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Knowledge transfer forum

Modernising Assessment Issue FIve

In Hong Kong, many educators focus on ways to improve education, but few
pay attention to assessment despite it is increasingly known for enhancing
education. Professor Magdalena Mo-ching Mok, Director of Assessment
Research Centre (ARC) at EdUHK, knows its benefits too well.

Professor Magdalena Mo-ching Mok,
Director of Assessment Research Centre (ARC)

Conducting Five Sub-projects
“We understand the importance of assessment in enhancing the
education system, creating favourable environment for teaching In sub-project 1, the team developed a computerized system for the
and learning, and strengthening the capability of educators and teaching, learning and assessment of Cantonese Opera movements.
students,” said Professor Mok. In sub-project 2, researchers built a web-based auto-scoring
system of Chinese compositions. Sub-project 3 offered professional
As one of a few university-level research centres specializing in
consultation services to three local secondary schools in enhancing
assessment in the region, ARC has been actively introducing modern
teaching and learning effectiveness.
assessment methods to enhancing teaching and learning. Recently
her team accomplished yet another exciting project to advance In sub-project 4, Professor Bor-chen Kuo, an e-assessment expert
educational assessments. Entitled “Modernising Assessment in from Taiwan’s National Taichung University of Education, was
Teaching and Learning”, the Knowledge Transfer project involved invited to visit ARC to give lectures and share his experiences with
Professor Mok and her team conducting five sub-projects in the EdUHK community, teachers and principals, and staff members
assessment and evaluation, and disseminating the new knowledge of the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Examinations and
to the communities. Assessment Authority. Sub-project 5 provided translation of books
and articles on Rasch measurement (used for analyzing data such as
answers to questions on an assessment), and provided workshops
on its application in education in Hong Kong and Greater China.
“All of these sub-projects contributed to the modernization of
assessment by injecting innovative and down-to-earth ideas and
elements throughout their development,” said Professor Mok.

Prof Mok and Dr Rebecca Hun-ping Cheung at the opening ceremony of the
iPen Project.

The research team of the Computerised Kinetic Chain Assessment and Learning System of the Cantonese Opera project.

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