ICT and assessment in Denmark. Steen Lassen, Danish Ministry of Education

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1 ICT and assessment in Denmark Steen Lassen, Danish Ministry of Education

2 Fig. 1: Student in the classroom

3 Fig. 2: Student at exam

4 Upper secondary education Age 16-19, preparation for higher education Three 3-year academic programmes General upper secondary programme Commercial upper secondary programme Technical upper secondary programme

5 ICT in Upper Secondary Education 100% of the schools have a website 82% of the schools provide a portable pc for all teachers 87% of the teachers use the internet when preparing for lessons 99% of the classrooms have access to a wireless net 70% of the teachers use ICT for communication with students at least every week 98% of the teachers use ICT in class

6 The ministerial orders and ICT Use of ICT mandatory in all curricula Up 25% of the lessons can be spent on virtually organised teaching The definition of written homework now include multimedia-products and powerpoint not only paperbased writing All use of ICT is allowed during all examinations, oral or written (no connection to internet)

7 ICT and exam 1994 option in a few subjects, mainly word processing 1997 in commercial and technical: permitted in all written examinations 2000 allowed in all programmes 2000 in commercial: 98% of the students used a pc at the written examination in Danish

8 ICT-based exam assignments Since 2001 in the programmes hhx and htx (commercial and technical upper secondary) Subjects: Danish, Math, Business Economics, Physics and English CD-rom, no connection to the internet Student paper still printed on paper

9 Eksempler på opgaver, dansk Opgave A New media Laurits Munch-Petersen: "Tre på en motorcykel". Kortfilm, Vist på DR1, august Varighed: 7 min. 58 sek. Foretag en analyse og fortolkning af Tre på en motorcykel.

10 Opgave C Karen Blixen: De blå øjne. Oprindelig en del af novellen "Peter og Rosa" fra "Vintereventyr", More facts for inspiration Edvard Munch: Jalousi, Oliemaleri, 66,8 x 100 cm. Foretag en analyse, fortolkning og sammenligning af De blå øjne og Jalousi. Inspirationsmateriale: Præsentation af Vintereventyr. Fra Kulturkanon, udgivet af Kulturministeriet og Politikens Forlag, Edvard Munch. Opslagsartikel fra "Den Store Danske Encyklopædi", bd. 13, Ekspressionisme. Uddrag fra Johannes Fibiger og Gerd Lütken: "Litteraturens veje", Fantastisk litteratur. Uddrag fra Lars Tonnesen og Andreas Tonnesen: Litteraturens Begreber, 2004.

11 Eksempel på opgave, fysik Opgave 1: Model af broklap For at undersøge en planlagt bro er der blevet lavet en model, der skal vise hvor stærk og holdbar broen er. Den består blandt andet af en broklap, der kan hæves og sænkes. Først er det blevet undersøgt, hvordan broklappen bevæger sig, når den er blevet løftet, og falder ned igen uden modstand. Figur 1 Broklap der er hævet (til venstre) og sænket (til højre) Vedlagt er data fra en måling af broklappens fald, dels som tekst fil og dels i Excel format. Dataene datas for calculations består af 5 kolonner: Tid efter start på faldet, broens overflades vinkel med vandret både i radian og i grader, vinkelhastigheden og endelig tyngdekraftens kraftmoment på broklappen om broklappens hængsel.

12 Cross curricular exam assignment for two subjects: a case-study with a portrait of a Danish enterprise including a large amount of information

13 The first experiences Students find it more motivating with more visual and non-linear materials Teachers and students are pleased with the new media: shortfilms, websites, sound etc. Teachers and students are pleased with the new possibilities in the student s paper: cut&paste The new assignments has increased the use of ICT and new media in the classroom ( teach for the test )

14 New pilot project: access to internet The limitations are the prohibition against use of the internet, control when wireless connection and the missing link to the students daily use New pilot project with ICT-based exam assignment with access to the internet 3 subjects in general upper secondary (first time) and 3 subjects in commercial upper secondary (hhx)

15 Started January 2008, first exam assignments in June 2010 The subjects are in General Upper Secondary: Danish, Math and Social Science - and in Commercial Upper Secondary: Business Economics, Marketing and International Economics students involved in 2010, in 2011

16 Example from Social Science

17 Example from Social Science

18 As much involvement as possible Four test-assignments made for use at the pilot schools. Sent to all schools for information Meeting each year in all subjects between the pilot teachers and the examinations committee Conference each year in all subjects open for all teachers to discuss the pilot and the test-assignments

19 How to avoid cheating? The problem is not new, students have always been cheating Teach the students academic standards (part of the curriculum: how to use the Internet, rules for quotation etc) Type of assignment, testing competences/use and not just repetition

20 Focus on the consequences: exclusion from exam next possibility June next year All exam papers will go through copy-control / plagiarism control on the internet, some exam papers log file showing the traffic on the internet

21 Research-team Started January Has published 3 progress reports and a final report in September 2010 Visited all schools in the project, interviews with students, teachers and principals Four questionnaires for teachers Interview with external examiners June 2010

22 Final report, summary Conclusion: mission completed successfully Recommendation: the pilot continues and extension to other subjects The competences needed for higher education are strengthened The exam assignments give fair opportunities for both weak and strong students The exam assignments tested the intended goals

23 Academic competencies have been strengthened in daily lessons by use of the internet almost every day ICT-skills learned from the pilot-subjects are used in other subjects Use of new media is increased in daily lessons