Title :
Quality Assurance for Education Content and Evaluation of Mastery of Skills by Using Qualifying Examinations in University Classes
Author :
Higuchi, Katsuichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Psychol. & Child Studies, Kobe Kaisei Coll., Kobe, Japan
Abstract :
We discuss quality assurance for education content and evaluation of mastery of skills by using qualifying examinations in university or college classes. It is considered that there are three merits in using those examinations: eClarity of degree of achievement and evaluation criteria´, eEasy management for multiple classes´, and eEncouraging students´ learning motivation´. Then we show a case of teaching qualifying examinations in information literacy classes as an example of quality assurance of education at our college.
Keywords :
educational institutions; information science education; teaching; college classes; education content; information literacy classes; learning motivation ´; mastery-of-skill evaluation; quality assurance; student encouragement; teaching; university classes; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Licenses; Quality assurance; Standards; certificaton; firstyear education; information literacy; license; qualifying examination;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAIAAI), 2012 IIAI International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2719-0
DOI :
10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2012.67