<Articles by the Center Staff and Research Fellows>Combining Course- and Program-Level Outcomes Assessments through Embedded Performance Assessments at Key Courses: A Proposal Based on the Experience from a Japanese Dental Education Program

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  • Matsushita, Kayo
    Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education, Kyoto University
  • Ono, Kazuhiro
    Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University
  • Saito, Yugo
    Office for Educational Planning, Niigata University

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  • <センター教員・共同研究論考>重要科目での埋め込み型パフォーマンス評価を通して 科目レベルとプログラムレベルの評価をつなぐ --歯学教育プログラムの経験にもとづく提案--
  • 重要科目での埋め込み型パフォーマンス評価を通して科目レベルとプログラムレベルの評価をつなぐ : 歯学教育プログラムの経験にもとづく提案
  • ジュウヨウ カモク デ ノ ウメコミカタ パフォーマンス ヒョウカ オ トオシテ カモク レベル ト プログラムレベル ノ ヒョウカ オ ツナグ : シガク キョウイク プログラム ノ ケイケン ニ モトズク テイアン

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This paper addresses how to combine course- and program-level assessments and presents a new assessment method illustrated by a case of dental education program in Japan. Performance assessments are considered effective for evaluating knowledge integration and higher-order skills, while placing a burden on faculty, hence their feasibility as the program-level assessment is regarded lower than standardized tests or questionnaire surveys. We have developed several performance assessments at the course level, such as Modified Triple Jump for the PBL course. Based on this experience, we propose Pivotal Embedded Performance Assessment (PEPA) as a method for combining assessment at the course and program levels. The method limits the range of performance assessment to key courses directly linked to program goals and placed at the critical juncture points of curriculum, while entrusting the assessment of other courses to expert judgment of individual teachers. PEPA consists of the following procedures: systematization of curriculum and selection of key courses; design and implementation of performance assessments by a faculty team; setting passing criteria with incorporating the function of formative assessment; certifying the completion of the degree program. PEPA thus enables maintaining assessment feasibility and compatibility with a credit system, while ensuring assessment validity and reliability.

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