University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
PEDA1159-1  Introduction to evaluation methods, including docimology

Duration :  15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Education, Professional Focus in teaching, 2nd year3
Master in Education, Professional Focus in Adult Education, 2nd year3
Lecturer :  Pascal Detroz
Coordinator :  Dieudonné Leclercq
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
Main chapters are ; - Caracteristics and qualities of an evaluation design. - Taxonomies of domains to be evaluated. - Evaluation by judges : effects of scoring (critical docimology). - Assessment of Partial Knowledge. - Multiple Choice Questions. - Item analysis and questions quality.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Competencies targeted are : to be able to




  • describe and analyse an evaluation system and its components according to quality criteria;
  • suggest improvements.
This requires the Mastery of Specific : concepts (and capacity to apply them) about






  • Evaluation characteristics; relation between objectives and evaluation methods;
  • Quality procedures before and after testing (rules to write questions; item analysis).
(2) Transversal competence targeted : Having experienced an ODL (Open Distance Learning) course, from conceptor and the the learner sides.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
ODL activities with the WebCT platform.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Idem
Recommended or required readings :  
Un dossier de lecture sera proposé aux étudiants
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Personal report + Open book exam.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Prof. P. Detroz p.detroz@ulg.ac.be 04 366 98 23



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