Duration
15h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Development of questions, scales and items measuring sociodemographics, socio-affective constructs and contextual variables in contextual questionnaires in education.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The learning outcomes of this seminar are the following ones :
- explore different frameworks for background questionnaires and non cognitive variables
- reflect about an assessment framework; select skills, processes, contents and aspects to assess, develop questions and items in order to measure adequately constructs;
- know and apply the technical guidelines in order to build items and questionnaires;
- collect accurately data and code the data in an appropriate way;
- perform the appropriate analyses in order to check for the psychometric properties of the items and scales: alpha of Cronbach alpha, factorial analysis...;
- interpret the analyses and draw the conclusions for reviewing the instruments;
- write a report presenting the results of the tests and questionnaires.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Having succeeded the course Notions de statistiques de base (C. Monseur, bloc 0).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theory and practical classes are closely linked. The approach is problem-based learning. After a couple of theoretical classes, students have to build, analyse, revise items and questions for background questionnaires.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Actual classes
Recommended or required readings
Extracts from textbooks in English and a synthesis in French will be available.
Assessment methods and criteria
Examen écrit.
Work placement(s)
no internship
Organizational remarks
Attendance to the sessions dedicated to practical activities is compulsory.
Contacts
Virginie Dupont, assistante
virginie.dupont@uliege.be
Doriane Jaegers, chercheuse
djaegers@uliege.be
Secrétaire : Anna LETTA, 04/366 20 51
anna.letta@uliege.be