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What is Criterion-Referenced Evaluation

Chapter 48
Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
Criterion-referenced evaluation is an important concept in behavioral psychology. In criterion-referenced evaluation, the learner’s process or accomplishments are compared to a fixed standard or criterion of mastery rather than to the performance of other students. It is based on the assumption that learning objectives can be predetermined, and that given sufficient time and proper reinforcements nearly all students can meet the objectives.
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Curriculum Development for Adult Learners in Career and Technical Education
Viktor Wang (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-739-3.ch048
Abstract
This chapter addresses pertinent issues concerning the development of meaningful curricula for adult learners in career and technical education. Although developing a curriculum or a course in adult vocational education depends on a competency-based model which has been borrowed from foreign countries, adult learning theory promotes a humanistic orientation for the development of self-actualizing persons. The chapter discusses how the two different models contribute to curriculum development in career and technical education.
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