Measuring Complex Achievement: The Interpretive Exercise

Example of typical learning outcomes ability to:

• Apply a principle- the study based on  the research that have be done  a years ago
• Internet relationship- the relationship each of the resource with the affect 

e.g. Watching the storytelling help the children literacy development

• Recognize- State the inference and was proofing by the assessment
• Recognize the relevance of information- choose only the relevance point that engaged with the data.
• Develop and recognize tenable hypothesis

a) Null hypothesis
b) Alternative hypothesis

• Recognize limitation of data- instrument to get the data- Questionnaire or observation
• Recognize and state significance problem
• Design experimental procedure
• Interpret charts, tables and data
• Evaluate arguments

Complex achievement refers to:

• Based on the higher mental processes
• Understanding
• Require reasoning 
• Thinking
• Problem solving- that can be measured subjectively

Advantages

• Recognize about the understanding, thinking ability and problem solving
• To measure the interpretive ability by the materials
• Measure more complex learning outcomes- single objective question
• Measure depth and breadth of intellectual skills

Limitation

• More structured
• Not free to redefine the problem
• Not be used to measure assumptions
• Difficult to construct to get desired passages
• Heavy demands on reading skill
• It is necessary to use essay questions

Suggestion

• Relevant to the objective
• Appropriate to the student
• New to students
• Brief but meaningful- Children can use in their life
• Can be revised for clarify