WORKING OUT OF EXAMS AND THEIR GRADING KEY / LA ELABORACIÓN DE LOS EXÁMENES Y CLAVES DE CALIFICACIÓN

• Main Authors: Francisco E. Salcedo Iglesias, Aurora Ramos de las Heras, Migdalia Esperance Matamoros, Oraymys González Rivero
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Las Tunas 2013-09-01
• Series: Didasc@lia: didáctica y educación
• Subjects: elaboration of exams; qualification approaches; nail of qualification; global qualification
• Online Access: http://revistas.ojs.es/index.php/didascalia/article/download/1659/1347

Taking into account that it is necessary to reach the fulfillment off the objectivity principle of evaluation and to guarantee the fairness of the grading given, this work was developed with the objective to prepare the main methodological and theoretical criteria to work out of exams and their grading key. There were analyzed documents; a bibliography revision was also made. There were stated some experiences, valuations and reflections about the topic. The principles that guide the assessment of learning are defined in this work. There are also stated the ideas about grading criteria and the characteristics that should have the buy, concluding that assessment should have components of the teaching – learning process and that the steps and requirements of working out of exams are given in: the selection of the objective and the contents to be assessed, establishing the relationship between the objective and content when working out of the questions and the grading key. The working out of the grading key allows to define objectively the level of knowledge of the students in each assessment activity, and there must be clearly stated in these keys: the objective of the questions their possible answer, grading criteria (norm), the score given to each answer according to the learning quality level, and the instructions to work the whole exam. The methodological work is a key factor to better the working out of assessments and their grading key.