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Objective

• Find Library resources for research in Alternative Assessment

Library Catalogue E-Databases E-Journals

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resources

Useful keywords for Alternative AssessmentUseful keywords for Alternative Assessment

• Alternative (alternate) assessment

• Educational assessment

• Educational measurement

• Educational evaluation

• Learning assessment

• Educational tests and measurements

• Examinations Scoring

• Grading and marking (Students)

• Listening comprehension tests

• Competency-based educational tests …

Hints for using Library CatalogueHints for using Library Catalogue• Use quotation marks for exact phrase

– “develop” = develop but not development, developmental

• Use truncation * for 1-5 characters– measur* = measure, measures, measuring, measurement

• Use ** for open-ended truncation– exam** = exam, exams, examining, examination…

• Use ? for any single character in specified position– wom?n = woman, women

• Use shortcuts– t:(assessment) and s:(education*) and a:(nitko)

Library Catalogue ExampleLibrary Catalogue Example• To find books on educational assessment and creativity

• Keywords = educational, assessment, test, measurement, creativity

• Query = (Education* (assessment or test* or measur*)) and creativ*

E-JournalsE-Journals• Search by Keywords

• Browse by Subject or Title

• Citation Linker

How the Citation Linker works?How the Citation Linker works?• Is this article available in the Library?

Sadler, P. M. & Good, E. (2006). The impact of self- and peer-grading on student learning. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 1-31. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1101_1

Use Citation Linker to check availability of journal article

How the Citation Linker works?How the Citation Linker works?

Input as many information as you

know

Click on any link to access full textDirect link to the

e-journal article

Try yourselfTry yourself• Use the Citation Linker to check if these articles are available in the Library

Odafe, V. U. (2006). Oral examination in college mathematics: An alternative assessment technique. PRIMUS, 16, 243-256. doi:10.1080/10511970608984149

Jonsson, A, Baartman, L. K. J., & Lennung, S. A. (2009). Estimating the quality of performance assessments: The case of an ‘interactive examination’ for teacher competencies. Learning Environments Research, 12, 225-241. doi:10.1007/s10984-009-9061-z

E-ResourcesE-Resources• Include E-Databases & E-Book Collections

• Search by Keywords

• Browse by Subject or Title

Why use an e-database?Why use an e-database?

Because … E-Database is an organized collection of scholarly information.

E-Databases contain update information of journal articles, book reviews, conference papers, and other academic materials.

E-Databases support flexible and in-depth search for journal title, article title, author, issue, volume, etc.

Use electronic databases to search for local and international literature.

Some databases provide the complete full text articles.

Other databases provide abstracts of the journal articles.

Can we use the Library Catalogue to retrieve journal articles?

No!

• We can only search for journal title in the Library Catalogue, but not on individual article title or author.

• The search does not go into details of each issue or volume of the journal.

• Therefore e-database is extremely useful when you want to find articles on particular topics, e.g. Using alternative assessment with Internet.

E-ResourcesE-Resources• More than 40 E-Databases on Education

• Some of them provide full text articles

• User guide available online

Browse E-Databases on Education

Prominent E-Databases on EducationProminent E-Databases on Education

• Academic Search Premier• Australian Education Index • British Education Index • ERIC• Education Full Text• ProQuest Education Journals• Scopus• Social Sciences Citation Index• 華人社會教育文獻資源中心 Chinese ERIC• 中國期刊全文數據庫 CAJ (China)• 中國優秀碩士 / 博士學位論文全文數據庫 (China) • 中文電子期刊服務 CEPS (Taiwan)

Access to ERIC databaseEnter

keywords

Limit your

search

SearchResults

Example Your research topic: Using web-based portfolio assessment in

secondary education

Identify the Keywords: Web-based AND Portfolio Assessment AND secondary education

Use indexes / thesaurus / descriptors to check related terms where necessary.

How many records retrieved?

Example

Check Library’s holdings

Full Text availabl

e

Searching tips: Expand your search

Use “expanders” from the database search screen to expand your search

Use Boolean operator “OR” to include more search terms

e.g. web-based OR internet OR electronic OR digital

Use truncation (*) to expand your search term in alternative way

e.g. adolescen* to search for adolescent, adolescence, etc.

Searching tips: Narrow your search

Use “Limiter” from the database search screen to limit your search results in various way

Consider the suggested “Narrow Search Results by Subject” from the search result screen

Use Boolean operator “AND” to limit search results to a narrower scenee.g. peer assessment AND higher education

Try yourself

Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of secondary school

Suggested keywords: scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education

Limit your search to full text articles

How many records retrieved?

ProQuest Education Journals DatabaseCovers almost 400 leading journals in education and related fields.

Search across multiple ProQuest

databases

ProQuest Education Journals DatabaseAdvanced

search interface

Try yourself Topic: Use of scoring rubrics in mathematics education of secondary schoo

l

Suggested keywords: scoring rubrics AND mathematics AND secondary education

Limit your search to full text articles

How many records retrieved?

Try to observe:

How many records retrieved from ERIC & ProQuest databases?

Evaluate the relevancy of the results retrieved from the TWO databases.

CEPS 中文電子期刊服務中文電子期刊服務

收錄範圍：• 台灣及中國出版的學術期刊• 2,000多種期刊，超過 13萬篇電子全文• 每月持續新增 6,000篇電子全文收錄主題：人文學科、社會科學、自然科學、應用科學、醫學與生命科學等收錄年代：以 1991年之後為主

瀏覽期刊

檢索文章

輸入檢索詞

又或是直接以 AND OR NOT 輸入，例如 :

合作學習 AND 語言

Chinese Keywords of Alternative Assessment 測量 , 測驗 test 評量 , 評估 , 評鑑 , 檢測 assessment 量表 scale 檢核表 checklist 自我評鑑 self evaluation 自我評價 self assessment 同儕評量 peer assessment 問卷 questionnaire 面試 interview 調查 survey 篩選測驗 screening test 性向測驗 , 能力傾向測驗 aptitude test …

Try yourself Find Chinese articles published in Taiwan on the topic: Mathe

matics assessment in primary schools

Suggested keywords:

數學 , 小學 , 評量 , 評估 , 測量 …

How many records retrieved?

CAJ 中國期刊全文數據庫中國期刊全文數據庫•〈教育與社會科學綜合輯〉•〈文史哲輯〉

瀏覽各學科期刊瀏覽各學科期刊

中國期刊全文數據庫中國期刊全文數據庫

檢索介面

1. 輸入檢索詞2. 選取檢索項3. 按「檢索」鍵

點擊文獻標題，瀏覽全文

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