Assessment programs and their components: a network approach
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Resumo: | Exams and other assessments in health science education are not random events; rather, they are part of a bigger assessment program that is constructively aligned with the intended learning outcomes at different stages of a health science curriculum. Depending on topical and temporal distance, assessments in the program are correlated with each other to a more or lesser extent. Although correlation does not equate causation, once we come to understand the correlational structure of an assessment program, we can use that information to make predictions of future performance, to consider early intervention for students who are otherwise likely to drop out, and to inform revisions in either assessment or teaching. This article demonstrates how the correlational structure of an assessment program can be represented in terms of a network, in which the assessments constitute our nodes and the degree of connectedness between any two nodes can be represented as a thicker or thinner line connecting these two nodes, depending on whether the correlation between the two assessments at hand is stronger or weaker. Implications for educational practice and further research are discussed. |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approachProgramas de avaliação e seus componentes: uma abordagem de redeAssessmentprogramsconnectednessnetworknetwork analysisAvaliaçãoprogramasconexãoredeanálise de redeExams and other assessments in health science education are not random events; rather, they are part of a bigger assessment program that is constructively aligned with the intended learning outcomes at different stages of a health science curriculum. Depending on topical and temporal distance, assessments in the program are correlated with each other to a more or lesser extent. Although correlation does not equate causation, once we come to understand the correlational structure of an assessment program, we can use that information to make predictions of future performance, to consider early intervention for students who are otherwise likely to drop out, and to inform revisions in either assessment or teaching. This article demonstrates how the correlational structure of an assessment program can be represented in terms of a network, in which the assessments constitute our nodes and the degree of connectedness between any two nodes can be represented as a thicker or thinner line connecting these two nodes, depending on whether the correlation between the two assessments at hand is stronger or weaker. Implications for educational practice and further research are discussed.Exames e outras avaliações na educação em ciências da saúde não são eventos aleatórios. Ao contrário, eles fazem parte de um programa de avaliação mais amplo, alinhado construtivamente com os resultados de aprendizagem pretendidos em diferentes estágios de um currículo de ciências da saúde. Dependendo da distância local e temporal, as avaliações no programa são correlacionadas entre si em maior ou menor grau. Embora a correlação não equivalha à causalidade, uma vez que entendemos a estrutura correlacional de um programa de avaliação, podemos usar essas informações para fazer previsões de desempenho futuro, considerar intervenções precoces para estudantes com probabilidade de desistência e informar revisões em avaliação ou ensino. Este artigo demonstra como a estrutura correlacional de um programa de avaliação pode ser representada em termos de uma rede, na qual as avaliações constituem nossos nós e o grau de conexão entre dois nós pode ser representado como uma linha mais grossa ou mais fina que conecta esses dois nós, dependendo se a correlação entre as duas avaliações em questão é mais forte ou mais fraca. Implicações para a prática educacional e mais pesquisas são discutidas.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2020-07-15info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/article/view/3712410.15448/1980-6108.2020.1.37124Scientia Medica; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2020): Single Volume; e37124Scientia Medica; v. 30 n. 1 (2020): Volume Único; e371241980-61081806-556210.15448/1980-6108.2020.1reponame:Scientia Medica (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSenghttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/article/view/37124/26066Copyright (c) 2020 Scientia Medicahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLeppink, Jimmie2020-07-15T22:34:04Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/37124Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/PUBhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/oaiscientiamedica@pucrs.br || editora.periodicos@pucrs.br1980-61081806-5562opendoar:2020-07-15T22:34:04Scientia Medica (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach Programas de avaliação e seus componentes: uma abordagem de rede |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach Leppink, Jimmie Assessment programs connectedness network network analysis Avaliação programas conexão rede análise de rede |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Assessment programs and their components: a network approach |
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Leppink, Jimmie |
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Leppink, Jimmie |
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Leppink, Jimmie |
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Assessment programs connectedness network network analysis Avaliação programas conexão rede análise de rede |
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Assessment programs connectedness network network analysis Avaliação programas conexão rede análise de rede |
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Exams and other assessments in health science education are not random events; rather, they are part of a bigger assessment program that is constructively aligned with the intended learning outcomes at different stages of a health science curriculum. Depending on topical and temporal distance, assessments in the program are correlated with each other to a more or lesser extent. Although correlation does not equate causation, once we come to understand the correlational structure of an assessment program, we can use that information to make predictions of future performance, to consider early intervention for students who are otherwise likely to drop out, and to inform revisions in either assessment or teaching. This article demonstrates how the correlational structure of an assessment program can be represented in terms of a network, in which the assessments constitute our nodes and the degree of connectedness between any two nodes can be represented as a thicker or thinner line connecting these two nodes, depending on whether the correlation between the two assessments at hand is stronger or weaker. Implications for educational practice and further research are discussed. |
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Scientia Medica; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2020): Single Volume; e37124 Scientia Medica; v. 30 n. 1 (2020): Volume Único; e37124 1980-6108 1806-5562 10.15448/1980-6108.2020.1 reponame:Scientia Medica (Porto Alegre. Online) instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) instacron:PUC_RS |
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