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.
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.