Teaching to the Test: Coaching or Corruption

Autor/in	Bond, Lloyd
Titel	Teaching to the Test: Coaching or Corruption
Quelle	In: New Educator, 4 (2008) 3, S.216-223 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-688X
Schlagwörter	Test Validity; High Stakes Tests; Test Coaching; Classroom Techniques; Teaching Methods; Scores; Coaching (Performance); Ethics; Test Wiseness; College Admission; College Entrance Examinations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; Testverfahren; Klassenführung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethik; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Aufnahmeprüfung
Abstract	Despite their current popularity, many still view coaching schools for college admissions as somehow vaguely unethical, as a form of "teaching to the test." But "coaching" as an instructional exercise only crosses some ethical line of propriety when instructors have access to and in fact teach the actual items that will appear on the operative examination. A distinction is drawn between coaching that relies on "test wiseness" and memorizing answers, and coaching that results in genuine understanding. Three different outcomes of effective coaching are discussed, two of which may actually contribute to the validity of the test in predicting school success, and only one of which potentially detracts from test validity. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10