Educational Testing and Assessment (EDU0912)

Topic Assessment Describe the nature and purpose of assessment, sta...
(20)
Explain and justify principles of quality assessme...
(15)
Understand the process and planning of assessment
(25)
Apply and evaluate knowledge of alternative assess...
(20)
Critically evaluate methods of assessment, standar...
(20)
Formative Summative
Week 1 - Classroom decision making and using assessment 0 0 15%
Week 2 - Describing the goals and learning targets of instruction; Taxonomies for describing learning – Bloom’s Taxonomy and SOLO Taxonomy 0 0 5% 10%
Week 3 - Validity and Reliability of assessment results 0 0
Week 4 - Planning for Integrating Assessment and Instruction 0 0
Week 5 - Diagnostic and Formative Assessment 0 0
Topic 6 - Formative Assessment Tools 0 0
Week 7 - Alternative assessment methods: Self- and peer-assessment 0 0
Week 8 - Objective Assessment methods: Completion, Short-Answer, True-False, Multiple-Choice and Matching items 0 0
Week 9 - Assessment methods: Setting and grading Essays, Reports, Projects 0 0
Week 11 - Alternative assessment methods: Performance and Portfolio assessments. Rubrics – Holistic and Analytic 0 0
Week 10 - Assessing higher-order skills: Problem solving and critical thinking. 0 0
Week 12 - Preparing students to be assessed and using students’ results to improve assessment 0 0
Week 13 - Grading and reporting student progress 0 0
Week 14 - Large-scale and high-stakes assessment 0 0
Week 15 - Moderation and ICT in Assessment 0 0
Total 0 0 15% 5% 10% 0% 0%
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