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A final test is a traditional method to evaluate the knowledge of learners. In the
practice situation, making artifacts or products has been the standard assessment
methods. The steps of product evaluating methods are similar to content analysis;
both of them need to adopt an evaluation scheme. After that, products should be
assessed according to the scheme.

Case Products evaluation of a collaborative inquiry learning among four elemen-
tary schools in China

Zheng (2017) analyzed the final products of a collaborative inquiry activity. The
participants are 196 pupils from 4 classes in 4 primary schools in China. The pupils
in each class were randomly assigned to the groups of four or five. Finally, 48
groups were formed.
At first, Zheng (2017) chose the coding scheme proposed by Lai and Hwang
(2015) to analyze the submitted products of learning groups. The scheme includes
word, space, color, and theme. Each dimension is separated into three levels, shown
at Table 7.4.
Zheng (2017) evaluated the final products of groups according to the scheme and
analyzed the means and standard deviations of group products. The results indi-
cated that all of groups made great efforts to collaboratively draw the artifacts.
Figure 7.5 is an example of the final products of groups.
Key Points in This Chapter

(1) Social learning can be considered as a change in understanding that goes
beyond the individual to become situated within wider social units or com-
munities of practice through social interactions between actors within social
networks.
(2) Benefits of social learning can be summarized into three major categories:
social, psychological, and academic.

Table 7.4 Criteria for group products
Dimension 3 2 1
Word The size of the The size of the heading The size of the heading
heading is large, and is not large, and the text is too small, and the
the text has rich has some decoration text has no decoration
decoration
Space The distribution of the The distribution of the The distribution of the
space is fine space is not good space is messy
enough
Color The product is The product only The product is boring
colorful, and the color contains two colors
is appropriate
Theme The content of the Part of the content is The content of the
product is consistent consistent with the product is not relevant
with the theme theme to the theme