THE IMPORTANCE OF INTRODUCING MODULE TESTING ONLINE AS A PEDAGOGICAL MEANS OF INCREASING THE QUALITY OF ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ COMPETENCIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS

Abstract

The article deals with the multifaceted nature of the problem of testing, theoretical and methodological issues of control of students’educational activities in higher education as a place and essence of testing in the general monitoring system, as well as the definition of different kinds of testing in foreign language teaching process, and basic requirements for testing.
 This article considers a test system for assessing students' knowledge of the credit module system as well as the study of necessity of module online testing as a type of controlling educational and cognitive activities of students in foreign language teaching. The process of research testing from the standpoint of optimizing the quality control of the educational process in the university determines the importance of solving such issues as establishing the place and importance of testing in the general control system, determining the types of testing in foreign language teaching, disclosing basic testing requirements.
 The general provisions on test control are given, as well as the types and methods of constructing tasks and the ability to assess the level of knowledge, skills and abilities, the level of social and personal value of the acquired knowledge. The methodical approaches and experience of designing standardized tests for computer testing of professional competence of future specialists are covered. The classification of types of tests which provides their testing, selective use or active use according to a profile, possibilities and the purposes of training of a foreign language in each separately taken non-language highereducation establishments is considered. The problematic issues related to the assessment of students' knowledge in learning a foreign language are considered. The expediency of using a test form to control of students’current performance is analyzed. The method of module control, which is based on the application of test technology, is presented.
 The article analyzes scientists’views on the use of a rating system for assessing the students’academic progress. The expediency of using testing (during the current control of knowledge) and module tests with tasks of different levels of complexity (during the periodic control of knowledge) as effective methods of assessing students’ achievements; it is provided practical recommendations for their preparation and application.
 There have been developed tools for quality control of education that requires a further study of the theory and methodology of module tests.