Università Roma Tre

General objectives and learning outcomes, in terms of knowledge, skills, and abilities (Dublin descriptors)

The objectives of the course are as follows:
- To have a conceptual knowledge the origins and the key developments of testing and assessment techniques (docimology), and evaluation research;
- To have a knowledge of the theoretical and epistemological framework for evaluation research and docimology;
- To identify the drawbacks of mainstream assessment tests;
- To align assessing tasks to course objectives and objects;
- To identify the basic features of evaluation validity and reliability;
- To be acquainted with the main national and international surveys on adult competencies;
- To have in-depth knowledge of theoretical and methodological framework for adult education research studies.