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IRAD Director, Dr. Pulmones conducts ABS Tertiary Workshop
Article contributed by Dr. Teresita Tugonon, SPC Dean
of College
and edited for the website by Mary Joy Rosales-Orante
Posted: Thursday June 18, 2009 09:45 AM
Dr. Richard Pulmones,
SSC Director of Institutional Research and Academic Development
(IRAD) Office, conducted a seminar entitled,
“Test Construction, Item Analysis and
Alternative Assessment” sponsored by the
Association of Benedictine Schools (ABS) last May 18, 2009 from
8:00am-5:00pm at St. Peter's College (SPC), Ormoc City. The
seminar assembled academicians from the three (3) member schools of
the Tertiary Commission of ABS. ABS Executive Director Sr.
Celine Saplala, OSB, SPC College faculty and ten (10) SSC HS faculty
participated in the event.
In the outset, the
participants declared the need to sharpen the pedagogical skills of
teachers present. The seminar started with participants of
“empty cups.” Dr. Pulmones' eloquent articulation of the
principles and methods of test and measurement, coupled with his
contagious passion for the subject easily drew out enthusiastic
response from his audience. He was able to underscore the
importance of Test and Measurement
as a pedagogical tool by quoting Star
Trek: “If all possibilities have been
eliminated, the one that remains must be true.”
The significance of this principle was in the
fact, that , if the validity and reliability of a test had been
ascertained to be thoroughly fulfilled, and students post low scores
on a test, the only logical conclusion is that the test is faulty.
The seminar likewise enlightened the participants
on the importance of educational measurement tools not only as
indexes of student learning and performance but more so as the
benchmark of teaching effectiveness.
The open forum at the end of the seminar allowed
the participants to fill each other's cup of knowledge. Truly,
the event was able to sharpen the participants' pedagogical saws to
brilliant shine ready for the coming school year.
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