A Tensor Method of Course Evaluation

• Autores: W. H. Tait
• Localización: Innovations in education and teaching international, ISSN 1470-3297, Vol. 11, Nº 6, 1974, págs. 292-309
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Course design and evaluation usually involve some verbal description in which reference may be made to syllabus content, educational objectives, teaching methods, chronological pattern and so on. There is no generally accepted format, for this purpose, which is sufficiently rigorous to permit a quantitative assessment or comparison.

    In this paper a systematic approach to course presentation is suggested which is both rigorous and quantitative. It does not reduce the amount of effort which has to be put into course assessment but does provide a mathematical framework within which the relevant information can be displayed. The end product is more concise than the equivalent verbal statement.

    The method is based on the use of matrix and tensor representations, but these are developed only to the elementary level required for data assembly. No algebraic manipulation is necessary. In order to demonstrate the possibilities of this format, course tensors are defined to describe the academic content, the educational objectives and the interactions between these two aspects of a course. The method can be extended to include other features.