Dr. Quek started off the session by reviewing the Wetpaint pages, as some of the groups have added even more information and touched up their pages. We were also given time to respond to the questions posted in the discussion forums.
We were then briefed that the focus of today's session will be to understand the rationale for modifying and how to modify the Learning Environment instruments. We were asked to refer back to nine instruments in Fraser's reading on Science Learning Environments. Just as we thought we were overwhelmed, Dr. Quek showed us Meng Fai's work, and we realised that there are many more instruments! Luckily, Meng Fai was on hand to share with us some of his considerations when choosing and modifying the instruments. It certainly helped me to understand better what it means by a validated instrument, why we should avoid re-inventing the wheel as well as be sensitive to the context and the target group.
In addition, even though I have already learnt factor analysis in MED871 and MED872 before, seeing the research reports as well as hearing Meng Fai speak helped me put everything into context. I learnt that we must be careful not to change the meaning altogether of the test items, as well as be mindful that we do not test the same thing using different items. I also learnt that the ordering of the items may also affect the results. An important practical lesson to consolidate the learning from the earlier two modules instead!
We were then briefed that the focus of today's session will be to understand the rationale for modifying and how to modify the Learning Environment instruments. We were asked to refer back to nine instruments in Fraser's reading on Science Learning Environments. Just as we thought we were overwhelmed, Dr. Quek showed us Meng Fai's work, and we realised that there are many more instruments! Luckily, Meng Fai was on hand to share with us some of his considerations when choosing and modifying the instruments. It certainly helped me to understand better what it means by a validated instrument, why we should avoid re-inventing the wheel as well as be sensitive to the context and the target group.
In addition, even though I have already learnt factor analysis in MED871 and MED872 before, seeing the research reports as well as hearing Meng Fai speak helped me put everything into context. I learnt that we must be careful not to change the meaning altogether of the test items, as well as be mindful that we do not test the same thing using different items. I also learnt that the ordering of the items may also affect the results. An important practical lesson to consolidate the learning from the earlier two modules instead!
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picture> a cartoon that I would like to share.
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