The Analysis of Simpson's Psychomotor Domain Educational Objectives and its Application on the Skill Evaluation for the Department of Computer Engineering at Vocational School

This study was implemented for solving the problems in skill evaluation for technical and vocational education in Taiwan. The purposes of this study are: 1). to explore the principles of skill evaluation. 2). to analyze the contents of the taxonomy of the Simpson's psychomotor domain educational objectives. 3). to evaluate the skill based on the taxonomy of the Simpson's psychomotor domain educational objectives. 4).to test the effectiveness of skill evaluation based on the taxonomy of the Simpson's psychomotor domain educational objectives in formative and summative evaluation. 5). to form a Simpson-based skill evaluation model for technical vocational education. The contribution of this study will be as follows: (1) confirming the feasibility of Simpson-based skill evaluation, (2) building up a practical model of skill evaluation, (3) creating a Simpson-based skill test method for vocational skill instruction, (4)improving the effectiveness of skill evaluation in technical and vocational education.