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OBSERVATION & ASSESSMENT II

Course Code:
ECSP 307
Active Term:
All Terms
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Course Description:

This course provides further study into psycho-eductional assessment in education. Topics of study include: 1) Overview of basic considerations in assessment; 2) Assumptions underlying assessment and legal and ethical considerations in assessment; 3) Basic concepts of measurement, with a focus on descriptive statistics, quantification of test performance, norms, reliability, and validity; 4) Assessment of processes-intelligence, sensory acuity, oral language, perceptual-motor skills, and personality; 5) Assessment of skills-academic achievement, reading, mathematics, written language, adaptive behavior; 6) Applying assessment information to educational decision making.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Prerequisites:

EDEC 101, ESPE 101

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