Authoring Simulations for High-Stakes Student Evaluation

Psychometric Challenges of Using Simulations for High-Stakes Assessment

119 O ver the past two decades, the use of simulations in medical education has become widespread (1-4). In the United States, most medical schools have well-established, standardized patient (SP) programs for teaching clinical skills. Standardized patients are laypeople who are trained to realistically and consistently portray actual patients for purposes of assessment and/or training. In addi...

Using Low-Stakes Quizzing for Student

Introductory level courses in many Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines require students to acquire an enormous new disciplinespecific vocabulary in preparation for future courses. Students are often not prepared for the amount of selfdirected studying they must do to be successful in these types of courses, particularly in their first year of college. To assist student...

High-Stakes Interpretation

Authoring Interactive Software Simulations for e-Learning

E-learning simulation authoring tools are the next generation of e-learning products: they enable tutors to create interactive multimedia course content. Users can walk through applications online and practise as they progress through course material. Much online course content is still based on paper models, but new media need new methods, and the growing availability of elearning simulation t...

High-Stakes Testing

I review the literature on the impact on student achievement of high-stakes testing. Its popularity as a mechanism for holding educators accountable has triggered studies to examine whether its promise to increase student learning has been fulfilled. The review concludes there is no consistent evidence to suggest high-stakes testing leads to increases in student learning. Some evidence suggests...