Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Day 10 - My Head is Full of Assessment and it Must Empty in Order to Sleep

EDUC 5410

My head is spinning from designing assessment tools but I believe I have come nearly to the end of what I must do for the Assessment as Research assignment. 

To this point I have:
1.     Provided a rationale in quasi-narrative form that recounts my experiences involving construct irrelevant variance issues in band practice assessment
2.     Defined my purpose with a statement of what information I needed to know
3.     Provided a rationale, description of the process, and time frame for each of the four assessment tools I would like to use to develop better practice habits and technical ability through increased metacognition
4.     Reflected on how I have avoided construct irrelevant variance in my current assessment tools
5.     Created an appendix with an overview Construct/Content Map as well as one exhibiting curricular details
6.     Reflected on content underrepresentation in the curriculum
7.     Designed a chart indicating what is known about the constructs
8.     And, of course, the bibliography

My only concern at this point is that I did not include enough quotes from all the articles I read regarding my constructs.  I have included a fair many, but there are a number of articles in my bibliography that I used more as information than for direct quotes.  They also gave me a broader perspective of who is all writing about the constructs I have established in this assignment. 


I also have to say that I am at a point where I need to move on to other assignments due next Tuesday.  I am more than happy to revise, but if it involves the addition of a lot of things, it may get a little long for you to mark, David!  It’s already twenty pages. J

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