Methodological proposal for the design of learning assessment instruments in educational research

Abstract

The objective of this document is to present a useful theoretical-methodological proposal for postgraduate thesis and researchers interested in evaluating the effect of an independent variable on the learning of the students of an institution. As an example, an instrument was designed to assess the learning achieved in the Spanish and mathematics subjects of students in the sixth grade of primary school through a test (EA6B3y4), previously worked in two specific phases: In the first, the model for evaluate the learning in the aforementioned subjects, the model for the design and the piloting of the test. In the second phase, the instrument is analyzed taking as reference the Classical Test Theory (TCT) to assess its attributes and proceed to calibration.