
proposes
three
basic
assumptions: all learners
can learn and succeed;
success breeds success;
and teaching institutions
(schools)
control
the
conditions of success.

Outcomes-Based Education
(OBE)
is a student-centered
learning philosophy that
focuses on empirically
measuring
student
performance which is
called outcomes.

In
Outcomes-Based
Education (OBE), the
emphasis is placed on
students
having
to
demonstrate that they
have
learned
the
required
skills
and
content.

OBE focuses on what the

students will be able to do
after they were taught up to a
certain standard. This means
supplying them with learning
activities that will help them
achieve
the
desired
outcomes.
(Defensor,
N.
CHED 2012)

OBE is a process that involves

the restructuring of curriculum,
assessment
and
reporting
practices in education to reflect
the achievement of high order
learning and mastery rather
than the accumulation of course
credits (Tucker, 2004).

Outcomes are clear learning results that learners

have to demonstrate at the end of significant
learning experiences: what learners can actually
do with what they know and have learned.
Outcomes are actions/ performances that
embody and reflect learner competence in using
content,
information,
ideas
and
tools
successfully.

Activity # 1: KWL
Fill in the KW columns of the KWL Chart on the
topic, Assessment Tools .
What do I
KNOW
about
assessment
tool?
K

What do I
WANT to
know about
Assessment
tools?
W

What have I LEARNED

about Assessment tools?

Assessment

Definition of ASSESSMENT
TOOL
An assessment tool is an instrument to

measure student learning, growth and

progress. (Burke 2007)
Assessment tools allow a teacher to
create a vivid, colorful, and true portrait
of a student as he or she develops and
grows over the course of a semester or
a year. (Burke 2007)

What is Assessment?
systematic process of getting information

about students performance.

an ongoing process of gathering and
analyzing evidence of what students know
and what they do not know.
the process of interpreting information about
students in order to plan instruction and
evaluate achievement ( Borich, 2004 ).

Definitions
Assessment -- The process of

measuring something with the purpose

of assigning a numerical value.
Scoring -- The procedure of assigning
a numerical value to assessment task.
Evaluation -- The process of
determining the worth of something in
relation to established benchmarks
using assessment information.

 I dont understand. I studied so

hard for the test. Why did I get
this score?
TEST
RESULT:

Why do we assess students?

To collect data about
What students know and can do
Their attitudes, values and
disposition

What students should be able to

do and demonstrate?
Manipulative skills, e.g., handling equipment,
Basic thinking skills, e.g., observing,

classifying, inferring or making conclusion,

communicating
Integrated and higher order thinking skills,
e.g., investigating, creative thinking, problem
solving, decision making
Scientific attitudes and values, e.g., curiosity,
perseverance, open-mindedness, fairmindedness

Example:
Q: If you were a piano

instructor, how would

you assess your
students learning?
Q: Would you give a
multiple choice test?
True or False test? Fillin the blanks?

A: You would most probably have your

students play the piano or to perform.
Although this is obvious with musical skills, it

is also true for academic subjects. We can

teach students how to do math, do history
and do science, not just know them.
Then, to assess what our students had
learned, we can ask students to perform
tasks that "replicate the challenges" faced by
those using mathematics, doing history or
conducting scientific investigation.

Assessment Types
Formative - for

Summative - for

performance
performance
assessment
enhancement
Informal - active
Formal - quizzes,
questioning during and
tests, essays, lab
at end of class
reports, etc.
Traditional - tests, Alternative quizzes, homework , presentations, essays,
lab reports, teacher book reviews, peers

The Garden Analogy

If we think of our students as plants

Summative assessment of the plants is the

process of simply measuring them. It might be interesting
to compare and analyze measurements but, in
themselves, these do not affect the growth of the plants.

Formative assessment, on the other hand, is the

equivalent of feeding and watering the plants appropriate
to their needs - directly affecting their growth.

Alternative Assessment
Alternative to what? Paper & pencil exams
Alternatives:
lab work / research projects
portfolios
presentations
research papers
essays
self-assessment / peer assessment
lab practical

More Formal Alternatives

projects
bridge building
writing a computer program
research project
term paper
create web page
create movie
role playing
building models
academic competitions

What are examples of

performance-based assessment
format?
ConstructedProducts
Performance
Process
response

Fill in the blank

Short answer
Label a diagram
Visual presentation (concept
map, flowchart,
illustration,
diagram,
matrix)

Essay
Research
paper
Journal
Laboratory
Report
Science
projects
Video or
audiotape
Spreadsheet

Debate
Oral
Oral
questioning
presentation Observation
Process
description
Learning log

Assessment tools include:

Conference and interview templates
Graphic organizer
Learning logs and journals
Meta-cognitive reflections by students
Multiple intelligence charts
Observation checklists
Portfolio
Teacher-made tests
Rubrics

Assessment
Methods/Tools

Written Exam (locally developed, standardized)

Oral Exam
Practical Exam
Simulation
Presentation
Survey and Questionnaire
Exit and Other Interview
Focus group
Performance Assessment
Project/Demonstration
Thesis
Technical Report
Paper

Some Key ideas about assessment

Assessment tools need to be developed and

trialed before the assessment period
Tools need to focus on the intended learning
outcomes
Tools should be easy to use with every student
Tools need to match the assessment task
Tools should be developed/shared with the learner

Authentic Asses
sment
Tools

Activity 4

Construct a syllabus with

complete components using the
given format.

Work with your teaching partners

by program.

Developing an OutcomesBased Syllabus

Sample Syllabus

Presentation of
Syllabus
by Program

Activity 5: KWL
Fill in the
What do I
KNOW about
Assessment
tools?
K

column of the KWL Chart.

What do I
WANT to
know about
Assessment
tools?
W

What have I LEARNED

about Assessment tools?

We must constantly remind ourselves that the

ultimate purpose of evaluation is to have students
become self evaluating. If students graduate from
our school still dependent upon others when they
are adequate, good or excellent, then we miss the
whole point of what education is all about. (Costa
and Kallick 1992)

The purpose of a balanced approach

to assessment is to help teachers
develop strategies that facilitate
student learning. The assessment
tools represent scaffolding that helps
the learners internalize the criteria for
quality work. (Burke 2005)

Thank you
for
Listening