Using Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to Reshape the Assessments Structure of a Fundamental First-Year Course

Pariksha Singh; Kalisha Bheemraj; Jayshree Harangee; Tania Prinsloo

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_8

Using Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to Reshape the Assessments Structure of a Fundamental First-Year Course

Pariksha Singh
, Kalisha Bheemraj
, Jayshree Harangee
, Tania Prinsloo

University of Pretoria

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper, a group a students taking a fundamental first-year course are scrutinized, where the method of assessment had to suddenly change from physically writing semester tests and examinations on campus, to applying Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to introduce continuous assessment in 2020. Educational environments are continuously evolving to increase the quality of teaching, learning and assessments with classes that have huge numbers. Academic Information Management (AIM 101), with 1000 students in 2020, made the transition to continuous assessment and the resulting data from the assessments clearly indicate that, not only do students perform better over the course of the semester and in the semester tests, they also attempt the assignments and tests more frequently, leading to an overall increase in distinctions obtained for the course. It was subsequently decided to keep the course online in future and to continue using continuous assessments. Future research will look at different learning styles of students taking fundamental courses and the role of lifelong learning in these courses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Science - DSIC 2021
Editors	Tatiana Antipova
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	83-94
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783030936761
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_8
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Digital Science, DSIC 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 15 Oct 2021 → 17 Oct 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	381 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Digital Science, DSIC 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	15/10/21 → 17/10/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Continuous assessment
Higher education
Merrill’s principles of instructions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Singh, P., Bheemraj, K., Harangee, J., & Prinsloo, T. (2022). Using Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to Reshape the Assessments Structure of a Fundamental First-Year Course. In T. Antipova (Ed.), Digital Science - DSIC 2021 (pp. 83-94). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 381 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_8

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Singh, P, Bheemraj, K, Harangee, J & Prinsloo, T 2022, Using Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to Reshape the Assessments Structure of a Fundamental First-Year Course. in T Antipova (ed.), Digital Science - DSIC 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 381 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 83-94, International Conference on Digital Science, DSIC 2021, Virtual, Online, 15/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93677-8_8

Using Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction to Reshape the Assessments Structure of a Fundamental First-Year Course. / Singh, Pariksha; Bheemraj, Kalisha; Harangee, Jayshree et al.
Digital Science - DSIC 2021. ed. / Tatiana Antipova. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 83-94 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 381 LNNS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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