Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
ED33120
Module Title
CRITICALLY REFLECTING AND EVALUATING LEARNING AND SKILLS
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | WRITTEN ASSESSMENT - 3000 WORDS | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | ARTEFACT - DESIGN INTERACTIVE GAME | 30% |
| Semester Assessment | ORAL AND PEER ASSESSMENT | 10% |
| Supplementary Assessment | All failed elements of the assessments must be retaken if the students average mark falls below the required pass mark of 40% | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the technical concepts and procedures involved in the design of assessments in educational contexts;
2. Critically review and discuss the main issues to be considered in designing appropriate assessment arrangements;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how assessment practices interact with student learning;
4. Design and produce an interactive `assessment for learning' game;
5. Critically present an oral defence for their interactive `assessment for learning game'.
Brief description
The module attempts to assess what a student is learning and in doing so raises questions of `why and `for whose benefit? as well as `what is to be assessed?
This module is concerned with the role of assessment in an educational context, ranging from the informal classroom assessment of learning to assessment systems at a national scale.
Examples of assessment practices from all phases of education, from primary schools to higher education, are analysed with a view to understanding both the potential and limitations of assessment in an educational context. Particular emphasis will be placed on assessment for learning principles and practices.
As such, students will be guided to develop interactive games aimed at first year undergraduate students with the view to encourage student self-reflection and evaluation.
This module is concerned with the role of assessment in an educational context, ranging from the informal classroom assessment of learning to assessment systems at a national scale.
Examples of assessment practices from all phases of education, from primary schools to higher education, are analysed with a view to understanding both the potential and limitations of assessment in an educational context. Particular emphasis will be placed on assessment for learning principles and practices.
As such, students will be guided to develop interactive games aimed at first year undergraduate students with the view to encourage student self-reflection and evaluation.
Content
Lecture 1: The assessment process: experience and questions.
What makes a `good assessment? Some key concepts
Lecture 2:Designing a scheme of assessment: specification, scope and purposes.
Lecture 3: Assessment for learning: principles and examples.
Lecture 4: Assessment systems: National Curriculum.
Lecture 5: Assessment systems: 14-19 pathway GCSE, A level, GNVQ, Welsh Baccalaureate, and key and wider skills.
Lecture 6:Assessment systems: Higher Education.
Lecture 7: Key issues in assessment: formative assessment; standardising teachers assessment; national standards
Lecture 8: Student self-reflection and evaluation. Introduction to peer assessment.
Lecture 9: Peer assessment of students oral presentation of interactive game.
Lecture 10: Peer assessment of students oral presentation of interactive game.
What makes a `good assessment? Some key concepts
Lecture 2:Designing a scheme of assessment: specification, scope and purposes.
Lecture 3: Assessment for learning: principles and examples.
Lecture 4: Assessment systems: National Curriculum.
Lecture 5: Assessment systems: 14-19 pathway GCSE, A level, GNVQ, Welsh Baccalaureate, and key and wider skills.
Lecture 6:Assessment systems: Higher Education.
Lecture 7: Key issues in assessment: formative assessment; standardising teachers assessment; national standards
Lecture 8: Student self-reflection and evaluation. Introduction to peer assessment.
Lecture 9: Peer assessment of students oral presentation of interactive game.
Lecture 10: Peer assessment of students oral presentation of interactive game.
Reading List
General Text(1999 (2001 prin) A handbook for teaching & learning in higher education :enhancing academic practice /[editors] Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge, Stephanie Marshall. Kogan Page Primo search (2003.) A handbook for teaching & learning in higher education :enhancing academic practice /edited by Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall. Kogan Page Primo search (1995.) Assessing competence in higher education /edited by Anne Edwards and Peter Knight. Kogan Page Primo search (2007.) Assessing student achievement in general education :assessment update collections /edited by Trudy W. Banta. John Wiley [distributor] Primo search (1999.) Assessment for learning :beyond the black box /Assessment Reform Group. Free download also available from: www.assessment-reform-group.org.uk University of Cambridge, School of Education Primo search (1999 (2003 prin) Assessment matters in higher education :choosing and using diverse approaches /edited by Sally Brown and Angela Glasner. Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press Primo search (1994.) Enhancing quality in assessment /edited by Wynne Harlen. Paul Chapman Publishing Primo search (1999.) Learners, learning and assessment /edited by Patricia Murphy. P. Chapman Pub. in association with the Open University Primo search (2000.) Learning about learning :resources for supporting effective learning /Chris Watkins ... [et al.]. Routledge/Falmer Primo search (c2006.) Online assessment, measurement, and evaluation :emerging practices /David D. Williams, Mary Hricko, and Scott L. Howell, editors. Information Science Pub. Primo search Black, P. J. (1998.) Testing, friend or foe? :the theory and practice of assessment and testing /Paul J. Black. Falmer Press Primo search Broadfoot, Patricia. (2007.) An introduction to assessment /Patricia Broadfoot. Continuum International Pub. Group Primo search Broadfoot, Patricia. (1996.) Education, assessment, and society :a sociological analysis /Patricia M. Broadfoot. Open University Press Primo search Brown, Sally. (1994.) Assessing learners in higher education /Sally Brown and Peter Knight. Kogan Page Primo search Clarke, Shirley (1998.) Targeting assessment in the primary classroom :strategies for planning, assessment, pupil feedback and target setting /Shirley Clarke. Hodder & Stoughton Educational Primo search Clarke, Shirley (2001.) Unlocking formative assessment :practical strategies for enhancing pupils' learning in the primary school /Shirley Clarke. Hodder & Stoughton Primo search Dann, Ruth (March 2002) Promoting Assessment As Learning:Improving the Learning Process RoutledgeFalmer Primo search Harlen, Wynne. (2007.) Assessment of learning /Wynne Harlen. SAGE Publications Primo search James, Mary. (1998.) Using assessment for school improvement /by Mary James. Heinemann Educational Primo search Race, Philip. (1999.) Enhancing student learning /Phil Race. SEDA Primo search Torrance, Harry. (1998.) Investigating formative assessment :teaching, learning and assessment in the classroom /Harry Torrance and John Pryor. Open University Press Primo search Weatherley, Colin. (2000.) Leading the learning school :raising standards of achievement by improving the quality of learning and teaching /Colin Weatherley. Network Educational Press Ltd. Primo search Wolf, Alison. (1995.) Competence-based assessment /Alison Wolf. Open University Press Primo search Wood, Robert (1993.) Assessment and testing :a survey of research commissioned by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate /Robert Wood. Cambridge University Press Primo search
Brown, George (1997.) Assessing student learning in higher education /George Brown, with Joanna Bull and Malcolm Pendlebury. Routledge Primo search Brown, Sally. (1994.) Strategies for diversifying assessment in higher education /Sally Brown, Chris Rust and Graham Gibbs. Oxford Centre for Staff Development Primo search Daugherty, Richard (1995.) National Curriculum assessment :a review of policy 1987-1994 /Richard Daugherty. Falmer Press Primo search Ginnis, Paul. (2002.) The teacher's toolkit :raise classroom achievement with strategies for every learner /Paul Ginnis ; illustrations by Les Evans. Crown House Pub. Primo search Gipps, C. V. (1997.) Assessment :a teacher's guide to the issues /Caroline Gibb and Gordon Stobart. Hodder & Stoughton Educational Primo search Gipps, C. V. (1994.) Beyond testing :towards a theory of educational assessment /Caroline V. Gipps. Falmer Press Primo search Hall, Kathy (2004.) Making formative assessment work :effective practice in the primary classroom /Kathy Hall and Winifred M. Burke. Open University Press Primo search Maier, Pat (Aug. 2000) Integrating Technology in Learning and Teaching:A Practical Guide for Educators RoutledgeFalmer Primo search (c1996.) Assessment :problems, developments, and statistical issues : a volume of expert contributions /edited by Harvey Goldstein, Toby Lewis. J. Wiley & Sons Primo search (2000.) Assessment :social practice and social product /edited by Ann Filer. RoutledgeFalmer Primo search (1995.) Assessment for learning in higher education /edited by Peter Knight. Kogan Page Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6