Assessment Techniques & Professional Development Flashcards
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A hospitality instructor administers the same skills test twice within one week and gets similar results. This demonstrates:
Answer: Reliability
Reliability refers to the consistency of assessment results across repeated administrations under similar conditions.
Which portfolio component is MOST useful for demonstrating a CHE candidate's professional growth over time?
Answer: A collection of reflective teaching journals spanning multiple semesters
Reflective teaching journals collected over time show evolving practice, which is central to demonstrating professional development for CHE.
In criterion-referenced assessment, a student's grade is determined by:
Answer: Whether they meet a pre-defined standard of performance
Criterion-referenced assessments measure performance against fixed standards rather than comparing students to each other.
An educator wants to assess communication skills during a mock hotel guest complaint scenario. Which assessment type is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Authentic performance assessment
Authentic performance assessments place students in realistic scenarios, making them ideal for evaluating applied communication skills.
The MAIN benefit of self-assessment for hospitality students is that it:
Answer: Builds metacognitive awareness and ownership of learning
Self-assessment develops metacognition by requiring students to critically reflect on their own performance and learning strategies.
A CHE educator attends a national hospitality education conference and presents a session on innovative teaching. This activity counts toward professional development because it:
Answer: Contributes to the field and demonstrates currency in pedagogy
Presenting at conferences demonstrates expertise, advances the profession, and reflects the CHE's expectation of ongoing scholarly and pedagogical engagement.
When writing a test item for a hospitality finance course, which question format BEST tests application-level learning?
Answer: 'A hotel's occupancy is 78% and ADR is $120; calculate RevPAR' (calculation scenario)
Scenario-based calculation questions require students to apply formulas and concepts to new situations, targeting the Application level of Bloom's Taxonomy.